Longtime Actor Rip Torn’s Cause of Death Revealed 5 Months After Death

Actor Rip Torn gives a thumbs-up to photographers after winning for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for HBO's "The Larry Sanders Show," at the 16th annual CableACE Awards ceremony, in Los Angeles on Jan. 15, 1995. Michael Caulfield/File Photo/AP

Longtime actor Rip Torn’s cause of death was due to his years-long battle with Alzheimer’s disease, it was reported.

The “Men in Black” star died at his Connecticut home in July 2019, but TMZ on Friday obtained a copy of his death certificate, which showed his cause of death was “due to (or as a consequence of) Alzheimer’s dementia.”