UPDATED with Medical Examiner confirmation,12:41PM:Nicky Katttook his own life, the actors family says.
He died by suicide after battling with depressionone that he fought bravely but quietly.
Mental illness is real, it is powerful, and it is often invisible.
Nicky KattGary Miller/FilmMagic
Read the full statement from Katts family below.
TheDazed and Confusedactor was found dead in his Burbank apartment on April 8.
The 54-year-old Katt died by hanging, law enforcement sources tell us.
It appears Katt had been dead for at least a couple of days before his body was discovered.
His filmography includedThe Limey, Sin CityandInsomnia.
His latest appearance on film was in 2013 in HBOs award-winningBeyond the Candelabradirected by Soderbergh.
News of Katts suicide was first reported by TMZ.
Mental illness is real, it is powerful, and it is often invisible.
