{"id":879594,"date":"2026-10-12T11:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T11:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/879594\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T11:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T11:08:09","slug":"hollywood-stuntman-james-lews-cause-of-death-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/879594\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Stuntman James Lew&#8217;s Cause of Death Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Hollywood Stuntman James Lew<br \/>\n                          Cause of Death Revealed<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              October 12, 2026<br \/>\n                            1:00 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20261007_f948352bd3664a9ab6c51016fc26adeb\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:d04fe299-ab0e-4a81-91f9-5f915e7e0f93\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/f948352bd3664a9ab6c51016fc26adeb_md.jpg\" alt=\"james lew getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/james-lew\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Lew<\/a>, the Hollywood stuntman and martial artist, died from congestive heart failure &#8230; TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n<p>We obtained Lew&#8217;s death certificate from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, which shows he died August 23 at an assisted living facility in L.A.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260824_af72fc48d0c84da3a523071da1eb3c00\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:d04fe299-ab0e-4a81-91f9-5f915e7e0f93\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/af72fc48d0c84da3a523071da1eb3c00_md.jpg\" alt=\"James Lew getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The document lists &#8220;end-stage congestive heart failure&#8221; as his cause of death. No other significant conditions were listed.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As we first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/08\/24\/james-lew-dead\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> &#8230; Lew&#8217;s wife, Jordanna, told us he died at 73 after battling unspecified health issues.<\/p>\n<p>Lew worked as a stunt coordinator and fight stuntman on dozens of movies, including &#8220;Star Trek,&#8221; &#8220;Rush Hour,&#8221; &#8220;Lethal Weapon 4,&#8221; &#8220;Action Jackson,&#8221; and &#8220;Timecop.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fans may also remember him from his hilarious fight scene with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/charlie-sheen\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie Sheen<\/a> in &#8220;Hot Shots! Part Deux.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lew&#8217;s death certificate says he was cremated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hollywood Stuntman James Lew Cause of Death Revealed Published October 12, 2026 1:00 AM PDT James Lew, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":879595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-879594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=879594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/879595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=879594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=879594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=879594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}