Death Cause: How Did Bill Paxton Die; His Obituary – What Happened To Him?

According to a death certificate issued by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, actor Bill Paxton died of a stroke after having heart surgery.

Paxton was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards during the span of the HBO drama series Big Love, for which he received three nominations.

Bill Paxton’s Death Caused By Stroke After Surgery

On February 14, 2017, Bill Paxton had surgery to replace his aortic valve and repair an aortic aneurysm.

He died on February 25 at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

His death was attributed to complications after surgery in a prior announcement, but no other details were provided.

Although aortic valve replacement can save a person’s life, surgery is not dangerous. 

According to the American Stroke Association, strokes are the fourth leading cause of mortality in the United States.

According to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Bill Paxton’s family against the hospital and surgeon who treated him, the actor’s death may have been avoided.

According to the lawsuit, Paxton’s family claims that the surgeon utilized a high-risk, unusual surgical method he lacked experience with. The hospital and surgeon misrepresented information relevant to the dangers of operation.

What Happened To Bill Paxton? 

Bill Paxton revealed in an early 2017 interview with Marc Maron on WTF that he had a defective aortic heart valve due to rheumatic fever he got when he was 13 years old.

He had open-heart surgery on February 14 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles to replace the damaged valve and repair an aortic aneurysm.

He had an emergency second surgery the next day to repair a damaged coronary artery.

His condition worsened during the next ten days, and on February 25, he died of a deadly stroke at the age of 61. He was cremated and laid in Hollywood Hills’ Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

Bill’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Ali Khoynezhad, the surgeon who performed his operation, one year after his death.

They alleged that Khoynezhad used high-risk and unconventional methods and was not present in the operating room. 

Paxton began experiencing complications like ventricular dysfunction, tachycardia, and a compromised right coronary artery, which they claim contributed to the coronary artery damage that necessitated a second surgery.

On May 17, 1955, Bill Paxton was born in Fort Worth, Texas, to Mary Lou and John Lane Paxton.

Bill’s mother was a devout Roman Catholic who instilled her faith in him and his siblings.

His father worked as a businessman, timber distributor, museum executive, and occasional actor, most notably as Bernard Houseman in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man movie and Paxton in A Simple Plan.

Paxton hailed from Austria, the Netherlands, England, France, Germany, Norway, Scotch-Irish, Scottish, Swiss, and Welsh ancestors.

Elisha Franklin Paxton (1828–1863), a Confederate Army brigadier general who was slain commanding the Stonewall Brigade at Chancellorsville, was his great-great-grandfather.

In 1979, Paxton married Kelly Rowan, but the couple divorced a year later.

He later met Louise Newbury, a student in London, on the Number 13 bus, and the two married in 1987.

They had two children while living in Ojai, California: son James (born 1994), an actor, and daughter Lydia (born 1997).

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