Chyna, who rose to fame as a female wrestler and actress, was found dead Wednesday in her Redondo Beach home, her manager said.
Anthony Anzaldo, her manager, said she was found in the afternoon and that no cause of death had been determined. She was 45.
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Redondo Beach police said the department was investigating but that there were no signs of foul play.
“The Redondo Beach Police received a 911 call from a friend of the apartment unit resident that the female inside was not breathing,” the department said in a statement. “The friend told Redondo Beach Police that the female had not answered her phone in a few days, and went to the location to check on her welfare. Officers arrived on scene and discovered a deceased female inside the location.”
Officials said a cause of death was under investigation by the police and Los Angeles County coroner.
Chyna, who was born Joan Marie Laurer, was a star in the World Wrestling Entertainment beginning in the mid-1990s and also performed as an actor both in adult entertainment and mainstream films.
For a time, Chyna was a big name in popular culture. “If They Only Knew,” her autobiography, reached The New York Times best-seller list in 2001.
She also was a cast member on several reality TV shows.
