'Drug mix-up' theory for TV death
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The actress found dead in her home in London may have taken the wrong medication, her fiance's mother says.
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The actor Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs, the New York medical examiner said.
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A department of the bleedin' obvious special report Liverpool John Moores University has evidently opened its own department of the bleedin' obvious by revealing that rock and pop stars often die prematurely because of their penchant for a fast-track lifestyle fuelled by drugs and booze, The Daily Telegraph reports.â¦
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Rapper ODB died from a drugs overdose, the results of a repeated autopsy have revealed. The hip hop community and entertainment world is still mourning the sudden loss of one of its most outrageous personalities
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Wu Tang founder Ol&#39; Dirty Bastard died of an accidental drugs overdose, it was revealed yesterday. The rapper - real name Russell Jones - died suddenly last month after complaining of chest pains.
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Heath Ledger's death engenders blog threads trying to determine the science behind his apparent drug overdose.
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The New York City medical examiner blamed the âabuse of prescription medicationsâ in the actorâs death.
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Rapper ODB, whose death in a Manhattan recording studio last month sent ripples through the hip-hop community, died from the combined effects of cocaine and a prescription painkiller, the medical examiner has ruled.
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Emergence of possible new evidence halts heroin death case.
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Police appeal for information after a 20-year-old man from Armagh dies after reportedly taking drugs.
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A teenager dies from a suspected drugs overdose after apparently making a suicide pact with her best friend.
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Influential Southern rapper Pimp C died of an accidental overdose of a combination of drugs he had named in his lyrics Â codeine and promethazine, the county coroner's office ruled Monday.
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Actor did not commit suicide but was killed by his abuse of prescription medications, says official report from New York City medical examiner
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A review of the accidental overdose of a central Alberta man in hospital last summer has concluded that a number of things went wrong that led to the death.
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Six different types of prescription drugs were found in Heath Ledger's apartment Â including anti-anxiety medications and sleeping pills Â though the cause of his death won't be known for several days after a preliminary autopsy Wednesday was inconclusive, authorities said.
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The death last month of troubled 25-year-old actor Brad Renfro was caused by a heroin and morphine overdose, according to the coroner's report released Friday. The Los Angeles County coroner's office ruled Renfro's death was accidental. His body was found on Jan. 15 in his home.
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Experts raise concerns that flawed analysis of drug levels in corpses could affect the outcomes of court cases and inquests.