Fernando Valenzuela, the Los Angeles Dodgers pitching ace who helped the team win the 1981 World Series, died of septic shock last month.

Fernando Valenzuela, the Dodgers pitching ace who helped the team win the 1981 World Series, died of septic shock last month, according to his death certificate.

The underlying cause of death comes almost a month after the beloved Dodgers' pitcher was pronounced dead from a mysterious illness.

Fernando Valenzuela’s cause of death has been determined after the Dodgers legend died last month at 63. According to his death certificate, the broadcaster and former pitcher died due to decompensated alcoholic cirrhosis and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis cirrhosis.