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Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee died from cardiac arrest brought on by respiratory and congestive heart failure, according to TMZ and People.
His cause of death was reported by the two outlets after they obtained a copy of his death certificate from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. The document noted Lee, 95, suffered from aspiration pneumonia, which the Mayo Clinic says is an infection brought on by inhaling food, liquid, vomit or saliva into the lungs.
The death certificate also noted that no autopsy or biopsy was performed on his remains.
Lee died Nov. 12 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Critic cut from NPR’s ‘Fresh Air’ after ‘Last Tango’ rape joke
NPR’s “Fresh Air” has parted ways with contributor David Edelstein after the film critic made a joke about the rape scene in “Last Tango in Paris” on his Facebook page after Monday’s death of director Bernardo Bertolucci.
In a statement Tuesday, “Fresh Air” said the post was “offensive and unacceptable” because of what actress Maria Schneider experienced filming the scene. Schneider said in 2007 that the simulated sex scene was unscripted and that she cried during its filming. Schneider died in 2011.
Edelstein said he was unaware of Schneider’s comments and apologized. He said he now realized the joke was “in poor taste” and removed it.
Edelstein remains a staff critic at New York Magazine. — From wire reports