Film editor Bryan Tilling died from a heart attack after choking on a hot cross bun.
The British production worker, a dialogue editor on 1979 sci-fi classic Alien and sound editor on 1985 adventure movie King Solomon's Mines, suffered a stroke in February which left him struggling to swallow.
Days later he choked while eating the sweet treat, sparking a fatal heart attack.
A coroner in Oxfordshire, England, ruled Tilling - who also worked as a dubbing editor on cult creepy TV series Hammer House of Horror - died from an "obstruction of the airway, leading to cardiac arrest".
The British production worker, a dialogue editor on 1979 sci-fi classic Alien and sound editor on 1985 adventure movie King Solomon's Mines, suffered a stroke in February which left him struggling to swallow.
Days later he choked while eating the sweet treat, sparking a fatal heart attack.
A coroner in Oxfordshire, England, ruled Tilling - who also worked as a dubbing editor on cult creepy TV series Hammer House of Horror - died from an "obstruction of the airway, leading to cardiac arrest".
- 9/30/2011
- WENN
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