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Surf Champion Found Dead Had Prescription Pills In Room, No Mention Of Methadone In Police Report


Posted on Nov 03, 2010 @ 03:05PM - 2 comments

The pro-surfer who was found dead in a hotel room in Dallas on Tuesday had two prescription pill bottles in his room according to the police report just released, but there was no mention of the methadone that had been previously reported. 

Andy Irons, 32, returned from Puerto Rico and was staying at the hotel near the Dallas/Fort Worth International airport where his body was discovered by hotel employees after he did not respond to a wake up call. 

The pro-surfer who was found dead in a hotel room in Dallas on Tuesday had two prescription pill bottles in his room according to the police report just released, but there was no mention of the methadone that had been previously reported. 

Andy Irons, 32, returned from Puerto Rico and was staying at the hotel near the Dallas/Fort Worth International airport where his body was discovered by hotel employees after he did not respond to a wake up call. 

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The report said Irons was “laying on his back with the sheet pulled up to his neck. The bed covers and pillows were neatly set and nothing appeared out of the ordinary.” 

The police report said a bottle of Alprazolam, a generic version of Xanax, and Zolpidem, the generic version of Ambien, were found.

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Surfing Champ Andy Irons Death Investigated As Possible Drug Overdose


Posted on Nov 03, 2010 @ 10:20AM - 3 comments

Surfing champion Andy Irons’ death is being investigated as a possible drug overdose after methadone was found in the Texas hotel room where he died.

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office revealed the new information. An autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow but the exact cause of death may require a toxicology test, which could take up to 90 days to complete.

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Surfing champion Andy Irons’ death is being investigated as a possible drug overdose after methadone was found in the Texas hotel room where he died.

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office revealed the new information. An autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow but the exact cause of death may require a toxicology test, which could take up to 90 days to complete.

The Star-Advertiser first reported the news about the surfing legend, who was dogged by drug abuse rumors a couple of years ago when he took time off after his performance dipped. Irons consistently denied he had a drug problem.

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Larry Birkhead To Take Stand Again Friday In Anna Nicole Drug Trial


Posted on Aug 20, 2010 @ 05:45AM - 4 comments

Larry Birkhead, the father of Anna Nicole Smith's young daughter, will take the stand for a second day Friday in a Los Angeles courtroom to testify in the trial of three people charged with supplying the late reality TV star with too many prescription drugs.

Larry Birkhead, the father of Anna Nicole Smith's young daughter, will take the stand for a second day Friday in a Los Angeles courtroom to testify in the trial of three people charged with supplying the late reality TV star with too many prescription drugs.

In court Thursday, Birkhead testified he saw Smith taking numerous prescription drugs, but said she told him she was not an addict, but that she had a high tolerance for the meds.

Birkhead said he was so concerned he once hid her Methadone, only to be scolded by Smith's attorney and rumored boyfriend Howard K. Stern, who told him she couldn't live without it.

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