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Carrie Fisher had cocaine and ecstasy in her system when she suffered heart attack

The Star Wars actress suffered a mid-flight heart attack last December.

CARRIE FISHER HAD a mixture of drugs including cocaine and ecstasy in her system when she suffered a fatal mid-air heart attack, a coroner’s report revealed today.

The “Star Wars” actress – who catapulted to stardom in the role of rebel warrior Princess Leia – was rushed to hospital in Los Angeles on 23 December after collapsing on a flight from London and was pronounced dead four days later.

There were quantities of alcohol and opiates in her system, according to the toxicology report, which said the tests suggested “exposure to heroin, but that the dose and time of exposure cannot be pinpointed”.

“Therefore we cannot establish the significance of heroin regarding the cause of death in this case,” added the report, sent to AFP by the LA County Coroner’s office.

The tests revealed the cocaine would have been taken within the previous three days, according to the report, which gave the cause of death as sleep apnea – a breathing disorder – and “other undetermined factors” including heart disease and “multiple drug intake”.

“My mom battled drug addiction and mental illness her entire life. She ultimately died of it,” Fisher’s daughter, Billie Lourd, said in a statement released to celebrity magazine People on Friday.

She was purposefully open in all of her work about the social stigmas surrounding these diseases.

The star’s brother, Todd Fisher, said her battle with drugs and bipolar disorder had “slowly but surely put her health in jeopardy over many, many years.”

Fisher’s mother, the actress Debbie Reynolds, suffered a fatal stroke the day after her daughter’s death.

© AFP 2017

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    Mute Tommy Browne
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    Jun 19th 2017, 7:54 PM

    Very sad.
    The dangers of drugs can never be overemphasized.

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    Mute M
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    Jun 19th 2017, 7:58 PM

    @Dilly Dong: she was clean for a good while.

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    Mute Bairéid Rísteard
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    Jun 19th 2017, 8:01 PM

    @Tommy Browne: drink is the most harmful drug of all. Scientifically proven

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    Mute John O'Shea
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    Jun 19th 2017, 8:11 PM

    @Bairéid Rísteard: Its also scientifically proven that without alcohol ugly people will not get laid.

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    Jun 19th 2017, 8:14 PM

    @Bairéid Rísteard:
    Arguably. But there seems to be a current trend towards the liberalization of drug laws across the developed world on the grounds that ‘Drugs are OK’ which is very worrying.

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    Jun 19th 2017, 8:16 PM

    We need to educate the kids about the perils of chemical substances.

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    Mute John O'Shea
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    Jun 19th 2017, 8:51 PM

    @Tommy Browne: drugs are ok but like everything else they’re only ok in moderation.

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    Jun 19th 2017, 8:56 PM

    @John O’Shea: So Crystal Meth is ok in moderation? Heroin is ok in moderation? Crack Cocaine is ok in moderation?

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    Jun 19th 2017, 9:13 PM

    @Mick Jordan: yep. Everything in moderation is ok. Murder too. Apparently. Some people need to have a word with themselves.

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    Mute Bairéid Rísteard
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    Jun 19th 2017, 9:27 PM

    @John O’Shea: Well I’m sure there’s ways around that, without having to put a class 1 carcingogen in your body on a regular basis. Ironically, ‘drug’s’ like LSD, DMT/Ayahuasca, and mushrooms can open your mind up to how that regular alcohol use is detrimental to your health

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    Jun 19th 2017, 9:45 PM

    @Bairéid Rísteard: would love to try ayahuasca and DMT!

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    Jun 19th 2017, 11:15 PM

    @M: clean for a good while? The article said the cocaine had been taken in the last three days.

    Or did you mean a good while before that? I’m confused because her daughter who I presume knows her a little better than you said she had been battling drug addiction her whole life.

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    Jun 19th 2017, 11:30 PM

    @Government Sachs: You’ve read The Spirit Molecule too then?

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    Jun 19th 2017, 11:32 PM

    @John O’Shea: all drugs are ok ?

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    Mute M
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    Jun 19th 2017, 11:41 PM

    @Sean: I mean at one point in her life. I’m not debating the daughter. Even while clean it is a battle. And Carrie obviously relapsed.

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    Jun 19th 2017, 7:57 PM

    Jaysus,knew she liked the Colombian marching powder back in the day but thought she’d knocked it on the head.The ole ticker can give up at anytime.E and charlie?She was literally “flying”.

