‘General Hospital’ Star Tyler Christopher’s Cause of Death Revealed

The 50-year-old soap opera star was found dead at his San Diego apartment in October 2023.

Actor Tyler Christopher speaks onstage at the 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif., on May 1, 2016. Earl Gibson III/Getty Images

The cause of death of Tyler Christopher, an actor best known for his role in “General Hospital,” has been released by a medical examiner’s office in California after the 50-year-old soap opera star was found dead at his apartment in October 2023.

According to the actor’s death certificate issued by the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office, which was obtained by TMZ on Jan. 26, he died of positional asphyxia, or suffocation, due to acute alcohol intoxication.