The medical examiner ruled that a laryngospasm caused Ms. Rivers to struggle to breathe while under sedation, which caused her to go into cardiac arrest and her brain to die from lack of oxygenated blood.
CPR and emergency airway procedures are standard during cardiac arrest, though the events surrounding the efforts to save Ms. Rivers’ life are unclear, according to a report from JPost.
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