Mac Miller death tied to fentanyl
Hip-hop superstar Mac Miller reportedly died from an “accidental overdose” of fentanyl, cocaine and alcohol.
The Los Angeles County coroner’s office released its toxicology findings Monday. According to TMZ, the report said that Miller died in September from “‘mixed drug toxicity’ — specifically fentanyl, coke … and alcohol too” and that the death was ruled an “accidental overdose.”
The report also had some chillingly descriptive details about the death, including that Miller’s assistant found him “unresponsive on his bed in a ‘praying position’— kneeling forward with his face resting on his knees,” with “blood coming out of one nostril,” and that he was already “blue” as his assistant called 911, according to TMZ.
Miller, 26, is among a string of recent high-profile tragedies associated with fentanyl. Fentanyl is the same high-powered opioid that was implicated in the deaths of Prince and Lil Peep.
Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, is similar to morphine and heroin but is 50 to 100 times more potent, and it is typically reserved for people with severe pain after surgery or for patients needing palliative care, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
In April, Minnesota prosecutors announced that Prince’s death in 2016 was caused by a counterfeit version of the painkiller Vicodin that had been laced with fentanyl. Prince had long struggled with an addiction to prescription painkillers, and his representatives were seeking treatment for him.
It also was revealed in April that the 2017 death of rocker Tom Petty, 66, was caused by an accidental overdose of drugs, including fentanyl and Oxycontin, a trade name for oxycodone, which he had been prescribed for a broken hip and other medical issues.
Fentanyl also was suspected in the near-fatal overdose of singer Demi Lovato in July and the death in late September of Justin Miles, the 18-yearold stepson of Scott Adams, the Pleasanton-based creator of “Dilbert.”