I read on Cinematical that Heath Ledger has been ruled by the New York Medical Examiner to have died as a result of an accidental overdose.
...the official cause of death was "acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine." Apparently, these are the generic names for Oxycontin, Valium, Xanax, Restoril and Unisom. There was no word on how much of each he took, or whether a heavy dose of one was what ultimately did him in, but a spokeswoman did note that his death was due to "the cumulative effects of these medications together."
Now obviously I didn't know the guy personally, but I saw interviews, he didn't seem to be stupid. Such a cocktail of drugs... didn't he think about checking whether he should be taking them together? Jeez... what a shame. What a waste!
2008-02-06 @ 18:34