All My Children’s Esta TerBlanche's Cause of Death Revealed

Mar. 15, 2025

Esta TerBlanche.Photo:Ron Galella Collection via Getty

Ron Galella Collection via Getty

Esta TerBlanche’s cause of death has been revealed.

On Wednesday, Jan. 29, The County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner determined that theAll My Childrenalum, who died at the age of 51 in July, suffered from an intracranial hemorrhage, according to apress release. The bleed was “due to blunt force traumatic head injury likely due to a ground level fall” and ruled the death as an accident.

More details were also revealed in the release, which stated that TerBlanche had been found unresponsive in her home on July 19 at paramedics pronounced her dead shortly after 11 a.m. that day.

Esta TerBlanche.Ron Galella Collection via Getty

TerBlanche’s manager Annie Spoliansky confirmed her death in a statement to PEOPLE on July 21.

“She cared so deeply for all people and animals,” she added. “She had squirrels she fed and looked after daily, her two cats and recent kittens that she cared for as her own children.”

“Esta was never anything but generous and lovely to me, and I’m grateful to have known her for the time that I did, and devastated to learn of her passing,” the statement concluded.

Lisa Rodrigo, TerBlanche’s publicist, also remembered the late actress in a statement to PEOPLE at the time.

“I am heartbroken upon learning about Esta’s death,” Rodrigo said. “She was and always will be a beautiful soul who I will miss every day. I am proud to have known her and call her not only a client but a friend.”

Esta TerBlanche and Cameron Mathison.Steve Fenn/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty

Steve Fenn/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty

The former soap opera star was born in South Africa on Jan. 7, 1973 and got her start playing Bienkie Naudé Hartman onEgoli: Place of Gold, a popular drama in the country. She later landed her role as Gillian Andrassy Lavery onAll My Children, which she held from 1997 until 2001.

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“Esta helped me last year when Red was sick and paralyzed and I was struggling,” he wrote over another more recent selfie of the pair. “One of the sweetest people ever.”

source: people.com