Two months after former Disney Executive Dave Hollis was discovered unconscious in his Hays County, Texas home, his cause of death has been revealed.
Hollis was 47 when he unexpectedly passed away. Now, according to an autopsy performed by the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office, it’s been revealed that Hollis had “lethal amounts of cocaine, fentanyl, and alcohol in his system when he died.”
The autopsy also reports that Hollis had a history of drug and alcohol abuse, depression, high blood pressure, hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and “moderate to severe atherosclerosis in his heart.” The coroner continued explaining that Hollis had an enlarged heart and calcium buildup in the aorta, according to People.
Hollis’ lungs were also filled with fluid and his brain was swollen. It was founded that Hollis had an “underlying natural disease of the heart that would have predisposed it to developing an abnormal rhythm, particularly in the presence of a stimulant drug such as cocaine.”
His death has been categorized as an accident.
Hollis’ ex-wife Rachel Hollis has yet to issue a statement following the release of his autopsy report. However, at the time of Dave’s passing in February, Rachel wrote, “We are devastated. I have no words and my heart is too broken to find them. Please wrap the kids up in prayers as we try to navigate through the unthinkable.”
Rachel and Dave were married for 16 years before divorcing in 2020. They share four children together, including three sons and one daughter.
Back in March, Rachel recorded a podcast episode in order to get all of her feelings out and in the open regarding her ex-husband’s death. “I’m going to make this episode and then I’m not going to talk about this anymore.”
She explained that her “children’s father isn’t content for other people,” calling Dave’s death “traumatic, awful, and just devastating.” Rachel continued, revealing that at the time they “still honestly don’t know what happened. I found out after the fact that he had gone to the hospital a couple of times because he was having heart problems. Whatever he died from, we’re still in the same space, which is just deep grief.”
Rachel then shared a brief update about how her children are handling the death of their father. “The kids are doing as well as they can. But that’s, you know, it’s like in these times people are like ‘How are you?’ and you’re just like ‘I’m fu***ng horrible, it’s not okay,’” she continued, adding that all four kids had different relationships with their father, but are doing as well as she could’ve hoped for.
