A popular actor whose worldwide fame brought the role of the father of the McClisters family in the films "Alone at Home" and "Alone at Home 2", John Hurd died in July 2017.

At that time, the causes of the tragedy were not reported, but now the forensic doctors have installed it.

72-year-old star died of a heart attack, writes TMZ.

The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner's Office, in Frutdale, California, found John "a sudden cardiac death due to atherosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease".

Days before his death at the Stanford Medical Center, the actor was given a minor operation on his back, but representatives say that the surgical intervention was not related to death.

On the results of studies on the presence of toxic substances in the body Gerda is not reported.

Recall, John Gerd was born in Washington on March 7, 1945. The most famous for him brought the role of Peter McCallister - the father of the family in the comedy films "Alone at home" and "Alone at home 2". In addition, he starred in the films "Awakening", "On the Line of Fire", as well as in the series "C. : Crime scene Miami, "Star cruiser" Galaxy "and others.