Overview
- Online records list the manner of death as suicide and the causes as sequelae of anoxic brain injury and hanging.
- The medical examiner’s documents state he died at a Los Angeles hospital on Feb. 23 at age 71.
- Us Weekly reports the case remains listed as open in the medical examiner’s online file.
- His family said he faced a nearly two-decade struggle with bipolar disorder and shared details to help reduce stigma.
- Brother Keith Carradine emphasized there is no shame in the illness as tributes from Hilary Duff, Jake Thomas, Jamie Lee Curtis and others continued.