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Jan 18, 2024 · Heather’s official cause of death was listed as intestinal stenosis, a congenital condition that had gone undetected since her birth. She died on the operating table at the Children’s Hospital of San Diego while surgeons attempted to remove a severe bowel obstruction that had caused septic shock.
- Austin Harvey
Feb 3, 1988 · A spokeswoman for Children’s Hospital of San Diego identified the cause of death as intestinal stenosis--a severe bowel obstruction that the girl evidently had from birth. The...
Feb 15, 2024 · According to Heather O'Rourke's death certificate, she died from a tragic combination of acute bowel obstruction, suspected septic shock, and cardio-respiratory arrest on February 1, 1988, just a few weeks after her 12th birthday.
- Amy Beeman
On February 1, 1988, O'Rourke died following two cardiac arrests, her cause of death later being ruled as congenital stenosis of the intestine complicated by septic shock . Early life. Heather Michele O'Rourke was born on December 27, 1975, in San Diego, [3] [4] to Kathleen and Michael O'Rourke.
The actress died in surgery when doctors were attempting to repair an acute bowel obstruction, caused by what was believed to be a long battle with Crohn's disease, the LA Times...
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- Bella Fowler
Feb 2, 1988 · By BURT A. FOLKART. Feb. 2, 1988 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Heather O’Rourke, the terrified youngster sucked into a spectral vacuum by supernatural spirits in the film “Poltergeist,” is...
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Nov 23, 2019 · The actress died in surgery when doctors were attempting to repair an acute bowel obstruction, caused by what was believed to be a long battle with Crohn’s disease, the LA Times reported.
