“Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam, and doxylamine. … We have concluded that the manner of death is accident, resulting from the abuse of prescription medications.”

—  Heath Ledger

Ellen Borakove, a spokeswoman for the chief medical examiner of New York, Dr. Charles S. Hirsch, in a brief statement released to the media on February 6, 2008. [Sewell Chan and James Barron (contributing), City Room: Heath Ledger's Death Is Ruled an Accident, http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/heath-ledgers-death-is-ruled-an-accident/, The New York Times, Web, cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com (The New York Times Company), February 6, 2008, 2008-08-22]

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