Canadian director and producer Jean-Marc Vallee died of natural causes: family
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The family of acclaimed Canadian director and producer Jean-Marc Vallee said Wednesday that his sudden death on Christmas Day was from natural causes.
In a statement, they said a Quebec coroner concluded Vallee died of a "fatal cardiac arrhythmia secondary to severe coronary atherosclerosis."
It was released not long before a coroner issued his report into Vallee's death at his cabin just outside Quebec City over the 2021 Christmas holiday weekend. He was 58.
Vallee directed a string of high-profile films and series after his breakout "C.R.A.Z.Y.", winning an Emmy for directing the hit HBO series "Big Little Lies," and his 2013 drama "Dallas Buyers Club" earned multiple Oscar nominations.
The coroner concluded that Vallee died not long after arriving at his cabin. Aside from lower back pain, he had no chronic health condition that would be a risk for cardiovascular disease.
