David Gest 'died after suffering a stroke'... as police confirm his 'natural death won't be probed'

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David Gest reportedly died after suffering a stroke.

The popular entertainer - who passed away in April this year, aged 62 - died of a stroke, according to US attorney Edward Bearman, who has been dealing with his estate.

Edward told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: 'I've been told David died from a stroke.'

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A stroke? David, 62, was found dead in a five-star hotel in London on April 12 and reportedly died of a stroke, according to US attorney Edward Bearman, who has been dealing with his estate

David was found dead in his hotel room on April 12, with police saying his death was being treated as 'non suspicious'.

According to The Sun Scotland Yard confirmed there would be no investigation into Gest’s death in his room at London’s Four Seasons Hotel.

A subsequent post-mortem said David died of 'natural causes'.

Gary Veazey, the executor of David's will, has confirmed the reason for his passing, saying: 'He died of a stroke.'

Natural death: Police confirmed his death was 'non suspicious' and will not be probed, while his funeral took place in the capital last month, his friends and family decided to scatter his ashes in York - where the US star had planned to move to

MailOnline have gone to his spokesperson for comment. 

In May, David's bodyguard, Imad Handi, claimed to have heard the star suffer a fatal heart attack during their last phone conversation - four days before his body was found.

Imad - who was friends with David for 16 years - said he received a silent phone call, which he believes was the entertainer trying to ask for urgent help, in the days before his body was found.

He explained: 'I answered the phone and was like, 'Hello, hello, hello?', and I heard something smash on the floor.

Close friends: In May, David's bodyguard, Imad Handi, claimed to have heard the star suffer a fatal heart attack during their last phone conversation - four days before his body was found

'Part of me froze and then the phone went dead. Knowing David and his OCD I thought, 'He's dropped something on the floor, he's going to hang up and clean it up. He'll call me back'. Unfortunately he didn't call me back.

'I did try and call that evening and on Saturday and there was no answer. I believe he passed away on the Friday.'

The ashes of David were scattered in a small ceremony in York.

Tourist attraction Clifford's Tower was closed for a day to allow the service to take place in private, with 20 close friends and family members in attendance, including David's sister Barbara Gerber, who gave a reading.

Final resting place: The ashes of David Gest were scattered in a private ceremony in York. Tourist attraction Clifford's Tower was closed for a day to allow the service to take place

The small ceremony comes after a funeral was held for the US star on April 29 at Golders Green crematorium in London, which was attended by a large number of his UK celebrity friends. 

According to friends he was planning to move to York in the weeks before his death, a city he previously said he'd like to die in. 

After a pastor led a short service on the turret, the ashes were tipped to the grass below as guests released white doves and balloons from the tourist attraction which overlooks the flat to which David had moved all his possessions the weekend before he died.

Imad explained: 'He said that in his estate if he passed away he just wanted somewhere nice in York. We decided it was a peaceful place.'

A spokesman for English Heritage, custodians of the tower, added: 'We were approached by David Gest's family who asked if they could scatter his ashes from the top of Clifford's Tower in a small, private memorial.

'As he was an adopted son of York, we thought it an appropriate thing to do for his family.'

The Celebrity Big Brother star previously said of York: 'I've lived in New York, Beverly Hills, I still have property in Hawaii, I lived in Claridge's for two years. But here it's so special.

'When you have the Minster, all other churches fade by comparison. It has an elite beauty and the people are so special. I think I'd like to die here.' 

With the scattering of his ashes, it had been revealed that David's request for his favourite sandwich shop to be his resting place was the star's final joke.

Small service: After a pastor led a short service on the turret, the ashes were tipped to the grass below as guests released white doves and balloons from the tourist attraction

During his frequent visits to York, Gest had been a regular at York Hog Roast, now called the York Roast Company, where he liked to eat standing up at the counter at the smaller of the two shops in Stonegate.

Twelve days before his death, he said in a BBC interview that he wanted his ashes scattered outside the shop.

Thinking that was what he would have wanted, David's pal and York Roast boss Wayne Chadwick had been waiting to receive the remains.  

Following the funeral at Golders Green, hog roast boss Mr Chadwick planned to install the ashes in a disused part of the shop with a fireplace where the scattering could take place rather than out in the street.

Home city: Clifford's Tower overlooks the flat to which David had moved all his possessions the weekend before he died

But Mr Chadwick said he had not been told about the ceremony and had assumed the scattering would take place at the shop.

'On the other hand, David always was a bit of a joker. It was an interview he gave on the BBC which started all this off so I don't know exactly what was in the will,' he said.

'I had been asking what was going to happen but was told the decision was going to be taken by the estate.

'I am a bit disappointed. But we don't have any rights over what was to happen to the ashes and if his inner circle wanted to scatter them without any publicity I can understand that.

'There were practical difficulties in disposing of the ashes in a land-locked shop so from a respect point of view I wanted to leave the final decision to David's friends and family.' 

Worldwide star: David was best known in the US for his marriage to Liza Minnelli while in the UK he carved out a successful career as a reality star contestant