Ron Ely, Star of TV’s Tarzan, Cause of Death Revealed

Per a death certificate obtained by TMZ, Ely, the actor best known for playing the title role in the Tarzan TV series, died from “end-stage heart disease.”

Ely was the storied man of the jungle in NBC’s Tarzan, which aired from for two seasons in the mid-1960s.

Weeks after his passing on Sept. 29, Ron Ely‘s cause of death has been revealed.