The doctor insists Shandling was in good health, despite not examining him in more than a year.
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Garry Shandling suffered from shortness of breath hours before his death.
“By the law, the coroner has to inquire into the death, when a doctor does not sign the death certificate”, Smith said.
Doctors said that Shandling, 66, died Thursday of an apparent heart attack, according to Alan Nierob, his spokesman.
Los Angeles Police officer Tony Im said Shandling died Thursday in Los Angeles of an undisclosed cause.
Garry Shandling, who as an actor and comedian masterminded a brand of self-inflicted phony docudrama with “The Larry Sanders Show”, has died.
Following Shandling’s death, HBO released a statement saying, “Garry ushered in the modern period of original programming at HBO with his brilliant masterpiece, The Larry Sanders Show”.
Shandling ended up calling 911 around 10:30 a.m. and lost consciousness before paramedics arrived.
An HBO spokeswoman confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that reruns of “The Larry Sanders Show”, a scathing satire of late-night TV talk programs, will return at some point to the cable channel and its streaming sites, although no timetable was announced.
Griffin, who tweeted the photo, included the caption; So @GarryShandling & I had to call Saul @mrBobOdenkirk’.
Born in Chicago in 1949, Shandling got his start in Hollywood as a sitcom writer for shows such as Sanford and Son and Welcome Back, Kotter.
Soon after he began to guest host for Johnny Carson, and was considered as a possible replacement after Carson left his job on The Tonight Show.
Shandling was known for “breaking the fourth wall” – speaking directly to the audience – in his show, which aired from 1986 to 1990.
“I would not do a show where you just sit and talk to somebody”, the humorist said in 1993 when he was courted by NBC to succeed David Letterman on “Late Night”.
That show was nominated for 18 Emmy Awards, and in its final season in 1998 Shandling won for the first time in the Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series category.
His last film appearance was in 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, where he reprised the role of Senator Stern that he originated in Iron Man 2.
Shandling was a frequent awards show host – emceeing both the Grammy and Emmy awards for several years.
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He never married and has no children.
