Speedballs and seizures - dark night River Phoenix died at Johnny Depp's Viper Room club
dailystar.co.ukGuardian. Starting to cry, she alarmingly added: "45 minutes later, he was dead."Samantha didn't realise they were staying at The Viper Room - but the actor wanted to perform with the band P, which included Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Depp.River drank a 'speedball', a lethal combination of heroin and cocaine, dissolved in a drink which meant it took a long time to absorb into his bloodstream.The autopsy report found that River's blood contained a staggering eight times a lethal overdose.Because he drank the concoction, River remained active for up to an hour until his death while the lethal drugs started to build, meaning by the time he felt anything it was too late."I knew he was high that night, but the heroin that killed him.
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