Accidental pill overdose killed Ledger
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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.
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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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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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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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Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday in a Manhattan apartment, naked in bed with sleeping pills nearby, police said. The Australian-born actor was 28. It wasn't immediately clear if Ledger had committed suicide. He had an appointment for a massage at the residence in the tony neighborhood of SoHo, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said.
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An autopsy is scheduled for today as family and colleagues mourn the death of Academy Award-nominated actor Heath Ledger. Ledger was found dead of a possible drug overdose in a Manhattan apartment, police said. Ledger was 28. His family called the death "very tragic, untimely and accidental."
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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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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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Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence in a possible drug-related death, police said. He was 28.
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NEW YORK -- The death of rapper ODB was deemed an accident by the medical examiner, who said yesterday that he died from the combined effects of cocaine and a prescription painkiller.
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Hollywood star Heath Ledger, found dead in his New York apartment two weeks ago, died of accidental intoxication brought on by his abuse of a cocktail of prescription drugs, officials said Wednesday.
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The actor Heath Ledger has been found dead at a residence in downtown Manhattan, according to a New York police spokesman
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Heath Ledger, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as a gay cowboy in the 2005 film "Brokeback Mountain," was found dead today in a Manhattan apartment, New York police told CNN. A possible drug overdose was suspected. Ledger was 28.
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The New York City chief medical examinerâs office blamed the âabuse of prescription medicationsâ in the actorâs death.
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A teenager dies from a suspected drugs overdose after an apparent suicide pact with her best friend.
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Heath Ledger, who was nominated for an Academy Award in 2005 for his role as a gay cowboy in "Brokeback Mountain," was found dead today in a Manhattan apartment, New York police told CNN. A possible drug overdose was suspected. Ledger was 28.
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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.