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. The cause of death was "acute intoxication by the combined effects of o...
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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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The actor Heath Ledger was found dead this afternoon in an apartment building in SoHo, according to the New York City police.
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Six different types of prescription drugs were found in Heath Ledger's apartment.
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By Domingo Ramirez Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Oct. 5--GRAPEVINE -- Maybe a walk would have been better for him after all. A 20-year-old Grapevine man suffered internal injuries this week after he swallowed a small baggie of cocaine, 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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Actor did not commit suicide but was killed by his abuse of prescription medications, says official report from New York City medical examiner
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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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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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A third premature infant has died after being accidentally given an adult-sized dose of a blood thinner medication at a hospital last week.
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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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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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Seventeen people have died in New York City in the past three months after overdosing on illegal drugs laced with the prescription painkiller fentanyl, authorities said Tuesday.
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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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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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An autopsy on the body of Australian actor Heath Ledger, who has died aged 28, is found to be inconclusive.
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. (antiMUSIC) Medical examiners have found that rapper Ol&#39; Dirty Bastard died from an accidental overdose of cocaine and a prescription pain medication.