“Triangle of Sadness” star Charlbi Dean’s cause of death has been revealed, months after the South African actress died suddenly at age 32.
Dean died in August of bacterial sepsis, stemming from a rare infection known as Capnocytophaga, a New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner spokesperson told People.
Though this category of bacteria is generally found in the mouths of dogs and cats, they only cause illness, including sepsis, in humans in the rare event they spread to them, according to the CDC. Humans are usually infected through bites, scratches or close contact with a dog or cat, though the agency notes the latter is very unlikely for most people.
