Carrie Fisher autopsy results

[enyawd72]

I really loved her but I'm so damn mad at her right now...

She had cocaine, heroin, opiates and ecstasy in her system. Good grief...

WHY WHY WHY do people do this to themselves?

I just don't get it.

[Goblin19]

I'm not shocked. Addiction is hell.

[EMCE Hammer]

Addiction sucks. I have never understood why a coroner's report on a private citizen is anyone's business. There are a lot of rotten people in the world who have never tasted alcohol or any other drug, and plenty of great people who managed to screw themselves over with drugs and alcohol. I have read a ton of nasty things written about her since the report became public, and I wish those people would all go crawl under a rock.

[Mikey]

Not really surprising considering she was admitted druggie from way back.

[Iron Mego]

In most states autopsy reports are public records, so when a famous person dies you're going to find out the cause of death, whether you want to or not.

[EMCE Hammer]

In most states autopsy reports are public records, so when a famous person dies you're going to find out the cause of death, whether you want to or not.

That's what I mean, I don't agree that it should be public record. While we're alive there are all kinds of safeguards to protect our privacy, and then we die and it's open season. Our friends and families are left behind to deal with the aftermath.

[CrimsonGhost]

Addiction sucks. I have never understood why a coroner's report on a private citizen is anyone's business. There are a lot of rotten people in the world who have never tasted alcohol or any other drug, and plenty of great people who managed to screw themselves over with drugs and alcohol. I have read a ton of nasty things written about her since the report became public, and I wish those people would all go crawl under a rock.

I'm so with you. I'm willing to bet everyone has a member of their family that struggles or struggled with addiction. What happened with Carrie is very sad.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I agree it's no one's business and shouldn't be released to the public. It is sad that she didn't conquer her demons despite it being touted that she did.

Chris

[emeraldknight47]

I was talking with Tom (MIB41) about this subject matter yesterday. I told him maybe she received a prognosis from the medical community that only could end with pain and suffering and she used the only ways she knew of to end her life while she still had control. Yeah, not the best way to be remembered, but there is so much about people, even celebrities, that we don't know and really don't have any reason to know. Agreed that autopsy results really should only be shared among family members...

[JediJaida]

I knew that she'd had problems with drugs in the past, but I didn't know that she was still having them this late in life. Poor thing. I really admired her when I was a teenager and to a certain extent, I still do.

It takes an awfully large amount of chutzpah to get up in front of a camera, or on a stage, in a costume, and pretend that you are someone else, and try to make other people not only believe it, but love you for it.

I could never do that, as I can't abide that kind of attention.

I'm sorry that she was still battling her demons, but I'm even sorrier that some dope had to go spreading the autopsy report for all and sundry to read.

[torgospizza]

Yeah, it's pretty uncool for them to release the autopsy, doubly uncool for the media to try to cash in with clicks using that info. Just let us love her as we remember her for what she represents to us--we don't need to know every detail and no good comes from forcing us to see the person "warts and all," as if that's going to save lives or something.

[great_chandel]

That is why most obituaries written in newspapers no longer list the cause of death. It is done out of privacy..............

[jwyblejr]

It's my understanding her brother Todd didn't want it released.

[Mr.Marion]

She clearly had a deathwish. It's hard for me to understand since so few can be successful in the entertainment industry and characters like Princess Leia mean so much to fans. In the end her addiction was too strong.

[palitoy]

She owned her struggle with addiction and her candidness inspired others to seek help, while living, she did a lot of good. I know people that she touched whilst getting sober.

She also didn't die of an overdose, those things didn't help for certain but what killed her are things some of us do here. She had untreated apnea which lead to heart disease, due to her sedentary lifestyle and poor daily choices.

I cringed while watching her recent documentary every time she got a "Coke and Smoke", which was constant.