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Warwick Davis’s spouse Samantha died hours earlier than she was attributable to be discharged from hospital, inquest hears

By Editorial Board Published April 14, 2025 3 Min Read
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Warwick Davis’s spouse Samantha died hours earlier than she was attributable to be discharged from hospital, inquest hears

Actress Samantha Davis, the spouse of Warwick Davis, died after struggling a cardiac arrest hours earlier than she was attributable to be discharged from hospital, an inquest has discovered.

Mrs Davis, 53, died at London’s College School Hospital on 24 March final 12 months.

She had been admitted six and a half weeks earlier, after a disc prolapse induced a sudden lack of mobility in her decrease limbs.

She then underwent a thoracotomy operation – a surgical process the place the chest wall is opened – on 20 February.

Nevertheless, she went into cardiac arrest at 11.25pm on 23 March, and was pronounced useless at 0.28am on 24 March, after a failed try to resuscitate her.

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Warwick and Samantha with their youngsters Harrison and Annabelle in 2019. Pic: PA

Senior coroner Professor Fiona Wilcox stated she was happy the reason for loss of life “should be arrhythmic cardiac arrest and complications following left thoracotomies”.

Mrs Davis had achondroplasia, a bone development dysfunction which ends up in dwarfism, “complicated by very severe spinal problems” requiring a number of surgical procedures from 2016, the coroner added.

The hospital delivered “nothing but excellent care” and all of Mrs Davis’s “complications were appropriately managed”, Prof Wilcox stated.

“It is frankly heartbreaking that the surgery itself was successful only for complications to arise and to cause her death,” she added.

David Lawrence, a cardiothoracic surgeon at College School London Hospitals, stated Mrs Davis’s situation had been “progressing well”.

Throughout her hospital keep, she had two surgical chest drains eliminated – the second on the day she suffered the cardiac arrest, he stated.

“Very sadly, on the night this happened, the original plan had been that she would be discharged home the following day,” he instructed the inquest.

“We had good evidence that this patient had a chest x-ray that was acceptable, very stable observations and this patient did not bleed during the day.”

Mr Davis, identified for his movie roles within the Star Wars and Harry Potter collection, devoted his BAFTA movie fellowship award to Mrs Davis throughout an emotional tribute on the ceremony in February.

The couple met on the set of 1988 movie Willow. They married three years later and have two youngsters.

They based the charity Little Folks UK in 2012 to assist people with dwarfism and their households.

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