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Heart disease killed WWE star
09/12/2005 08:10 - (SA)
Minneapolis - Professional wrestler Eddie Guerrero, whose body was found in a Minneapolis hotel room, died of natural causes related to heart disease, the coroner said on Thursday.
The 38-year-old World Wrestling Entertainment star's body was found was found on the morning of November 13, after he didn't respond to a wakeup call in his hotel room.
The Hennepin County medical examiner's office said on Thursday that Guerrero died "of natural causes related to arteriosclerotic heart disease," which is another term for coronary heart disease, or a narrowing of the blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to the heart.
The coroner's report did not speculate as to what may have led to Guerrero's heart disease.
His widow, Vickie Guerrero, said last month in report on the WWE's website that her husband died from heart failure, and that the heart disease was due to past drinking and drug abuse and an aggressive workout regimen.
After Eddie Guerrero's death, WWE said it would start random drug testing to detect illicit drugs, steroids and prescription drug abuse among its performers.
Guerrero, the son of Mexican wrestler Gory Guerrero, was only the second wrestler of Hispanic heritage to be WWE champion, having won the title in February 2004. He lost the crown four months later.
- AP
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