The “Melrose Place” alum was 57 when he was discovered unconscious in his Beverly Hills home on April 19.
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Authorities have announced a cause of death for actor Patrick Muldoon.
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The Days of Our Lives alum died of a myocardial infarction.
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The update comes 11 days after Muldoon was found unconscious in his Beverly Hills home on April 19.
Patrick Muldoon’s official cause of death has been revealed after the Days of Our Lives alum died April 19 at age 57.
The actor, who rose to fame with roles on Saved by the Bell and Starship Troopers, died of myocardial infarction, more commonly known as a heart attack, according to his death certificate, Us Weekly reported.
Muldoon’s death certificate, released by the County of Los Angeles’ Department of Public Health, revealed that underlying causes included a hereditary coagulopathy disorder, a condition in which blood clotting does not occur normally, and pulmonary embolism, in which a clot blocks blood flow to an artery in the lung, according to the Mayo Clinic.
Muldoon was cremated on Tuesday, April 28, his death certificate indicated.
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News of Muldoon’s death broke on Monday, April 20. Per the actor’s manager, he died on April 19. Muldoon’s sister, Shana Muldoon-Zappa, later confirmed the news to TMZ and told the outlet that her brother was discovered unconscious in a bathroom where he was showering inside his Beverly Hills home.
Muldoon-Zappa said that her brother went to shower shortly after having coffee with his girlfriend, who later found him on the floor of the bathroom when she went to check on him.
Muldoon’s unexpected death came just two days after he announced on Instagram that he would star alongside Chris Hemsworth, Taron Egerton, Zazie Beetz, and Alec Baldwin in the upcoming film Kockroach.
Born in San Pedro, Calif., Muldoon rose to fame after originating the role of Austin Reed on Days of Our Lives. He initially starred on the iconic soap opera from 1992 to 1995 before departing and returning to the show 2011–2012 after a 16-year gap.
Muldoon continued making a mark on TV with several other major roles. On Saved by the Bell he played Jeffrey Hunter, the hunky diner manager who came in between fan-favorite endgame couple Kelly Kapowski (Tiffani Thiessen) and Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar). Muldoon also appeared on another primetime soap opera, Melrose Place, as the ruthless villain Richard Hart. As he was such an effective antagonist, Muldoon also made an impression on Starship Troopers as pompous pilot Zander Barcalow.
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Outside of acting, Muldoon was an active producer, working on a slew of titles including The Tribes of Palos Verdes, Arkansas, Marlowe, The Card Counter, and The Dreadful through his Storyboard Productions. He was next set to produce Kockroach, the Hemsworth-fronted film that he mentioned in his final Instagram post.