JoLovesMCA
05-27-2011, 01:10 PM
So sad about this. :(
The 60-year-old star of Grease and Taxi, who publicly struggled with drugs and alcohol over the last decade, died Friday at a Los Angeles-area hospital. He had been in a coma for more than two weeks after being found unconscious in his home.
Family members, including Conaway's sister, decided Thursday to have doctors remove the feeding tube and ventilator that had been essentially keeping the actor alive—over the objections of his longtime girlfriend, Vikki Lizzi, who went to court to try to block the move (http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b244217_heartbreaking_battle_over_jeff_conaways.ht ml).
After Conaway was discovered unresponsive on May 11, manager Phil Brock first said that an overdose of painkillers was a likely culprit, but that theory was disputed days later by Celebrity Rehab's Dr. Drew Pinsky, who said that there was no sign of an intentional overdose and instead the actor was suffering from pneumonia and the blood poisoning known as sepsis.
"Not an OD like press is alleging & certainly not dead," Pinsky tweeted late last week night after visiting Conaway at Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center.
Conaway's death has rattled his pals.
"Yet again another beautiful soul is wasted due to the growing problem of pharmaceutical addiction," Corey Feldman told E! News. "I have lost way too many friends because of irresponsible practices where doctors are overmedicating obvious addicts. It's horriffic and disgusting! My heart goes out to Jeff's family, he was a wonderful human."
Read more:
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b243287_jeff_conaway_dies_after_being_taken_off.ht ml
The 60-year-old star of Grease and Taxi, who publicly struggled with drugs and alcohol over the last decade, died Friday at a Los Angeles-area hospital. He had been in a coma for more than two weeks after being found unconscious in his home.
Family members, including Conaway's sister, decided Thursday to have doctors remove the feeding tube and ventilator that had been essentially keeping the actor alive—over the objections of his longtime girlfriend, Vikki Lizzi, who went to court to try to block the move (http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b244217_heartbreaking_battle_over_jeff_conaways.ht ml).
After Conaway was discovered unresponsive on May 11, manager Phil Brock first said that an overdose of painkillers was a likely culprit, but that theory was disputed days later by Celebrity Rehab's Dr. Drew Pinsky, who said that there was no sign of an intentional overdose and instead the actor was suffering from pneumonia and the blood poisoning known as sepsis.
"Not an OD like press is alleging & certainly not dead," Pinsky tweeted late last week night after visiting Conaway at Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center.
Conaway's death has rattled his pals.
"Yet again another beautiful soul is wasted due to the growing problem of pharmaceutical addiction," Corey Feldman told E! News. "I have lost way too many friends because of irresponsible practices where doctors are overmedicating obvious addicts. It's horriffic and disgusting! My heart goes out to Jeff's family, he was a wonderful human."
Read more:
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b243287_jeff_conaway_dies_after_being_taken_off.ht ml