Garry Shandling’s doctor refuses to sign death certificate

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Garry Shandling’s doctor is reportedly mystified as to why the beloved standup died — and his refusal to sign the death certificate has spurred the coroner’s office to investigate.

Shandling’s physician has “repeatedly refused” to sign the document because he believed the “Larry Sanders Show” creator — whom he hadn’t examined in more than a year — to be in fine physical condition, TMZ reported Saturday.

As a result, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office has subpoenaed the comedian’s medical records and collected blood work from the emergency room at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, where Shandling was pronounced dead Thursday morning.

A request for comment from the coroner’s office was not immediately returned.

A source close to the comedian told the Daily News Thursday that the 66-year-old Shandling had suffered an apparently massive heart attack.

“It’s a shock,” the source said. “He seemed pretty healthy, took care of himself. There were no known heart issues at all in his history.”

The Emmy winner had experienced signs of failing health just one day earlier, consulting with a doctor pal about shortness of breath and aches, the gossip site previously reported.

The doc advised him to visit the ER if the symptoms continued. When they did Thursday morning, Shandling apparently ordered a car to drive him to the ER — but ultimately phoned 911 and collapsed mid-call.

Emergency workers reportedly arrived at 10:45 a.m. to find the car service waiting outside his home.

The drily witty Shandling, considered a legend by his comedy peers, was best known for the critically acclaimed “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show,” which ran on Showtime from 1986 to 1990, and “The Larry Sanders Show,” which HBO aired from 1992 to 1998.