On Sept. 21, 1998, Griffith-Joyner died in her sleep in Mission Viejo, California, at the age of 38. The Orange County Coroner’s Office ruled the cause of death to be suffocation.
How Did Flo-jo Husband Died
An Orange County coroner’s report completed shortly after Griffith Joyner’s death last September at age 38 concluded that she suffocated after suffering an epileptic seizure.