Wrestling star Ultimate Warrior’s cause of death revealed

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.

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

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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