Drug cocktail killed Heath Ledger: US officials
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Hollywood star Heath Ledger, found dead in his New York apartment two weeks ago, died of accidental intoxication caused by a cocktail of painkillers and anti-anxiety drugs, officials said Wednesday.
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Heath Ledger died accidentally from the abuse of  prescription medications â specifically, six kinds of painkillers, sleeping pills and anti-anxiety drugs.
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By MICHAEL MELIA SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - 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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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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As Heath Ledger's hometown prepared for the arrival of his remains, locals expressed dismay at speculation in the media that the actor had used drugs.
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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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"Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine." Â A representative for the New York City medical examiner. Ledger was found dead in his New York apartment Jan. 22.
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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 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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The lung disease that killed a police detective who toiled for weeks at ground zero was caused by injecting ground-up pills, not by toxic dust from the World Trade Center, the city medical examiner's office confirmed Thursday.
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The sudden death of film star Heath Ledger stunned fans and family from Hollywood to Australia on Wednesday as New York City's medical examiner conducted an autopsy that proved inconclusive.
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A video of Heath Ledger at a Hollywood party where drugs were being taken is pulled from US TV out of "respect".
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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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The body of Hollywood actor Heath Ledger was being flown back to Australia on Sunday following a private Los Angeles service for close family and friends, US media reported.
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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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Hollywood stars pay tribute to Australian actor Heath Ledger, who has been found dead in New York.
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Old Dirty Bastard&#39;s death outside a New York studio was ruled an accidental overdose by a medical examiner. The New York City medical examiner&#39;s office said ODB died fromt he effects of combining cocaine wiht Tramadol, a prescription painkiller.