Coroner says Ralphie May died from heart disease

Comic Ralphie May’s cause of death was released Wednesday by the Clark County coroner’s office.

May, 45, died of hypertensive cardiovascular disease in Las Vegas on Oct. 6. The manner of his death was natural, the coroner said in a statement.

May, a Nashville, Tennessee, resident, had been a headliner at Harrah’s Las Vegas since January.