US EditionOscar-Nominated Actress’ Cause of Death Revealed
Diane Ladd died from acute on chronic hypoxic respiratory failure with long-term lung disease and esophageal dysmotility as contributing factors, confirmed by her death certificate.
- On Monday, November 17, People obtained a death certificate confirming acute on chronic hypoxic respiratory failure as the cause of death for Academy Award-nominated actress Diane Ladd, who died November 3 at her Ojai, California home.
- Medical records show the death certificate lists long-standing interstitial lung disease and esophageal dysmotility as contributing conditions after a 2019 lung scare tied to alleged pesticide exposure and a pneumonia misdiagnosis.
- Family and collaborators noted Laura Dern called Ladd `the greatest daughter, mother, grandmother, actress, artist and empathetic spirit that only dreams could have seemingly created`, while Bruce Dern and Martin Scorsese praised her as a `tremendous actress`.
- She was cremated on November 10, and reports note her third husband, Robert Charles Hunter, died earlier this year.
- Ladd's body of work and milestones include a six-decade career with more than 200 credits, three Oscar nominations, and the first mother-and-daughter Oscar nominations with her daughter.
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Diane Ladd's Cause of Death Revealed to Be Hypoxic Respiratory Failure
Two weeks after the passing of Oscar-nominated actress Diane Ladd, her cause of death has been confirmed as chronic hypoxic respiratory failure. Ladd’s cause of death was listed on her death certificate, which was obtained and reviewed by People on Monday. The document noted that the celebrated actress died from acute on chronic hypoxic respiratory failure with contributing factors interstitial lung disease and esophageal dysmotility also cited.…
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