Family of Bill Paxton settles wrongful death lawsuit with Los Angeles hospital

Hospital officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Paxton died on 25 February 2017 from a stroke that occurred 11 days after he underwent surgery to replace a heart valve and repair damage to his aorta. His wife and their children sued a year later, accusing Khoynezad of performing a risky, unconventional, unnecessary surgery on Paxton at Cedars-Sinai that he was too inexperienced to pull off.

Paxton was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, before becoming an actor in the early 1980s and going on to accumulate nearly 100 on-screen credits.

Some of his most prominent film appearances were in projects helmed by director James Cameron, including Titanic, Aliens and True Lies. He was also in the films Apollo 13 and Twister before starring in the television series Big Love.

His run on Big Love earned him three Golden Globe award nominations. He was also nominated for an Emmy award for a role in the Hatfields & McCoys miniseries.

Paxton was 61 when he died.