Patrick Muldoon's cause of death confirmed after actor-producer was found at his home

An authoritative origin of decease for actor-producer Patrick Muldoon has been confirmed.

The “Melrose Place” and “Days of Our Lives” seasoned suffered a myocardial infarction — a bosom onslaught — according to a decease certificate reviewed by People. Muldoon, 57, died April 19 astatine his Beverly Hills home.

Muldoon’s sister, Shana Muldoon Zappa, told TMZ that his woman recovered him unconscious connected the bath level erstwhile helium didn’t instrumentality promptly aft having his greeting java and going to instrumentality a shower.

Pulmonary embolism and hereditary coagulopathy — an arterial blockage successful the lungs and issues with humor clotting either excessively overmuch oregon excessively small — contributed to his death, People said.

Muldoon, who was from San Pedro, played shot successful precocious schoolhouse and astatine USC, wherever helium acquired 2 Rose Bowl rings. He grew up successful “a household of lifeguards,” which helium described to The Times successful 2012 arsenic “such a competitory diversion environment.” His smaller size, however, led him to see acting arsenic a vocation alternatively than pro shot aft helium got tally implicit “a lot” by the precocious linebacker Junior Seau, who spent 2 decades successful the NFL aft uncovering stardom with the Trojans.

Even so, arsenic Muldoon went connected to prima successful movies including “Starship Troopers,” carnal enactment remained a large portion of his life.

“I got into boxing and martial arts due to the fact that aft shot you spell done a spot of a depression. Once shot is over, it’s implicit forever, and I truly missed having a sport, having thing competitory to do,” helium said.

Then determination was the Hollywood fearfulness origin to motivate him.

“When you get a [‘Days of Our Lives’] publication and it says ‘five days from present Austin takes his garment off,’ fearfulness is the motivator. So you’ll beryllium hitting your gut and grooming hard, but it’s besides a wake-up telephone to diet,” helium told The Times.

With astir 100 acting credits nether his belt, Muldoon was besides a shaper oregon enforcement shaper connected much than a twelve projects including the movie “Riff Raff,” a transgression drama starring Jennifer Coolidge, Ed Harris, Gabrielle Union and Bill Murray, and the documentary “Made successful the USA: The 30 Day Journey.”

Muldoon was cremated Tuesday, according to People.