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Who bassist died after taking cocaine - inquest 

John Entwistle died from taking cocaine which
triggered a heart stoppage, an inquest has heard.

The Who's bassist was found dead in a Las Vegas hotel
room on June 27 this year on the eve of a US band
tour.

Cheltenham and district coroner Lester Maddrell
sitting at Tewkesbury Magistrates Court went through
written statements and evidence gathered by US
authorities.

Mr Maddrell concluded: "He died from the effects of a
single moderate usage of cocaine superimposed upon
ischaemic heart disease caused by naturally-occurring
coronary atherosclerosis."

He said it was not possible to reduce the verdict to
one or two words.

This confirmed the findings of a US coroner
investigating his death in July.

The inquest heard how Entwistle, 57,of Station Road,
Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, had spent the
evening at the Hard Rock Hotel on Paradise Road, with
band members before going to bed with a female
companion at 3am.

The report from the Clark County Coroner's office in
Nevada, says the woman had heard him snoring during
the night and when she woke at 10am he was
"unresponsive and cold to the touch". Paramedics were
called but were unable to resuscitate him.

The report said there was "nothing untoward" and there
were no suspicious circumstances at the scene.

In a statement Entwistle's son Christopher said his
musician father had been looking forward to the tour
and had shown no sign of illness before it.


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