Ike Turner's death linked to cocaine
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Rock 'n' roll pioneer Ike Turner's death last month at age 76 was caused by a cocaine overdose, the San Diego County Medical Examiner's office said Wednesday. "We are listing that he abused cocaine, and that's what resulted in the cocaine toxicity," said Paul Parker, chief investigator at the medical examiner's office.
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Caminiti died from acute intoxication due to the combined effects of cocaine and opiates, a spokeswoman for the New York City Medical Examiners Office told ESPN.
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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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R&B singer Gerald Levert was killed by an accidental mixture of drugs, a coroner's report says.
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Tony Thompson, who sang with &#39;90s  R&B group Hi-Five, has died of an apparent drug overdose at the  age of 31.
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A vaccine now in clinical trials gets the body's immune system to attack cocaine when it's introduced, thereby killing the desire for it, say researchers who believe they have found a cure for the addiction.
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NEW YORK - A drug overdose killed former baseball star Ken Caminiti, who tested positive for cocaine in the weeks before he died at age 41 and had admitted using steroids during his playing days, the city medical examiner ruled Monday.
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Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence in a possible drug-related death
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Following the sudden death of hip-hop star Olâ Dirty Bastard, the cause of his passing has been finally revealed. The New York Medical Examinerâs Office has reported that ODB died of an accidental drug overdose.
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Â· Actor died from combined effect of prescribed drugsÂ· Medication included pills for anxiety and insomnia
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The city's medical examiner concluded that the misuse of pills, not the dust of ground zero, caused the lung disease that killed a man who became a nationally known example of post-Sept. 11 illness, the examiner's spokeswoman confirmed Thursday.
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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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According to reports that surfaced earlier this week, the New York medical examinerâs office has declared that rapper Olâ Dirty Bastard died of an accidental overdose.
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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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BOSTON  - The combination of the   antidepressant drug Prozac and the illegal "club drug" Ecstasy   increases the risk of acute toxic effects of Ecstasy, and may   explain the increasing number of Ecstasy-related deaths,   according to research presented at the annual meeting of the   American College of Clinical Pharmacology, held here this week.
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After an air passenger with bags of cocaine in her stomach dies, police arrest a man and take him to hospital.
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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.