Comedian Tony Slattery 'killed by cocaine' despite 'being clean for years', says expert
dailyrecord.co.ukTony Slattery's previous expensive cocaine and alcohol addiction is likely to have caused his death despite years of being clean, an expert has claimed.
The 60-year-old star died on January 12 from a heart attack his devastated partner of nearly 40 years had confirmed.The former star of Channel 4's Whose Line Is It Anyway?
had previously shared the extent of his battle with addiction, revealing in a 2019 TV interview, that at low points he would take 10 grams of cocaine and down two bottles of vodka each day, reports the Mirror.However, he was able to emerge from his "lifelong battle with dark demons" and was free from addiction for a number of years.
But the damage could have already been cause, an expert has said. Ian Hamilton, Associate Professor at the University of York, explained how cocaine and binge drinking can have long-lasting impacts on a person's heart.
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