Overview
- The Hillsborough County medical examiner determined Potthast, 64, died from blunt-force injuries to the face and neck sustained in a bathtub fall.
- The report notes facial lacerations, a fractured C6 vertebra and positional asphyxia as factors in the death.
- Chronic alcohol use, acute alcohol intoxication and liver cirrhosis were recorded as contributing causes.
- The official findings refute earlier reports that cited glioblastoma, which his family had publicly denied.
- TMZ obtained the autopsy after previously releasing a 911 call in which his son said he found him bleeding in the tub, and his daughter announced his death later in November 2025.