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Autopsy reveals Carrie Fisher took huge drug cocktail

Jun 20, 2017

Carrie Fisher's only child Billie Lourd has released a heartfelt statement in tribute of her late mother.

An autopsy has revealed Carrie Fisher had a deadly combination of drugs in her system when she died.

Cocaine, ecstasy and heroin were all in the actress’s system at the time of her death as well as her regular prescriptions; Abilify, Prozac and Lamictol.

Traces of unprescribed oxycodone were also found.

This news comes three days after it was revealed Fisher had passed away as a result of sleep apnea and a “combination” of other factors.

The medical examiner’s report noted that it was unclear what role the lethal drugs may have played in her death, if any.

It’s suspected that the cocaine may have been taken a week before Fisher died on December 27, 2016 but the autopsy could not determine when she may have taken the heroin, ecstasy and other opiates found in her system.

Four days before her death, while on a flight from London to Los Angeles, Fisher suffered a heart attack after she began vomiting in her sleep.

She was immediately unresponsive and a medical crew rushed to the airport to meet the plane but by then, Fisher was already in cardiac arrest despite CPR attempts with no motor or verbal response.

Fisher received the lowest possible Glasgow Coma Score, which indicated a state of deep unconsciousness.

Paramedics on the scene gave Fisher sodium bicarbonate and a shot of epinephrine but the actress died after going into cardiac arrest for the second time, four days after she was admitted to hospital.

Fisher’s personal assistant was with her on the plane and said while the actress was awake at the beginning of the flight, attempts to wake her before the plane landed were unsuccessful.

The report stated the incident happened at 7:21am and that efforts to revive the Star Wars actress ended at 8:55am on December 27.

Fisher long struggled with her drug addiction and mental illness – admitting in interviews that she was often high on the sets of her early films and had smoked pot at 13 and used LSD by the time she was 21.

The daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher was treated with electroshock therapy and medication for her mental disorders and was in and out of rehab for years for her drug addiction.

Throughout the 70s and 80s Fisher admitted she was using drugs and that during the filming of The Empire Strikes Back she was high on cocaine.

Shortly before her death, Fisher posted a picture of herself and her beloved pooch Gary on Thanksgiving with open beers in the background — prompting many to wonder if she had relapsed.

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— Carrie Fisher (@carrieffisher) November 24, 2016

Her only child, actress Billie Lourd released a statement to People magazine about her mother’s lifelong addiction battle:

“My mom battled drug addiction and mental illness her entire life. She ultimately died of it. She was purposefully open in all of her work about the social stigmas surrounding these diseases. She talked about the shame that torments people and their families confronted by these diseases. I know my Mom, she’d want her death to encourage people to be open about their struggles. Seek help, fight for government funding for mental health programs. Shame and those social stigmas are the enemies of progress to solutions and ultimately a cure. Love you Momby.”