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.

LOS ANGELES - Legendary Dodger pitcher Fernando Valenzuela died from septic shock, according to a death certificate made public Tuesday. According to the document obtained by TMZ, secondary causes of the Dodger icon's Oct.