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LEVERT’S DEATH BLAMED ON ACCIDENTAL DRUG MIX: Coroner says Vicodin, Percocet, Darvocet, Xanex and antihistamines were found in his system.
*A coroner in Geauga County, Ohio said the death of Gerald Levert last fall was due to an accidental combination of prescription narcotics and over-the-counter drugs.
The drugs found in his bloodstream included a fatal mix of the narcotic pain relievers Vicodin, Percocet and Darvocet, along with anxiety medication Xanax and two over-the-counter antihistamines, said Geauga County Coroner Kevin Chartrand. The official cause of death was acute intoxication.
According to family spokesperson Andy Gibson, Levert had been taking the pain medication because of chronic pain from a lingering shoulder problem and surgery in 2005 to repair a severed Achilles tendon. Gibson said Levert took Xanax for anxiety attacks.
The autopsy was conducted by the Cuyahoga County coroner's office and turned in to Chartrand on Thursday. The report revealed that Levert also had pneumonia at the time of his death.
Levert, son of O'Jays singer Eddie Levert, died Nov. 10 in his suburban Cleveland home at the age of 40.
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