her death certificate states the immediate cause of death was "probable acute barbiturate intoxication" due to ethanol intoxication eddy shaver 1962 2000 38 musician heroin accidental mark shaw 1921 1969 47 photographer amphetamines unknown bobby sheehan 1968 1999 31 musician unspecified unknown toby sheldon 1980 2015 35 songwriter multiple accidental hydrocodone/paracetamol, alprazolam, alcohol and temazepam shock g 1963 2021 57 rapper fentanyl, ethanol and methamphetamine accidental eric show 1956 1994 37 baseball player cocaine and heroin unknown elizabeth siddal 1829 1862 32 model, poet laudanum unknown judee sill 1944 1979 35 musician cocaine and heroin unknown don simpson 1943 1996 52 film producer cocaine and unspecified prescription drugs unknown drug-induced heart failure the singing nun 1933 1985 51 nun barbiturates and alcohol suicide vera sisson 1891 1954 63 actress barbiturates suicide tyler skaggs 1991 2019 27 baseball pitcher multiple accidental choked on his own vomit while under the influence of alcohol, fentanyl and oxycodone everett sloane 1909 1965 55 actor barbiturates suicide hillel slovak 1962 1988 26 musician heroin unknown alvin smith 1798 1823 25 carpenter's assistant mercury poisoning accidental (disputed) officially administered to cure bilious colic, though speculated as murder anna nicole smith 1967 2007 39 model multiple accidental unspecified anti-depressants, diazepam, chloral hydrate, oseltamivir, methadone, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medication and human growth hormone christine smith 1946 1979 32 skier multiple suicide chloralhydrate, paracetamol and salicylic acid daniel wayne smith 1986 2006 20 student multiple accidental cardiac dysrhythmia caused by methadone, escitalopram and sertraline lauren smith-fields 1998 2021 23 student fentanyl and alcohol unknown dash snow 1981 2009 27 artist heroin unknown robert soblen 1900 1962 61 psychiatrist barbiturates unknown freddy soto 1970 2005 35 comedian fentanyl accidental erin spanevello 1987 2008 21 model gamma-hydroxybutyric acid and mdma unknown louie spicolli 1971 1998 27 wrestler unspecified unknown conflicting sources state drug overdose or coronary disease that might have been impacted by drug use oscar spirescu 1874 1918 43–44 composer chloroform suicide layne staley 1967 2002 34 musician multiple unknown cocaine, heroin and codeine mike starr 1966 2011 44 musician unspecified prescription drugs unknown wayne static 1965 2014 48 musician multiple accidental ooxycodone, hydromorphone, alprazolam and with alcohol jahna steele 1958 2008 49 showgirl multiple unknown cocaine, hydromorphone and morphine joey stefano 1968 1994 26 pornographic actor multiple unknown cocaine, morphine, heroin and ketamine miroslava stern 1926 1955 29 actress sleeping pills suicide avram steuerman-rodion 1872 1918 45 poet, physician morphine suicide carl steven 1974 2011 36 actor heroin unknown inger stevens 1934 1970 35 actress barbiturates suicide cathy stewart 1956 1994 38 pornographic actress unspecified unknown albert stinson 1944 1969 24 musician unspecified unknown rory storm 1939 1972 34 musician sleeping pills and alcohol unknown rose stradner 1913 1958 45 actress unspecified suicide margaret sullavan 1909 1960 50 actress barbiturates suicide paige summers 1976 2003 27 pornographic actress unspecified unknown r. g. surdam 1835 1891 56 real-estate agent laudanum accidental marek svatoš 1982 2016 34 ice hockey player multiple unknown codeine, morphine and alprazolam jennifer syme 1972 2001 28 actress multiple accidental motor-vehicle collision while intoxicated by cocaine, clonazepam and cyclobenzaprine joan tabor 1932 1968 36 actress unspecified influenza medication accidental hidemitsu tanaka 1913 1949 36 writer sleeping pills suicide warren tartaglia 1944 1965 22 musician heroin unknown chase tatum 1973 2008 34 wrestler unspecified unknown suspected overdose; tatum was addicted to painkillers for years mackenzie taylor 1978 2010 32 comedian unspecified suicide vincent taylor 1949 1974 24–25 musician heroin unknown sara teasdale 1884 1933 48 poet sleeping pills suicide test 1975 2009 33 wrestler oxycodone accidental gary thain 1948 1975 27 musician heroin unknown john thompson 1938 1976 38 poet barbiturates and alcohol unknown linda thompson 1953 2009 56 conspiracy theorist unspecified painkillers suicide the painkillers were prescribed jotie t'hooft 1956 1977 21 poet unspecified unknown johnny thunders 1952 1991 38 musician disputed unknown autopsy results were inconclusive, though it is generally believed to be drug-related, and has been attributed to methadone and cocaine overdose james timberlake 1846 1891 44 lawman morphine unknown sammee tong 1901 1964 63 actor barbiturates suicide