NEW YORK — “ER” actress Mary Mara died from asphyxiation and drowning in upstate New York over the weekend, state police announced Wednesday.
The cause of death was released three days after Mara, 61, was found dead in the St. Lawrence River in Cape Vincent.
“The Jefferson County Medical Examiner’s Office performed a post-mortem examination and determined that Mary Mara’s manner of death was an accident, due to asphyxiation, and water drowning,” New York State Police said in their update Wednesday.