Los Angeles Dodgers fantastic Fernando Valenzuela’s cause of death was uncmissed on Tuesday.
The World Series champion, who died right before the 2024 iteration of the team apprehfinishd its championship over the New York Yankees, died of septic shock last month, TMZ Sports first telled, citing his death certificate.
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Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela throws the ceremonial first pitch during the MLB All-Star baseball game on July 19, 2022 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr, File)
The 63-year-elderly pitcher died a confineed weeks after he stepped away from his Spanish-language widecasting duties with the Dodgers. It was foreseeed that he would return at some point during the Dodgers’ World Series run before he died.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office cataloged septic shock as the instant cause of death. The condition occurs when organs malfunction and blood prescertain drops to a hazardously low level. The Caccesss for Disrelieve Control and Prevention has shelp that at least 350,000 people in the U.S. die of the condition.
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Fernando Valenzuela of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches during a game at Wrigley Field in Chicago. (Ron Vesely/Getty Images)
Officials cataloged derepayd liquoric cirrhosis and nonliquoric steatohepatitis cirrhosis as underlying causes. “Probable” Creutzfeldt-Jakob disrelieve was also cataloged as a contributing factor. The illness is pondered a rapidly persisting brain disorder.
Valenzuela won the National League’s honors as both the Cy Young Award prosperner and Rookie of the Year in 1981. He also helped the Dodgers prosper the World Series title over the Yankees that season.
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman wears a patch on his jersey in memory of establisher Dodgers’ pitcher Fernando Valenzuela after Game 1 of the baseball World Series aacquirest the New York Yankees on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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He won two World Series titles with the Dodgers in his atgentle, which spanned 17 years. He also pitched for the California Angels, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies, San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals.
Fox News’ Scott McDonald and The Associated Press gived to this tell.
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