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SawbasyWrab
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Precisely that ^
Do you have info or evidence to the contrary?
If not, then why the "quotes"
I added the quotes because accidental is not what his death seems, IMO.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_Ledger
At about 2:45 PM on
January 22
,
2008
, Ledger was found unconscious in his fourth-floor loft apartment, at 421 Broome Street, in the
SoHo
neighborhood of
Manhattan
.
[1]
[2]
Emergency crews arrived soon after but were unable to revive him.
[1]
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He was pronounced dead at 3:36 PM, and his body removed from the apartment, while crowds of onlookers began gathering outside throughout that night.
[1]
[83]
After two weeks of intense media speculation about possible causes of his death, on
6 February
2008
, the
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York
released its conclusions, based on an initial
autopsy
of
January 23
,
2008
, and a subsequent complete
toxicological analysis
.
[84]
[6]
[7]
[85]
The report concludes, in part, "Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of
oxycodone
,
hydrocodone
,
diazepam
,
temazepam
,
alprazolam
and
doxylamine
."
[6]
[80]
It also states definitively: "We have concluded that the manner of death is accident, resulting from the abuse of prescription medications."
[6]
[80]
The medications found in the toxicological analysis are commonly prescribed in the United States for
insomnia
,
anxiety
,
depression
,
pain
, and/or
cold
symptoms.
[6]
[80]
The Medical Examiner's Office also announced that it would not be publicly disclosing the official estimated time of death.
[86]
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The official announcement of the cause of Ledger's death heightened concerns about general "abuse of prescription medications."
[7]
[85]
Late in February 2008, a still-ongoing
DEA
investigation of medical professionals "cleared" two American
medics
, who practice in
Los Angeles
and
Houston
, of "any wrongdoing," determining that "the doctors in question had prescribed Ledger other medications–not the pills that killed him."
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