Complications relating to alcohol abuse were listed as the causes of death for actress Elizabeth Peña, who died Oct. 14 at the age of 55. The Los Angeles County Coroner cited cirrhosis of the liver due to alcohol, as well as cardiopulmonary arrest, cardiogenic shock and acute gastrointestinal bleeding on the actress's death certificate. She died in a Los Angeles hospital. Last week, Peña's manager, Gina Rugolo, said the New Jersey-born actress died of natural causes after a brief illness. "She was our star. She was my star. We celebrated her triumphs. We sweated through her struggles," her nephew Mario-Francisco Robles wrote in an Oct.
- 10/23/2014
- by Lynette Rice, @lynetterice
- PEOPLE.com
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