{"id":2278032,"date":"2026-02-11T21:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T21:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2278032"},"modified":"2026-02-11T21:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T21:55:08","slug":"jayne-trcka-cause-of-death-scary-movie-star-died-of-heart-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jayne-trcka-cause-of-death-scary-movie-star-died-of-heart-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Jayne Trcka cause of death \u2013 &#8216;Scary Movie&#8217; star died of heart disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Two months after <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/01\/06\/jayne-trcka-death-scary-movie\/88044251007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jayne Trcka<\/a> was found dead in her San Diego, California, home, a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/01\/13\/celebrity-deaths-died-2026\/87991173007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cause of death<\/a> has been released for the actress and fitness personality.<\/p>\n<p>According to a newly released report from the San Diego County Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office, Trcka died of &#8220;hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.&#8221; Her condition was complicated by a &#8220;left femoral fracture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The medical examiner ruled the manner of Trcka&#8217;s death on Dec. 12 at age 62 an accident.<\/p>\n<p>Hypertensive heart disease is a condition in which the heart accumulates damage due to long-term, unmanaged high blood pressure (aka hypertension), according to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/diseases\/21840-hypertensive-heart-disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cleveland Clinic<\/a>. If not treated, the disease can put strain on the heart by thickening the heart muscle, as well as lead to heart failure.<\/p>\n<p>Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is caused by &#8220;plaque buildup in arterial walls,&#8221; per the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heart.org\/en\/professional\/quality-improvement\/ascvd#:~:text=Atherosclerotic%20cardiovascular%20disease%2C%20otherwise%20known,angina%2C%20and%20coronary%20artery%20stenosis.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Heart Association<\/a> and includes various conditions such as myocardial infarction (heart attack), angina (chest pain), ischemic stroke and abdominal aortic aneurysm.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a femoral fracture is a break in the femur, or thigh bone, and is usually the result of high-impact trauma, such as a car crash.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the primary cause of death, &#8220;chronic ethanol use&#8221; was listed as a contributing condition in Trcka&#8217;s death. Ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, is the active ingredient in alcoholic beverages.<\/p>\n<p>Trcka&#8217;s son <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/01\/06\/jayne-trcka-death-scary-movie\/88044251007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revealed the actress&#8217;s death to TMZ<\/a> in an article published Jan 5. He told the outlet that he was not aware of any previous medical conditions Trcka may have had.<\/p>\n<p>According to the medical examiner, a few days before Trcka died, the actress&#8217; friend called her several times but received no response. Trcka&#8217;s friend later visited her home to check on her and discovered her unresponsive in the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Jayne Trcka dies: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/01\/06\/jayne-trcka-death-scary-movie\/88044251007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Scary Movie&#8217; actress and bodybuilder was 62<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Jayne Trcka goes from bodybuilder extraordinaire to dark comedy darling<\/h2>\n<p>Trcka grew up in Minnesota, excelling in gymnastics, according to her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0871544\/bio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IMDb biography<\/a>. After a brief stint in graphic communications, she moved to San Diego in the mid-1980s and took up weight training. Quickly turning from hobby to profession, Trcka placed at the top of local bodybuilding contests and continued competing at the national level for decades.<\/p>\n<p>Trcka landed what would become her signature role as Miss Mann in 2000&#8217;s &#8220;Scary Movie,&#8221; a cult classic comedy parodying the horror genre, which spawned several sequels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More celebrity deaths: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/02\/09\/catherine-ohara-cause-of-death\/88436488007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Home Alone&#8217; star Catherine O&#8217;Hara&#8217;s cause of death revealed<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Miss Mann, the girls&#8217; gym teacher in the film, never gets a first name, but plays an integral role, delivering a pep talk that deeply disturbs main character, Cindy Campbell (Anna Faris). During the talk, Cindy catches Miss Mann sniffing women&#8217;s underwear, then stuffing it back into her desk.<\/p>\n<p>Trcka&#8217;s success in the role led to other jobs in the industry, including a guest spot on &#8220;Whose Line Is It Anyway?&#8221; and an appearance in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/entertainment\/music\/lady-gaga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lady Gaga<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;Telephone&#8221; music video in 2010.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two months after Jayne Trcka was found dead in her San Diego, California, home, a cause of death has been released for the actress and fitness personality. According to a newly released report from the San Diego County Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office, Trcka died of &#8220;hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.&#8221; Her condition was complicated by a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2278033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[39915,306671,410885,22220,366133,22691,441124,437651,21751,239390,22367,22062,304719,305429,25601,385204,323735,6297,21741,375951,441126,441125,22240,239389,21739,298114,239456,239462,21912,74947,21738,30600,239343,239420,66251,369784,335507,23152,35643,27158,239345,305423,239344],"class_list":["post-2278032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-affiliate","tag-american","tag-american-heart-association","tag-arts","tag-association","tag-california","tag-cardiovascular","tag-cardiovascular-disease","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrities-u0026-entertainment-news","tag-celebrity","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-death","tag-death-u0026-tragedy","tag-deaths","tag-diego","tag-disease","tag-eamotion","tag-entertainment","tag-heart","tag-heart-u0026-hypertension","tag-hypertension","tag-life","tag-life-now","tag-local","tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","tag-modular","tag-modular-story","tag-movies","tag-negative","tag-news","tag-now","tag-overall","tag-overall-negative","tag-point","tag-san","tag-san-diego","tag-story","tag-the","tag-to","tag-to-the-point","tag-tragedy","tag-u0026"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jayne-Trcka-cause-of-death-\u2013-Scary-Movie-star-died.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2278032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2278032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2278032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2278034,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2278032\/revisions\/2278034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2278032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2278032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2278032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}