(L.A.) Manuel Caparaz, 82, Died From Old Age

Case Number: 2024-01018

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of an 82-year-old Asian male that occurred at his residence.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Manuel Carapaz [sic].

Manner of Death: Natural

Cause of Death: Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

RIP MANUEL CAPARAZ (December 4, 1941 – January 16, 2024)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Tuesday at 2:13 p.m.

The decedent may have been of Filipino descent.

Note that the government employee spelled the surname as Carapaz, instead of Caparaz. The former is an Ecuadoran surname, the latter Filipino.