Charlbi Dean's cause of death confirmed by New York coroner
Charlbi Dean died of bacterial sepsis and "a complication from asplenia". The model-turned-actress passed away in New York City on August 29, aged 32, and her cause of death has now finally been confirmed. A spokesperson for the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner confirmed to PEOPLE that she died of bacterial sepsis, which was a "complication from asplenia (the absence of a spleen)" due to "remote blunt trauma to her torso". Dean - who had her spleen removed after she was involved in a car accident in 2009 - was infected with a rare bacteria known as Capnocytophaga, which can devel...