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Feb 18, 2022 · Even if he had survived the heart attack, the cirrhosis would have killed him within a year. The autopsy also reports that at the time of his death, Flynn had a blood alcohol level of 0.25%. The autopsy also revealed that he was suffering from genital warts.
- Shelby Lin Erdman
Jul 18, 2014 · Errol Flynn was regaling Vancouver society with tales of globetrotting swashbuckle. Hours later Canadian pathologists were scrutinizing his legendary genitalia. Tristin Hopper. Published Jul...
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Aug 10, 2012 · They found it, in turn, from How Come I'm Dead, the 1985 autobiography of Vancouver coroner Glen McDonald. Glen McGregor reports on his blog that he's seen a copy of Flynn's 1959 autopsy in which it's noted that Flynn did suffer from human papillomavirus, aka genital warts.
TIL that actor Errol Flynn had such massive genital warts upon his death that Vancouver's chief pathologist removed them and soaked them in formaldehyde to allow medical students to research them. When the city's coroner heard this, he immediately scotch taped Flynn's warts back onto to his penis.
Aug 30, 2011 · That is, Flynn may have suffered from human papillomavirus -- HPV -- also known as genital warts.) The one item that popped out of these documents was the letter from Dr. Grant A. Gould, who treated Flynn for leg and back pain at his Vancouver home shortly before the actor expired.
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Jul 19, 2014 · Flynn’s heart had definitely stopped, but all his other organs were so shot that the coroner ultimately ruled his death as due to “natural causes.” The most notably damaged organ, it turned out, was Flynn’s penis, which was beset by a collection of enormous genital warts.
Summary and spoiler to end of article: Chief pathologist stole Errol Flynn's genital warts for, um, science. Coroner caught him and made him give them back. They used scotch tape to "reattach" them where they had been. L.A. Chief Coroner never mentioned tape covered dick in final autopsy.
