Celebrity Deaths Due To CDI (or MDI)
Many celebrities have died from CDI/MDI, including:
- Singer Whitney Houston from drinking Alcohol beverages, Xanax, Benadryl, Cocaine,and Flexeril.
- Writer/actor/comedian Freddy Soto from fentanyl, alprazolam and alcohol;
- Pro westling manager Elizabeth Ann Hulette aka Miss Elizabeth from alcohol, temazepam, oxycodone, hydrocodone and anabolic steroids;
- Child actress Anissa Jones from cocaine, PCP, methaqualone and secobarbital;
- Pro wrestler Louie Spicolli from carisoprodol, alcohol, painkillers and lorazepam;
- Hawthorne Heights guitarist Casey Calvert from citalopram, clonazepam and hydrocodone;
- Actor Nick Adams from paraldehyde and promazine;
- Guitarist Jimi Hendrix from alcohol and barbiturates;
- Singer Elvis Presley had over 10 drugs in his system when he died. (The license of his physician, Dr. George C. Nichopoulos was later suspended and then revoked after press reports from then-ABC News reporter Geraldo Rivera on 20/20.);
- Lester Bangs from diazepam and propoxyphene;
- Deep Purple's Tommy Bolin from alcohol and prescription drugs and illegal drugs in combination;
- David Anthony Kennedy, son of Senator Robert Francis Kennedy, from cocaine, pethidine and thioridazine;
- Singer Johnny O'Keefe from combining several prescription drugs;
- Steve Clark of rock group Def Leppard from combining antidepressants, tranquilizers and alcohol;
- Actor Lani O'Grady of Eight is Enough from hydrocodone and fluoxetine;
- Bridgette Andersen from alcohol and multiple drugs;
- Edie Sedgwick from barbiturates and alcohol;
- Dana Plato from carisoprodol and hydrocodone;
- Actor/comedian Eric Douglas from alcohol, hydrocodone and temazepam;
- Actor Heath Ledger from toxic combination of prescribed drugs;
- Michael Jackson from propofol and two other sedatives;
- Brittany Murphy from multiple prescription drugs;
- The Rev of Avenged Sevenfold from oxycodone, oxymorphone, diazepam, nordiazepam and alcohol.
- Slipknot bassist Paul Gray from morphine and fentanyl
- New York Rangers forward Derek Boogaard from oxycodone and alcohol.
- Rodney King from alcohol, cocaine, and marijuana;
Read more about this topic: Combined Drug Intoxication
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