Weeks after he passed away on October 22 at the age of 63, former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela’s official cause of death was made public. Valenzuela’s death certificate from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office states that he passed away from septic shock, according to TMZ. According to the Cleveland Clinic, septic shock is a potentially fatal medical disease that can happen when an infection in your body results in dangerously low blood pressure and organ failure from sepsis.
Decompensated alcohol cirrhosis and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis cirrhosis were also mentioned by the medical examiner as contributing factors to Valenzuela’s demise. According to the Cleveland Clinic, the examiner also concluded that Valenzuela had Creutzfelt-Jakob disease, a severe degenerative brain disorder that causes symptoms similar to dementia, which was “probable. His remains were cremated, according to his death certificate.
Only a few weeks after abruptly leaving his job as a Dodgers Spanish-language broadcaster in September, Valenzuela passed away on October 22. After his passing, the Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 4-1 in five games to win the 2024 World Series.
