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Unfortunately, Tom Petty died of an accidental drug overdose
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Damn I know those prescriptions are highly addictive but I'd like to think he just wanted to get through the tour and accidently took too much.
Its a fucking shame regardless.
Its a fucking shame regardless.
I was afraid of this.
We have lost far too many fantastic people to drug overdoses and sadly a significant portion of those are musicians. He is a permanent fixture in my Classic Rock playlist on Spotify though. Will make it a point to listen to his best hits tonight.
We have lost far too many fantastic people to drug overdoses and sadly a significant portion of those are musicians. He is a permanent fixture in my Classic Rock playlist on Spotify though. Will make it a point to listen to his best hits tonight.
Genetics. He is a superhuman whose body should be studied after he passes.
If the Robin Williams joke is to be believed he goes to Switzerland once a year and changed out his blood like a fucking Chevy and gets new blood. Real question is who's getting Keith's blood?
Keih Richards and Ozzy Osborne keep Lorde in their basement to slowly suck out her years of life for themselves.
Was it drug addiction though? It sounds more like he was in a lot of pain and accidentally took too many medications at once in an attempt to lessen the pain of his broken hip.
It does seem like this is legitimately the case. If the family statement that was released was honest, he was touring with a fractured hip, but insisted on making his tour dates, so he was hopped up on painkillers, including fentanyl. Unfortunately, his commitment to the performing for fans was not good for his hip, and on the day he died, the doctors had diagnosed his fracture as graduating to a full break, so the poor man was in an enormous amount of pain, but STILL trying to make his performances.
Keith Richards, Queen Elizabeth and Betty White will outlive the sun.
They will be the sole witnesses to the fall of mankind.
People import it from China in powder form. The powder can get on the parcel and can enter your system through touch. Letter carriers have gotten very sick from it.
Fentanyl patches are no joke, he might have doubled up on one thinking it would help but even if you aren't feeling the effects it's still in your system, some of those fentanyl patches are made to stay on you a whole day or more. I hate long-acting opiods because it's too easy to OD on them, you could take one, sleep for 6 hours, wake up and not be feeling the medicine and take another, you just doubled up for at least a 4 hour gap if it's a 12-hour pill.
Doesn't Keith Richards have some kind of genetic mutation that makes his body more tolerant to drugs? I swear someone posted a thread about it once
Edit it's ozzy I'm thinking of
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/genetic-mutations-ozzy-osbourne-party-hard/story?id=12032552
Ahh...happened to my friends mother back in the early 2000's. She was on several medications and mistaking took too many of one or timed it wrong and it conflicted with another and she died in her sleep that night.
Man, that sucks. He really wanted to get through the 40th anniversary tour and took too many. I feel bad because I was at one of those shows. Although he and the band were fantastic. Rest in peace, Tom.
Wow, that's horrible. I cannot imagine trying to perform onstage with that going on inside of me.
Yeah, tell me about it. On the one hand, I admire his "show must go on" mentality, that's an amazing display of his dedication to his fans. But on the other hand, if he had to double up on painkillers because his freakin' hip was broken... I mean, dude, it's okay, people will obviously be disappointed about a cancelled performance, but you have to take care of yourself. And if some people would rather see you die than have you cancel the show that THEY were looking forward to so much because YOU owe THEM... those aren't the kind of fans worth having.
Yo WTF fentanyl? I thought that was only for breakthrough pain. If you have a broken hip you should be getting oxycodone or something like that.
Man, I saw his last show ever at the Hollywood Bowl. Never would have known he had emphysema. He appeared to be in fine health and spirits.
No idea but I'd believe that Keith Richards would do it and it actually work before anyone else.
In 'Murica, we hand out opiates like fucking candy. Even more so if you are wealthy.
His doctors should be prosecuted.
As should thousands, yes thousands, of doctors across our nation.
I hope to be so lucky if I am dying. I hope if diagnosed terminal I have enough time to move to and live in Oregon for six months before I need it.
I really, really don't want to blow my brains out when the time comes.
His doctors should be prosecuted.
As should thousands, yes thousands, of doctors across our nation.
I hope to be so lucky if I am dying. I hope if diagnosed terminal I have enough time to move to and live in Oregon for six months before I need it.
I really, really don't want to blow my brains out when the time comes.