Alice star Linda Lavins cause of death revealed after her unexpected passing at 87

Linda Lavin’s cause of death has been revealed.The “Alice” actress passed away on December 29 after suffering cardiopulmonary arrest with lung cancer listed as the underlying cause, according to the death certificate obtained by TMZ on Monday.Cardiopulmonary arrest prevents blood from pumping into the heart, which keeps oxygen from being delivered to vital organs, per the Cleveland Clinic.In most cases, people tend to collapse and become unresponsive.Lavin’s death certificate also revealed she was cremated on January 4 at the Los Angeles home of her husband of nearly 20 years, Steve Bakunas.Days before her death, the Broadway legend underwent a bronchoscopy on December 26.

The procedure allows a physician to look inside the airways to treat or diagnose a lung condition.On Sunday, December 29, Lavin’s longtime representative, Bill Veloric, confirmed her death, saying she had “passed unexpectedly due to complications from recently discovered lung cancer.”The actress became a staple in Hollywood and Broadway after landing her first major role in 1976 as Alice Hyatt on the CBS series “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.” The show’s title was eventually shortened to “Alice,” with Lavin becoming a role model for playing a widowed working mom of a 12-year-old.The series ran from 1976 to 1985.Lavin landed several other roles in television and film during her long career, starring in hits like “The Good Wife,” “The Back-up Plan,” “Santa Clarita Diet” and most recently, “No Good Deed” on Netflix.The Tony Award winner also left an undeniable mark on Broadway, appearing on the stage in “Broadway Bound” (1987), “It’s a Bird … It’s a Plane … It’s Superman” (1966), “Last of the Red Hot Lovers” (1970), “The Diary of Anne Frank” (1998), “The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife” (2001), “Collected Stories” (2010), “The Lyons” (2012), to name a few.Following the news of her passing, several of her for...