suspected overdose georg trakl 1887 1914 27 poet cocaine suicide william trimmer 1822c. 1822 1867 54–56 vigneron laudanum suicide kurt tucholsky 1890 1935 45 journalist barbital unknown mark tuinei 1960 1999 39 american football player heroin and mdma unknown nick traina 1978 1997 19 singer morphine suicide norman treigle 1927 1975 48 singer sleeping pills accidental verne troyer 1969 2018 48 actor alcohol suicide amy tryon 1970 2012 42 equestrian oxycodone and other opiates accidental alan turing 1912 1954 41 computer scientist cyanide poisoning disputed suicide d. m. turner 1962 1996 34 author ketamine unknown drowned while intoxicated lynn turner 1968 2010 42 murderer propranolol suicide ike turner 1931 2007 76 musician, producer cocaine unknown hypertensive cardiovascular disease and emphysema were contributing factors dick twardzik 1931 1955 24 pianist heroin unknown helen twelvetrees 1908 1958 49 actress unspecified suicide john tyndall 1820 1893 73 physicist chloral hydrate accidental dorothy uhnak 1930 2006 76 author unspecified suicide umaga 1973 2009 36 wrestler unspecified unknown mary ure 1933 1975 42 actress barbiturates and alcohol accidental enrique urquijo 1960 1999 39 singer unspecified unknown luna vachon 1962 2010 48 wrestler benzodiazepine and oxycodone accidental paul vaessen 1961 2001 39 football player unspecified unknown brandon vedas 1981 2003 21 computer expert multiple unknown alcohol, cannabis, psilocybin mushroom, clonazepam, temazepam, methadone, hydrocodone and propanolol lupe vélez 1908 1944 36 actress secobarbital suicide michael vermeulen 1956 1995 38 magazine editor cocaine unknown jon vincent 1962 2000 38 pornographic actor heroin unknown sid vicious 1957 1979 21 musician heroin suicide (suspected) mike von erich 1964 1987 23 wrestler tranquilizer suicide marie walcamp 1894 1936 42 actress unspecified painkillers suicide robert walker 1918 1951 32 actor unspecified sedatives accidental jeremy ward 1976 2003 27 sound technician unspecified unknown stephen ward 1912 1963 50 osteopathic physician sleeping pills suicide death was officially ruled a suicide but it has been speculated as murder dinah washington 1924 1963 39 singer secobarbital and amobarbital unknown kazuki watanabe 1981 2000 19 musician unspecified sedatives suicide peter watts 1946 1976 30 road manager heroin unknown dave waymer 1958 1993 34 american football player cocaine accidental drug-induced heart attack mikey welsh 1971 2011 40 musician unspecified unknown scott weiland 1967 2015 48 musician multiple accidental cocaine, ethanol and 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine jaromír weinberger 1896 1967 71 composer unspecified sedatives unknown assia wevill 1927 1969 41 poet sleeping pills suicide wevill took the pills then exposed herself to carbon monoxide rachel whitear 1979 2000 21 student heroin accidental brett whiteley 1939 1992 53 artist heroin unknown keith whitley 1955 1989 33 singer alcohol unknown danny whitten 1943 1972 29 musician diazepam and alcohol unknown david widgery 1947 1992 45 writer multiple unknown alcohol, barbiturates and pethidine ellen wilkinson 1891 1947 55 politician barbiturates unknown kenneth williams 1926 1988 62 actor barbiturates unknown michael k. williams 1966 2021 54 actor multiple accidental fentanyl, p-fluorofentanyl, heroin and cocaine ricky williams 1956 1992 36 musician heroin unknown alan wilson 1943 1970 27 musician barbiturates accidental death was officially ruled accidental though has been speculated as suicide amy winehouse 1983 2011 27 singer alcohol unknown sheree winton 1935 1976 39 singer barbiturates suicide grant withers 1905 1959 54 actor sleeping pills suicide harris wittels 1984 2015 30 comedian heroin accidental carl wittman 1943 1986 42 activist unspecified suicide linda wong 1951 1987 36 pornographic actress unspecified unknown andrew wood 1966 1990 24 singer heroin unknown anna wood 1980 1995 15 student mdma water intoxication died from water intoxication secondary to use of mdma natalie wood 1938 1981 43 actress multiple accidental drowned while intoxicated by alcohol; there were traces of a motion-sickness pill and a painkiller in her blood, both of which would have increased the effects of alcohol corissa yasen 1973 2001 27 athlete multiple unknown diazepam, hydrocodone, lorazepam, fluoxetine and other drugs including anti-depressants, painkillers and anxiety medications paula yates 1959 2000 41 tv presenter heroin accidental kelly yeomans 1984 1997 13 student dextropropoxyphene suicide elvis yero 1965 2001 36 boxer unspecified unknown philip van zandt 1904 1958 53 actor unspecified unknown zeke zettner 1948 1973 25 musician heroin unknown stefan zweig 1881 1942 60 playwright sleeping pills suicide