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    Jun 19th 2017, 8:12 PM

    @Dilly Dong: mad out of it

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    Jun 19th 2017, 8:15 PM

    @Dilly Dong:

    Wonder was it the White Speckled Doves or Mitsubishis?

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    Jun 19th 2017, 8:25 PM

    @Dilly Dong: I was off my game, boy…

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    Jun 19th 2017, 8:25 PM

    @Dilly Dong:

    Temple Theatre,Ormonde,Tin Pan Alley in the Harp,The Waterfront,The Olympic.Crazy days.The best of days.

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    Jun 19th 2017, 8:28 PM

    @mark kenny: Mitsis for sure

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    Jun 19th 2017, 8:35 PM

    @mark kenny: Jaysus ye were reared well lads. Would hate to think how ye would feel if someone was commenting about yer own mother’s death like this. Have some bit of decency at least

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    Jun 19th 2017, 8:48 PM

    @Johnny:

    Relax johny.I already said she was a good woman.I have gone through a lot of problems with drugs myself.A battle that is never won.But sometimes a bit of dark humour and self depreciation is a little bit of a release valve of sorts.There is no malice in my comments.

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    Jun 19th 2017, 10:48 PM

    @mark kenny: fair play lad and best of luck2u.

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    Jun 19th 2017, 11:35 PM

    @mark kenny: tin pan alley in the Harp .now that brings back some great memories! !

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    Jun 19th 2017, 7:53 PM

    Sesh mot

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    Jun 19th 2017, 8:32 PM

    With all the pointless injunctions that we see in the media today, i struggle to understand how it’s still legal to publish findings like this after the woman has passed. Just publish the cause of death as Cardiac Arrest and leave it at that. Whatever was or wasn’t in her system should only be disclosed to the family.

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    Jun 19th 2017, 8:24 PM

    By all accounts she was a lovely,gentle,kind hearted woman.Drugs are a scourge.I have experienced it myself.The drugs had her pickled.I think she said cocaine was everywhere on the set of Star Wars.Sad loss of life.And her mother dying the day after was unreal.

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    Jun 19th 2017, 8:08 PM

    Poor woman she died why publish the “findings” after the fact…..

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    Jun 19th 2017, 8:29 PM

    @Kerry Blake: Maybe to raise awareness.

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    Jun 19th 2017, 8:34 PM

    @Jamie McCormack: I think most of the world at this stage are aware of the dangers of drugs?

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    Jun 19th 2017, 8:48 PM

    @Kerry Blake: Was Carrie?

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    Jun 20th 2017, 12:23 AM

    @Fake Avast: Aware of what? Even prescription drugs can be highly addictive. Think you’re missing the point.

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    Mute Jun Stone
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    Jun 19th 2017, 7:54 PM

    Is that a surprise?

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    Jun 19th 2017, 8:59 PM

    can’t people let her rest in peace ffs?

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    Jun 20th 2017, 12:37 AM

    @Frederic Slimane: I don’t think she minds.

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    Jun 19th 2017, 10:28 PM

    She was troubled its no secret. Just let the woman rest in peace

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    Jun 19th 2017, 10:53 PM

    @Elaine Moriarty: Well said. Sad though so many stars who so called “made it” are inflicted with an emptiness they think they can only fill in this way. question is why do they feel this emptiness? I guess its obvious if u think about it.

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    Jun 19th 2017, 11:17 PM

    @gregory: no I can’t guess it. Help me out in this one.

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    Jun 19th 2017, 9:20 PM

    May The Sesh Be with You

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    Jun 19th 2017, 8:08 PM

    Jasus, even the sweet old ladies in Hollywood are degenerate junkies

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    Jun 19th 2017, 9:59 PM

    @Alex: hope you never suffer from any addiction

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    Mute Daniel O'Connor
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    Jun 20th 2017, 10:21 AM

    She lambasted Trump and I can remember the quote ,”100%, he is definitely a cokehead”. Oh, the irony.

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    Jun 19th 2017, 11:48 PM

    That chick knew how to party

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    Jun 19th 2017, 11:02 PM

    Give this great lady a break….May she rest in peace.

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    Jun 19th 2017, 11:37 PM

    @Andi Black: she’s gone and I doubt any of her family will be reading this .

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    Jun 22nd 2017, 1:55 AM

    In a drug induced galaxy far far away???

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