Kidd Kraddick Died of Cardiac Disease, Had Enlarged Heart, Says Coroner

Kidd's death came from heart disease rather than the originally speculated brain aneurysm.

According to a report from the Dallas Morning News:

Based on the results of a preliminary autopsy, Jefferson Parish Deputy Coroner Dr. Granville Morse says David "Kidd" Kraddick died of cardiac disease.

"His heart was enlarged," Morse told The Dallas Morning News Monday. "You have several vessels, and three were diseased -- the worst of which was 80 percent blocked. That combination, an enlarged heart and cardiac disease, when someone dies like this it's usually dysrhythmia," which leads to an irregular heartbeat.

Morse said it's likely Kraddick died quickly.

"What happens is your heart goes into a non-perfusable rhythm," Morse said. "In English that means: imagine you turned off the faucet for the blood to go back to the brain. It not only doesn't get to the brain, but it doesn't get to the heart. Both stop working simultaneously."

This was just the preliminary autopsy; nothing will be final until the toxicology report is finished. That could be done by week's end, Morse said.

Kidd was in New Orleans Saturday to attend a benefit golf event for his beloved Kidd's Kids.  His charity makes it possible for terminally and chronically-ill children to experience the joy of Walt Disney World.  Kidd died doing what he loved, giving his time to Kidd's Kids. He was 53.