Wrestling star Ultimate Warrior’s cause of death revealed | Inquirer Sports

Wrestling star Ultimate Warrior’s cause of death revealed

By: - Reporter / @BLozadaINQ
/ 07:24 PM April 15, 2014

The Ultimate Warrior. PHOTO FROM www.wwe.com

MANILA, Philippines—Almost a week after his untimely death, authorities finally found out the cause of the Ultimate Warrior’s passing.

Authorities in Phoenix, Arizona said in a report from the British Broadcasting Company, that Warrior, whose birth name was James Hellwig, died of a cardiovascular disease.

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A Maricopa County spokeswoman delivered the autopsy results that officials from the county Medical Examiner’s Office conducted.

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Cardiovascular diseases include all diseases of the heart and circulation, including heart attack, heart failure, congenital heart disease and stroke.

Warrior died on April 9 (Philippine time) and witnesses said that he clutched his chest before he died.

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