Rapper O.D.B's Death Due to Cocaine, Pain Drug
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Rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard, who died in  a recording studio last month at the age of 35, had taken  cocaine and a prescription pain relief drug before his  collapse, the Medical Examiner's office said on Wednesday.
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FRIDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- The bizarre death of a  New York City high school track star  from a muscle pain cream overdose is raising a red flag once again on the hazards of overusing common over-the-counter medications, experts say.
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Ol&#39; Dirty Bastard, the troubled rapper known as much for his run-ins with the law as his innovative hip-hop style, died in a Manhattan recording studio yesterday.
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LOS ANGELES - Toxicology and other tests determined that funk singer Rick James died last month from a heart attack due to an enlarged heart, with numerous drugs including methamphetamine and cocaine contributing factors, the county coroner's office announced Thursday.    The death was declared an accident, said coroner's spokesman David Campbell, who emphasized that none of the drugs were found to be at life-threatening levels...
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Singer Rick James died of a heart attack that may have been induced by nine drugs in his system, a coroner says.
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One of the most flamboyant characters in hip-hop, the rap artist ODB, collapsed and died in a recording studio on Saturday at the age of 35.
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Donda West, Kanye West's mother, died of heart disease and "multiple postoperative factors" after plastic surgery, a deputy medical examiner said Thursday. But a coroner's report said the exact contribution these factors could have played in West's death following breast reduction, tummy tuck and liposuction couldn't be determined.
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Dallas Cowboys football star Terrell   Owens was treated for a drug overdose after taking more than 30   pain pills in an apparent suicide attempt on Tuesday night,   according to a police report obtained by local media.
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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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Rick James, the flamboyant funk  musician who died suddenly in August, had nine drugs in his  system including cocaine, methamphetamine, valium and vicodin,  according to a coroner's report on Thursday.
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Anna Nicole Smith's 20-year-old son died from a lethal combination of methadone and two antidepressant drugs, a U.S.-based pathologist who conducted a private autopsy said Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  -Australian actor Heath Ledger's death was an accident caused by the abuse of prescription drugs, six of which were found in his body, the New York City medical examiner's office said on Wednesday.
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Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs, New York's medical examiner rules.
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Autopsy results for the rapper known as ODB, a former Jersey City resident who died at a Manhattan recording studio, will not be available for several days, the city medical examiner&#39;s office said yesterday.
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The body of rapper O.D.B. returned Thursday to the borough of his youth as family and friends, including multi-platinum singer Mariah Carey and fellow Wu-Tang Clan member Method Man, gathered for a Brooklyn funeral remembering one of hip-hop's most original characters.
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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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Rapper Ol&#39; Dirty Bastard, who died in a recording studio last month at the age of 35, had taken cocaine and a prescription pain relief drug before his collapse, the Medical Examiner&#39;s office said on Wednesday.