(L.A.) Getachew Teshome, 72, Died in a Hospital

Case Number: 2023-04393

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 72-year-old Black male that occurred in a hospital.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Getachew Teshome.

Manner of Death: Natural

Cause of Death A: Respiratory Failure

Cause of Death B: Decompensated Chronic Obtructive Pulmonary Disease

Other Significant Condition: Atheroscleroic Cardivacular Disease

RIP GETACHEW TESHOME (June 14, 1950 – April 25, 2023)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Tuesday at 2:00 p.m.

The decedent’s name is Ethiopian.