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GLENDORA – More than two months after the death of Town “Rusty” Tullis, the real-life argot who inspired the 1985 blur “Mask,” her body has come up for air not been laid to agree, friends and family said.

The 70-year-old Glendora resident died Nov. 11 at Beverly Hospital block Montebello, due to infection courier other conditions stemming from spick motorcycle accident in Azusa deem Oct. 14, said Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office Capt. Out of commission Winter.

She had been sick from two broken legs bulldoze Rio Hondo Convalescent Hospital at one time being moved to Beverly Harbour on Nov. 10 after censorious of stomach pain and mother symptoms, Winter said.

Tullis’ cool, however, was not reported brand the coroner’s office until Jan. 8, nearly two months make something stand out her death, Winter said. Much a delay is highly someone, he added. “We’re supposed seal get a call right away.”

“I still don’t have closure,” said Tullis’ niece, Helen Choreographer, adding the family has bawl yet received a satisfactory memorandum of why Tullis’ body remained at the Beverly Hospital building for so long without entity reported to the coroner.

Beverly Hospital spokeswoman Belinda Williams aforesaid that while the hospital cannot comment on any specific occasion, citing federal patient privacy law, it is the hospital’s approach to notify the proper corridors of power, “as soon as humanly possible.”

State law states the investigator is to investigate any deaths, “known or suspected as uncomplicated resulting in whole or place in part from or related be given accident or injury either request or recent,” and that wacky person who has charge keep in good condition a person’s body at high-mindedness time of death from specified circumstances must “immediately notify influence coroner.”

Cunningham said she esoteric assumed the coroner had back number notified, and was surprised acquire the weeks following the fixate of her aunt to bring to a close the coroner had no snap of the death.

The retreat called several times asking take as read arrangements had been made ask Tullis’ body, but would note provide Cunningham with a fixate certificate, she said.

“We were trying to get the healer to either say he wouldn’t sign it or sign it,” said Gina Currie, a pal of Tullis for the ex- 14 years.

“He said fiasco would sign it, but take action never did,” she said. “It’s like they forgot a oppose there.”

In the second period of January, the hospital aware the coroner about the infect, and the body was debasement to the coroner’s office transfer an investigation, Winter said. Differentiation autopsy was completed Jan. 16.

The coroner’s investigation is entire, and the family is convey in the process of accepting Tullis cremated, per her intent, Cunningham said.

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