Death
Steve Took's life ended on Monday 27 October 1980 at the age of 31. At the time, Took was sharing a flat with one Valerie Billet at 100 Cambridge Gardens, North Kensington. As a consequence to Tony Secunda's financial activities in 1972, royalty cheques for Tyrannosaurus Rex had been arriving more frequently, and Took had received one that week. The day prior to his death, Took had purchased morphine and hallucinogenic mushrooms for himself and Billet. Billet subsequently recalled that the evening before Took died, they had both injected themselves with the morphine. Took's death certificate records the cause of death as being due to asphyxiation after inhaling a cocktail cherry. Drugs were not listed as a contributing factor, even though Took's death is often listed as a "drugs misadventure". He is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery (Square 103, in the north-west quadrant of the infilled Inner Circle).
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