THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO HHHHMMMM!!!
By L.T. Dinwiddie
No disrespect to Gerald Levert’s memory, or his family, but the R&B crooner’s autopsy report has just been released. And, the rumored heart attack that was first reported proves to be false.
R&B singer Gerald Levert died last fall from an accidental mix of prescription and over-the-counter drugs, a coroner said.
Levert, 40, son of O’Jays singer Eddie Levert, died Nov. 10 in his suburban Cleveland home. Drugs in his bloodstream included narcotic pain relievers Vicodin, Percocet and Darvocet along with anxiety medication Xanax and two over-the-counter antihistamines, Geauga County Coroner Kevin Chartrand said.
Chartrand said his office received a report Thursday from the Cuyahoga County coroner’s office, which conducted the autopsy. The official cause of death was acute intoxication, and the death was ruled accidental.
The autopsy also revealed that Levert had pneumonia, he said.
Andy Gibson, a family spokesman, said Levert lived with chronic pain from a lingering shoulder problem and surgery in 2005 to repair a severed Achilles tendon. “That was the main reason he was taking pain medication,” Gibson said. He said Levert also took Xanax for anxiety attacks.
Levert had returned from a concert tour in South Africa about a week before his death, Gibson said. He performed hard and had a long airplane ride and was complaining of a bite on his back when he returned home.
All of these factors combined to leave Levert in severe pain, Gibson said.
The combination of drugs proved to be lethal and probably stopped Levert’s breathing, Chartrand said.
I’m no doctor, but I know that you can’t mix prescription drugs with other medications. And what’s what the Xanax? Black people don’t take Xanax do we, (that was a joke people).
I’m going to have to file this under the “things that make you go hhhhmm” file. One has to ask: was it an overdose, or a suicide? READ MORE
No disrespect to Gerald Levert’s memory, or his family, but the R&B crooner’s autopsy report has just been released. And, the rumored heart attack that was first reported proves to be false.R&B singer Gerald Levert died last fall from an accidental mix of prescription and over-the-counter drugs, a coroner said.
Levert, 40, son of O’Jays singer Eddie Levert, died Nov. 10 in his suburban Cleveland home. Drugs in his bloodstream included narcotic pain relievers Vicodin, Percocet and Darvocet along with anxiety medication Xanax and two over-the-counter antihistamines, Geauga County Coroner Kevin Chartrand said.
Chartrand said his office received a report Thursday from the Cuyahoga County coroner’s office, which conducted the autopsy. The official cause of death was acute intoxication, and the death was ruled accidental.
The autopsy also revealed that Levert had pneumonia, he said.
Andy Gibson, a family spokesman, said Levert lived with chronic pain from a lingering shoulder problem and surgery in 2005 to repair a severed Achilles tendon. “That was the main reason he was taking pain medication,” Gibson said. He said Levert also took Xanax for anxiety attacks.
Levert had returned from a concert tour in South Africa about a week before his death, Gibson said. He performed hard and had a long airplane ride and was complaining of a bite on his back when he returned home.
All of these factors combined to leave Levert in severe pain, Gibson said.
The combination of drugs proved to be lethal and probably stopped Levert’s breathing, Chartrand said.
I’m no doctor, but I know that you can’t mix prescription drugs with other medications. And what’s what the Xanax? Black people don’t take Xanax do we, (that was a joke people).
I’m going to have to file this under the “things that make you go hhhhmm” file. One has to ask: was it an overdose, or a suicide? READ MORE
posted by IM OVER IT at 2/11/2007
2 Comments:
Please stop trying to insinuate things that you have no knowledge of. "Suicide" ! Gerald had everything to live for,but obviously utilized bad judgement in taking certain medications with other meds. He paid the ultimate price "his life". I heard that he often suffered anxiety , which may be difficult for many of his fans to understand ,considering how great an entertainer he was on stage. He battled weight issues, among other health concerns, which is liekly why he was taking the variosu meds that he took prior to his death!
Can the man rest in peace without this negative crap. Like the other person wrote he had everything to live for. I guess you don't believe in GOD. It was his time to go. I don't see how suicide can even be thought of..
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