Drug Overdose

Former Weezer Bass Player Mikey Welsh Dead At 40


Posted on Oct 09, 2011 @ 08:00AM - 4 comments

By Radar Staff

Mikey Welsh, who played with the group Weezer, has died in Chicago of a suspected drug overdose.

Welsh played with the iconic band from 1998 to 2001, and after suffering a nervous breakdown and talking openly about his addiction to drugs, found a new career as an artist.

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Michael Jackson's Fingerprints Not On Any Propofol Bottles


Posted on Oct 03, 2011 @ 10:30AM - 13 comments

By Jen Heger
Radar Legal Editor

As Dr. Conrad Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial enters its second week, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned that Michael Jackson's fingerprints were not found on any of the Propofol bottles.

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Katherine Jackson To Skip Dr. Conrad Murray’s Trial Monday


Posted on Oct 03, 2011 @ 12:30AM - 1 comment

By Radar Staff

Katherine Jackson will not attend Monday’s session of the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, who’s charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of her son Michael.

Ms. Jackson left Los Angeles for Canada with Michael’s three children, Paris, Prince and Blanket, during the weekend to attend Sunday's premiere of Cirque du Soleil's "Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour" in Montreal.

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AUDIO: Hear One of Jeff Conaway's Last Calls Before He Fell In A Coma


Posted on May 21, 2011 @ 08:27PM - 11 comments

by Radar Staff

Shortly before Grease star Jeff Conaway fell into a coma from an apparent drug overdose May 11, he left a voice mail on a friend’s phone during which he seems incapable to enunciate his phone number!

Conaway, 60, can be heard badly slurring his words then remains intelligible only as he tells his area code.

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EXCLUSIVE AUDIO: 911 Call Of Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Brother's Death


Posted on Nov 17, 2010 @ 09:45AM - Add a comment

On October 4, Dan Gordon-Levitt, the brother of Inception star Joseph Gordon-Levitt, was found dead at his Hollywood apartment. RadarOnline.com has obtained the 911 call related to the tragic incident. 

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The 36-year old was discovered at 3:58 a.m. A neighbor told RadarOnline.com that Dan, who was known as Burning Dan due to his profession as a fire-spinning and flow arts teacher and performer, was “partying” the night he died. “We were woken up with the girl screaming,” the neighbor added.

"She came running out to the front garden of their apartment and some people went out to help her.”

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PHOTOS: Kendra Tells How Drugs Sent Her To The Pysch Ward In New Book


Posted on Jul 07, 2010 @ 06:30AM - 4 comments

It was a pleasure medicine chest of drugs that took over a young Kendra Wilkinson's life -- cocaine, pot, acid, crystal meth, alcohol and "whatever pills I could get my hands on" to keep her "mind in a haze."

PHOTOS: Kendra Poses At Booksigning Event In NYC On Tuesday

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Ted Koppel's Son Could Have Been Saved


Posted on Jun 22, 2010 @ 06:00AM - 3 comments
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The woman who lives in the apartment where Ted Koppel's son died of an overdose has told RadarOnline.com she should have called 911 immediately - a move that could have saved his life.

In an exclusive interview with RadarOnline.com, Belinda Caban -- who watched television with a friend for four hours while Andrew Koppel, 40, lay dead in her New York City apartment -- said if she had known he had taken such a deadly cocktail of drugs, she would have called for help.

Ted Koppel's Son Died From Combining Cocaine, Heroin, Valium And Alcohol

Caban, 53, was inadvertently dragged into the drama when her friend Russell Wimberly brought the heavily-intoxicated son of the former Nightline newsman, to her Washington Heights, New York apartment following a 12-hour drink and drug binge on May 31.

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