(L.A.) Darryl Murphy, 41, Died in a Vehicle

Case Number: 2023-04119

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 41-year-old Black male that occurred in a vehicle.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Darryl Murphy.

Manner of Death: Natural

Cause of Death: Hypertensive-Type Heart Disease

Other Significant Conditions: Myocardial Bridging; Severe Cardiomegaly

RIP DARRYL MURPHY (May 3, 1981 – April 17, 2023)

Myocardial bridging is a congenital coronary anomaly in which part of an epicardial coronary artery takes an intramuscular course and is tunneled under an overlying muscular bridge. It results in systolic compression of the tunneled portion of the coronary artery and remains clinically silent in the majority of cases.

A myocardial bridge is a band of heart muscle that lies on top of a coronary artery, instead of underneath it, where part dips into and underneath the heart muscle and then comes back out again.