South African actress and model Charlbi Dean, the 2022 Palme d'Or actress who died suddenly at the age of 32, died suddenly at the age of 32 on August 29.
While the cause of death was previously unknown, a spokesperson for the New York City Chief Medical Examiner's Office confirmed to
People
magazine on Wednesday that the actress suffered from sepsis.
The actress of
Without Filter
had her spleen removed following a violent road incident in 2009. It was to this asplenia that the infection was due, to which the actress died.
The cause of his death is thus considered by doctors to be accidental.
The actress had died a few months after having presented the last film by Swedish Ruben Östlund at Cannes, an acid comedy which had won the Palme d'Or.
In this satire of the world of the super rich, she played Yaya, an influencer, invited with her companion to take part in a luxury cruise.
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The infection, dazzling, would have got the better of the actress in the space of a few hours.
In an interview with
Rolling Stones
magazine , the actress' brother explained that she simply had a headache.
"She fell asleep, woke up her boyfriend and asked him to take her to the hospital,"
he confided, to put an end to rumors that the actress died of Covid-19.
A rumor that has long flourished in antivax circles.
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