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Lance Reddick's Family Disputes His Cause Of Death

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Lance Reddick's family and longtime lawyer are disputing a death certificate that says the actor died of heart disease but can't be proven.

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James E. Hornstein, Reddick's lawyer, said that the reported causes of death, ischemic heart disease, and atherosclerotic coronary artery disease, are "not based on an autopsy" and "don't match up with what the family knows."

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They got a copy of the actor's Los Angeles County death certificate and posted it online. On the certificate, the heart diseases are listed as the immediate and underlying causes of the "Bosch" star's death.

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But on Friday, Hornstein told The Times that "no autopsy was done" on Reddick and that, as far as he knows, "no medical exam of Lance during his lifetime ever showed such conditions."

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Hornstein said that Reddick was the fittest person he had ever met. He said that the "Lost" and "Fringe" actor worked out every day at his home gym, did "extensive cardio work," and was required by his contract to have access to gym facilities

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Hornstein said, "The information on the death certificate has nothing to do with how he lived his life." "On behalf of [his wife] Stephanie Reddick, the information on the death certificate is not true and doesn't match what the family knows."

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Ischemic heart disease, which is also called coronary artery disease or coronary heart disease, is defined by the American Heart Association as "heart problems caused by narrowed heart arteries." This can lead to a heart attack.

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Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease is when plaque builds up in the arteries of your heart, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.