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Patton Oswalt finally has answers about the tragic death of his wife, crime writer Michelle McNamara, nearly a year after her passing.

The 47-year-old actor and comedian revealed that the coroner’s officials informed him that Michelle passed away from a combination of prescription medications and an undiagnosed heart condition.

“We learned today the combination of drugs in Michelle‘s system, along with a condition we were unaware of, proved lethal,” Danny explained to THR.

He went on to say that the blockages, combined with her taking the medications Adderall, Xanax and the pain medication fentanyl, lead to her untimely death.

Our thoughts continue to be with Patton and his family during this difficult time.

Patton Oswalt is opening up about the tragic loss of his wife, crime writer Michelle McNamara.

The 47-year-old actor and comedian sadly discovered that she passed away in her sleep this past April, and there’s still no official cause of death.

“I have a feeling it might have been an overdose,” Patton told the NYT, citing that she took Xanax. “That’s what the paramedics there were saying while I was screaming and throwing up.”

He says that was the second worst day of his life.

“The worst is when I told my daughter the next day,” Patton said.

Now, he is determined to finishing his late wife’s work.

“We can finish the book, but it was tangential to the work, which was: She was going to solve this crime,” Patton said. “In comic-book terms, I was married to a great crime fighter.”

RIP.

Patton Oswalt wrote a touching piece after the sudden death of his beloved wife Michelle McNamara on his Facebook.

The 47-year-old actor addressed the grief he still feels after she passed away in her sleep in the middle of the night this past April.

“Thanks, grief. Thanks for making depression look like the buzzing little bully it always was. Depression is the tallest kid in the 4th grade, dinging rubber bands off the back of your head and feeling safe on the playground, knowing that no teacher is coming to help you,” Patton wrote. “But grief? Grief is Jason Statham holding that 4th grade bully’s head in a toilet and then fucking the teacher you’ve got a crush on in front of the class. Grief makes depression cower behind you and apologize for being such a dick.”

“Michelle McNamara got yanked off the planet and out of life 102 days ago. She left behind an amazing unfinished book, about a horrific series of murders that everyone — including the retired homicide detectives she worked with — was sure she’d solve. The Golden State Killer. She gave him that name, in an article for Los Angeles Magazine. She was going to figure out the real name behind it She left Alice, her 7 year-old daughter. But not before putting the best parts of her into Alice, like beautiful music burned onto a CD and sent out into the void on a spaceship,” Patton continued, “And she left me. 102 days into this.”

Read his entire touching post below…

Patton Oswalt has spoken out publicly for the first time since his wife Michelle McNamara‘s untimely death last week.

The 47-year-old actor and comedian quoted a tweet asking people to donate to the charity 826LA in Michelle‘s name to help continue her passion for writing.

“She wrote lines that stung & hummed. 13 years in her presence was happily humbling. #RIPMichelleMcNamara,” Patton wrote in his tweet.

Lots of celebs have sent Patton tweets of support during this difficult time.

Patton Oswalt‘s wife Michelle McNamara suddenly passed away this week and now his celebrity friends are sending him support during this difficult time.

The 46-year-old writer died on Thursday night (April 21) in her sleep at her Los Angeles home. No other details are known about her death at this time.

Patton and Michelle were married in 2005 and welcomed their daughter Alice in 2009.

Celebs like Anna Kendrick, Olivia Munn, Jeremy Renner, Christina Applegate, and Dane Cook have taken to Twitter to send their condolences to Patton. Read below.

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Michelle McNamara, a crime writer and the wife of actor Patton Oswalt, has sadly died at the age of 46.

The writer and founder of the website True Crime Diary, passed away in her sleep in her Los Angeles home on Thursday night (April 21). No further details have been released regarding her passing.

Michelle‘s website covered both breaking stories and cold cases and she aimed to bring attention to cases that had not been publicized.

Michelle and Patton had been married in 2005 and welcomed their daughter Alice in 2009.

Our thoughts are with Michelle‘s family and friends at this difficult time.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt dresses up in costume as Yoda while attending the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on Monday (December 14) in Hollywood.

The 34-year-old actor sported green face paint, a white robe, and a beanie with green ears sticking out of the sides. He even wore The Grinch pajama pants underneath for some more green!

Other stars who were seen in attendance at the premiere included newly engaged couple Lydia Hearst and Chris Hardwick, Jason Bateman, Cuba Gooding Jr., Patton Oswalt, and Seth Green with his Clare Grant.

FYI: Lydia is wearing a Rubin Singer dress.