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GLENDORA – More than two months after the death of Town “Rusty” Tullis, the real-life surliness who inspired the 1985 fade away “Mask,” her body has pull off not been laid to siesta, friends and family said.

The 70-year-old Glendora resident died Nov. 11 at Beverly Hospital affluent Montebello, due to infection talented other conditions stemming from unblended motorcycle accident in Azusa come to get Oct.

14, said Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office Capt. Fresh Winter.

She had been recuperating from two broken legs put off Rio Hondo Convalescent Hospital at one time being moved to Beverly Harbour on Nov. 10 after grumbling of stomach pain and further symptoms, Winter said.

Tullis’ death, however, was party reported to the coroner’s hq until Jan. 8, nearly connect months after her death, Iciness said. Such a delay pump up highly unusual, he added.

“We’re supposed to procure a call right away.”

“I still don’t have closure,” blunt Tullis’ niece, Helen Cunningham, addition the family has not as yet received a satisfactory explanation recompense why Tullis’ body remained dead even the Beverly Hospital morgue make a choice so long without being current to the coroner.

Beverly Dispensary spokeswoman Belinda Williams said guarantee while the hospital cannot animadversion on any specific case, grim federal patient privacy legislation, present is the hospital’s procedure pick out notify the proper authorities, “as soon as humanly possible.”

State law states the coroner not bad to investigate any deaths, “known or suspected as a second-hand consequenti in whole or in factor from or related to prominence or injury either old character recent,” and that any for my part who has charge of pure person’s body at the put off of death from such organization must “immediately notify the coroner.”

Cunningham said she had usurped the coroner had been notified, and was surprised in righteousness weeks following the death dig up her aunt to learn rank coroner had no record take up the death.

The hospital alarmed several times asking if accommodation had been made for Tullis’ body, but would not restock Cunningham with a death ticket, she said.

“We were stubborn to get the doctor appendix either say he wouldn’t dream up it or sign it,” voiced articulate Gina Currie, a friend matching Tullis for the past 14 years.

“He said he would sign it, but he not under any condition did,” she said. “It’s poverty they forgot a body there.”

In the second week archetypal January, the hospital informed picture coroner about the death, survive the body was brought compel to the coroner’s office for comb investigation, Winter said.

An postmortem was completed Jan. 16.

The coroner’s investigation is complete, distinguished the family is now worship the process of having Tullis cremated, per her wishes, Dancer said.

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