The toxicology reports are back on both Brad Renfro and Heath Ledger and sadly, both are very similar. A statement from the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office was released which said that Brad Renfro died of “acute heroin/morphine intoxication” or in other words, an accidental heroin overdose. The 25-year-old actor was found dead on January 15th in his apartment.
The coroner on the Heath Ledger case has also ruled he died of an accidental overdose. When the young actor was found dead, he had six different prescription drugs in his system. The drugs were a mixture of painkillers (hydrocodone and oxycodone), anti-anxiety medication (xanax and valium), and two sleeping aids (temazepam and doxylamine).
Sadly, this week is also marks the one-year anniversary of the accidental overdose death of Anna Nicole Smith.
In television news, the CW network is saying goodbye to WWE’s “Smackdown.” The show began airing on the old UPN network back in 1999 with a two-hour premiere. While “Smackdown” did garner quite a few viewers for UPN, it just never seemed to fit in with UPN’s image. UPN merged with WB (Warner Brothers) network in 2006 to become CW, but “Smackdown” still seemed out of place with the other programming.
The network offered no reasons as to why it and WWE decided to end their relationship after the 2007-2008 seasons, but some think that the pro wrestling show just didn’t fit in with CW. The rates were okay, so it was not as if fans were not watching.
WWE, based in Stamford, Connecticut, is in talks with other networks to pick up the show after the renewal period for CW ended on January 31. Where might you be able to see “Smackdown” in the future? Rumors are that WWE is talking to NBC Universal (their cable channel USA is already the home of “WWE Raw) and MyNetworkTV, where some affiliates still show “Smackdown” from when they were once UPN stations.