Shelley Long overdoses
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The 55-year-old was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital after the apparent suicide attempt. She had become depressed after the end of her 22-year marriage to securities-broker Bruce Tyson, friends said.
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People starting treatment with methadone have died and suffered life-threatening side effects, health officials said Monday in warning of the dangers of overdosing on the painkiller.
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The mother of former Playboy playmate and model Anna Nicole Smith blamed drugs Friday for her daughter's sudden death that ended an extraordinary tabloid life at just 39.
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The actor Heath Ledger died from an accidental overdose of six different drugs Â painkillers and sedatives Â the medical examiner said Wednesday, leading doctors to warn of the dangers of mixing prescription drugs.
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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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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.
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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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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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SAN FRANCISCO -- A 70-year-old woman is dead and three other people recovering after eating poisonous mushrooms they picked in California&#39;s Oakland Hills.
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A 69-year-old woman who was accidentally injected with a toxic cleaning fluid as she was prepared for surgery at a Seattle area medical center has died as a result, hospital officials said on Wednesday.
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Like millions of arthritis sufferers, she was a long-time user of Vioxx, the popular painkiller that was pulled from the market two weeks ago because of an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
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SHELBY, N.C. - A radio listener helped save a disc jockey who suffered an on-air seizure and pleaded for help before passing out in his studio.  WOHS DJ Tim Biggerstaff, who has suffered from diabetes since childhood, has always been candid about his health.
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A self-described drug addict stood by a vacant lot on the city&#039;s South Side and pointed down the block. There, he says, more than a dozen of his friends and acquaintances died after using heroin laced with a strong painkiller.
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Actress and model Anna Nicole Smith's son, Daniel Smith, died of a lethal combination of drugs that
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Investigators say Margaret Mignano killed her severely disabled daughter by giving her a lethal dose of medication. Which prompts Mignano's supporters to ask: Why would she go to such great lengths to save the girl's life just three days before her death?
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Crystal meth â coma â lawsuit A Canadian former drug addict has successfully sued the dealer who supplied the crystal methamphetamine that triggered a heart attack and put her in a coma for 11 days, the Times reports.â¦
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Los Angeles: Actress Janet Leigh, who attained screen immortality as the murder victim in a bloody shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock&#39;s classic &quot;Psycho,&quot; has died after a long illness, a family spokesman said on Monday.