*Jamie Sangouthai, Lamar Odom’s best friend, did not die from a drug overdose as initially reported. However, his death was drug-related.
The LA County Coroner’s Office has announced that Sangouthai, 37, died Sunday from a rare flesh-eating disease caused by injections from dirty needles.
According to the coroner, the exact term for this type of bacterial skin infection is “necrotizing fasciitis,” which was caused by chronic intravenous drug use.
Jamie — whose struggle with drugs was featured on the E! spinoff “Khloe and Lamar” — went to the hospital for his infected arm, but this type of infection spreads rapidly and often becomes life-threatening in a very short amount of time.
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