‘All My Children’ star Esta TerBlanche’s cause of death revealed after ‘unexpectedly’ passing at 51

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for soap opera actress Esta TerBlanche has been revealed six months after her untimely passing.The actress died in July from an intracranial hemorrhage, the result of a blunt force head injury likely caused by a fall from a low height, the County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner said in a press release issued Wednesday.

TMZ was first to report the news.Also known as a “brain bleed,” an intracranial hemorrhage is a type of stroke that causes blood to pool between the brain and the skull, preventing oxygen from reaching the brain, according to the Cleveland Clinic.TerBlance, who rose to fame for her role as Gillian Andrassy on “All My Children” during the late ’90s and early 2000s, was found unresponsive at her home on July 19, 2024, and her death was pronounced by paramedics at 11:10 a.m.

local time that day, per the medical examiner’s office.The cause and manner of death were certified Wednesday following the completion of an examination on July 22 by a deputy medical examiner and the receipt of test and study results.The manner of death was ruled as accident.

Medical personnel believed TerBlanche was dead for approximately a day before she was discovered, TMZ reported in July.Her goddaughter said at the time that the star died “unexpectedly.”Before making a name for herself in Hollywood, TerBlanche won the title of Miss Teen South Africa in 1991.