Ed Winter Deputy L.A. County Coroner obituary

Ed Winter, the Deputy L.A. County Coroner who handled the death cases into some of the biggest celebrities in Hollywood has died.

Law enforcement said, Ed Winter, 73, passed away of natural causes at his home in the LA area on Friday, March 17, 2023.

Winter worked in the field for 17 years and investigated the deaths of some of the biggest celebs, including Michael Jackson, Paul Walker, Whitney Houston, Brittany Murphy and Tom Petty.

The death of Michael Jackson was perhaps the most prominent case.

When Ed Winter discovered a staggering amount of injection places in Jackson’s body, he became concerned.

The Whitney case in 2012 also proved to be a career-defining moment as Winter had become so well-known that Dionne Warwick, a family member of Houston’s, recognized him when he arrived on the scene.

Ed Winter was famously known as ‘Coroner to the Stars’ for his high-profile cases.

He joined the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office in the early 2000s.

In 2009, he made headlines for handling Michael Jackson’s death case.