Celebrity_deaths_due_to_CDI.2FMDI Combined_drug_intoxication

1 celebrity deaths due cdi/mdi

1.1 anna nicole smith , daniel wayne smith
1.2 heath ledger
1.3 speedball deaths

celebrity deaths due cdi/mdi

many celebrities have died cdi/mdi, including:

nick adams, actor, paraldehyde , promazine;
bridgette andersen, actress, alcohol , multiple drugs;
lester bangs, music journalist, diazepam , propoxyphene;
ol dirty bastard, rapper of wu-tang clan, cocaine , tramadol
john belushi, actor, cocaine , heroin
tommy bolin, guitarist deep purple, alcohol, heroin, cocaine , barbiturates
derek boogaard, new york rangers forward, oxycodone , alcohol.
casey calvert, guitarist hawthorne heights, citalopram, clonazepam , hydrocodone;
truman capote, author, multiple drug intoxication complicated liver cancer , phlebitis
steve clark of rock group def leppard, combining antidepressants, tranquilizers , alcohol;
eric douglas, actor/comedian, alcohol, hydrocodone , temazepam;
paul gray, slipknot bassist, morphine , fentanyl
jimi hendrix, guitarist, alcohol , barbiturates;
whitney houston, singer, alcohol, alprazolam, diphenhydramine, cocaine, , cyclobenzaprine;
elizabeth ann hulette aka miss elizabeth, pro wrestling manager, alcohol, temazepam, oxycodone, hydrocodone , anabolic steroids;
michael jackson, singer, iv anesthetic propofol , other sedatives;
anissa jones, child actress, cocaine, phencyclidine, methaqualone , secobarbital;
janis joplin, singer, heroin , alcohol. heroin not mixed use , potent.
david anthony kennedy, son of senator robert francis kennedy, cocaine, pethidine , thioridazine;
rodney king, alcohol, , cocaine;
heath ledger, actor, toxic combination of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam , doxylamine;
cory monteith, actor, heroin , alcohol
lani o grady, actress known 8 enough, hydrocodone , fluoxetine;
johnny o keefe, singer, combining several prescription drugs;
chris penn. actor, valium, morphine, marijuana , elevated level of codeine;
dana plato, actress, carisoprodol , hydrocodone; suicide
elvis presley, singer, had on 10 drugs in system when died. (the license of physician, dr. george c. nichopoulos later suspended , revoked after press reports then-abc news reporter geraldo rivera on 20/20.);
the rev of avenged sevenfold, oxycodone, oxymorphone, diazepam, nordazepam , alcohol;
edie sedgwick, actress, barbiturates , alcohol;
freddy soto, writer/actor/comedian, fentanyl, alprazolam , alcohol;
louie spicolli, pro wrestler, carisoprodol, alcohol, painkillers , lorazepam;
philip seymour hoffman, actor, heroin, cocaine, benzodiazepines , amphetamine

anna nicole smith , daniel wayne smith

in february 2007, 5 months after son daniel wayne smith found dead cdi methadone, sertraline, , escitalopram in system, anna nicole smith died cdi/mdi. 2 autopsies detected more 11 drugs in bloodstream, including chloral hydrate, clonazepam, lorazepam, oxazepam, diazepam, diphenhydramine, topiramate, oseltamivir, ciprofloxacin, methocarbamol, carisoprodol , others. deaths of daniel smith , anna nicole smith declared combined drug intoxication.

heath ledger

australian actor heath ledger found dead on january 22, 2008, in soho, new york city, apartment; toxicology report concluded cause of death acute intoxication resulting combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam, , doxylamine , manner of [his] death accident, resulting abuse of prescription medications or combine drug intoxication (cdi).

speedball deaths

some speedball deaths diagnosed mdi/cdi might drug overdose, related different phenomenon. following list speedball cdi/mdi deaths only. combination of uppers , downers can called speedball death.

john belushi, actor/comedian, cocaine , heroin speedball
elisa bridges, actress, heroin, methamphetamine, pethidine , alprazolam;
ken caminiti, baseball athlete, cocaine , opioid painkillers;
chris farley, actor/comedian, cocaine , heroin speedball
zac foley, bass player emf, multiple illegal drugs;
trevor goddard, actor, cocaine, heroin , temazepam;
mitch hedberg, stand-up comedian, speedball ;
philip seymour hoffman, oscar-winning actor, heroin, cocaine , amphetamines;
john kahn, jerry garcia collaborator , member of jerry garcia band, heroin, cocaine , fluoxetine;
chris mac daddy kelly of kris kross, cocaine , heroin.
brent mydland, keyboardist grateful dead, cocaine , heroin
river phoenix, actor, heroin, cocaine , methamphetamine;
layne staley of alice in chains, cocaine , heroin.
scott weiland of stone temple pilots/velvet revolver cocaine, methylenedioxyamphetamine (mda), alcohol, buprenorphine, , alprazolam.




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