BET Star Bert Belasco Died of an Aortic Aneurysm
Let's Stay Together, died in November at the age of 38. His father, Bert Sr., told TMZ that his son's body was found in a hotel room in Richmond, Virginia, where he was quarantined ahead of a new movie role. At the time, Bert Sr. said he believed the cause of death was a fatal aneurysm, and a coroner confirmed on Tuesday that Berlasco died of "hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease." His family told TMZ that the coroner said it was an aortic aneurysm, which is a bulge in the artery that carries blood from the heart through the chest and torso.