Accidental drug overdose killed Ledger: NY coroner
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Actor Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of six prescription drugs, with a mix of painkillers, tranquilizers and sleeping aids found in his system, officials said on Wednesday.
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An autopsy of rapper Ol&#39; Dirty Bastard reveals his death by heart attack was due to &quot;intoxication by the combined effects of cocaine and [the painkiller] Tramadol,&quot; according to Grace Burgess, a spokeswoman for the New York City medical examiner&#39;s office.
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Former baseball National League MVP Ken Caminiti died of an accidental drug overdose, a spokeswoman for the New York City medical examiner said Monday.
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Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of painkillers, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medication and other prescription drugs, the New York City medical examiner said Wednesday. The cause of death was "acute intoxication by the combined effects of o...
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The city chief medical examiner's office said it would take an additional 10 days to 2 weeks to determine the manner and cause of death of the actor Heath Ledger, whose body was found in a SoHo apartment on Tuesday.
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Actor Heath Ledger was found dead in  his Manhattan apartment on Tuesday, possibly of a drug  overdose, New York City police said.
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The sudden death of film star Heath  Ledger stunned fans and family from Hollywood to Australia on  Wednesday as New York City's medical examiner conducted an  autopsy that proved inconclusive.
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The death of rapper O.D.B. was deemed an accident by the medical examiner, who said Wednesday that he died from the combined effects of cocaine and a prescription painkiller.
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Heath Ledger died accidentally from the abuse of  prescription medications â specifically, six kinds of painkillers, sleeping pills and anti-anxiety drugs.
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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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R&amp;B singer Gerald Levert's death last fall was an accident caused by a fatal combination of prescription narcotics and over-the-counter drugs, a coroner said.
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US rapper ODB, who collapsed at a Manhattan recording studio, last month, died of a drug overdose.
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Heath Ledger's death by accidental overdose should serve as a warning to others not to mix prescription drugs, his father said, calling the loss an enduring agony for his family.
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The death of the influential Southern rapper Pimp C, below, has been ruled an accident attributable to an overdose of drugs celebrated by Three 6 Mafia and the Pimp C group Underground Kingz in the 2000 single âSippinâ on Some Syrup,â The Associated Press reported. The Los Angeles County coronerâs office identified the drugs as codeine and promethazine, essential ingredients of âsyrup.â The coronerâs office said Pimp C, whose real name was Chad Butler, had sleep apnea, an ailment that can cause breathing during sleep to stop for as long as 30 seconds. Capt. Ed Winter of the coronerâs office said that sleep apnea, combined with large amounts of prescription-strength cough syrup, killed Pimp C on Dec. 4 in West Hollywood, Calif. He was 33.
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Tests on a $20 bill found at the Lower Manhattan apartment where actor Heath Ledger died yielded no drug residue, police said. The bill was tested to see whether it had been used to snort illegal drugs because of the way it was folded, New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said.
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A man attending this year's Glastonbury festival has died following a suspected drugs overdose, police said this morning.
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Actor Heath Ledger died of an  accidental overdose of six prescription drugs, with a  combination of painkillers, tranquilizers and sleeping aids  found in his system, officials said on Wednesday.