Death
Coddington was hospitalized on December 31, 2007, shortly after New Year's Eve he was discharged, but was readmitted just a few days later to Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in suburban Whittier, California.
After he was readmitted, doctors performed surgery and Boyd was expected to make a complete recovery. Coddington died on February 27, 2008.
His publicist stated that Coddington was a long-time diabetic who died from complications that were brought on from a recent surgery along with liver and kidney complications.
He is buried at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California
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