Barrie Masters' death was drug-related, an inquest has heard. The lead singer of Eddie and The Hot Rods was found dead at his Great Wakering home at the age of 63 on October 1 2019.
Today an inquest in Chelmsford heard from coroner's officer that he had had a background of heroin misuse, alcohol abuse, emphysema and COPD.
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