Overview
- The official record lists acute cardiopulmonary arrest as the immediate cause, with Parkinson’s disease as the underlying cause and dementia noted as a contributing factor.
- People obtained the certificate, and the Los Angeles Department of Health confirmed the medical findings reported in it.
- Stacey Souther, her friend and caretaker, announced in March that Perrine died at 82 and said she passed peacefully at home surrounded by love.
- A GoFundMe organized by Souther reached its $50,000 goal, ensuring Perrine’s wish to be buried at Forest Lawn will be fulfilled.
- Perrine, diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2015, is being honored for an Oscar-nominated role in Lenny and for playing Eve Teschmacher in the first two Superman films, which the 2022 documentary Valerie also celebrates.