Tiger King zookeeper Erik Cowie’s cause of death has been revealed one month after he died. The 52-year-old star died on September 3rd from acute and chronic alcohol use in Brooklyn, New York, said Julie Bolcer, a spokesperson for the NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner has revealed.
His manner of death has been determined as natural, she added. Mr Cowie, who appeared in the docuseries Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness, was found unconscious last month at an apartment in the East Flatbush neighbourhood, according to police.
He was pronounced dead at the scene. Prior to his death, Mr Cowie worked alongside Tiger King star Joe Exotic, whose legal name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, as one of the zookeepers at the ill-fated G.W..
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