Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher died from sleep
apnoea and "other factors", the Los Angeles
County coroner says.
Her death certificate said in January that the 60-
year-old, best known for her role as Princess
Leia, had suffered a cardiac arrest.
But in a statement the LA coroner said the exact
cause was unknown.
Sleep apnoea is a common condition in which a
person stops breathing during sleep, either for a
few seconds or minutes.
As well as listing sleep apnoea as a cause of
death, the coroner's statement cited other
factors, including heart disease and drug use.
Her manner of death would be listed as
undetermined, it said.
Fisher had been on tour promoting her book The
Princess Diarist when she was taken ill on a
flight from London to Los Angeles on 23
December.
She never regained consciousness and died on
27 December at the Ronald Reagan UCLA
Medical Centre.
Her mother, actress Debbie Reynolds, died the
following day.
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