Months after ‘Triangle of Sadness’ star Charlbi Dean died, a cause of death has been confirmed.
Months after Charlbi Dean tragically died from a “sudden, unexpected illness,” a cause of death has been confirmed by a New York City medical examiner. The actress, who was 32 at the time of her death in August 2022, had passed away from bacterial sepsis, a spokesperson confirmed to People.
According to the outlet, the sepsis “was a complication from asplenia” — the absence of a spleen — due to “remote blunt trauma to her torso.” Days after her death, Dean’s brother, Alex Jacobs, revealed that she had been involved in a “very, very bad car accident” more than a decade ago, which resulted in doctors needing to remove her spleen in a common surgery, per Rolling Stone. She also suffered broken ribs and a broken back from the accident.
The bacterial sepsis, however, was caused after she was infected with Capnocytophaga, a common bacteria that can cause rare infections in those with autoimmune issues as well as people without spleens.
