When news broke of Chyna passing away last week, everyone wondered the same thing, how did it happen? Her friends had said she seemed fine just a few days prior, so nobody believed suicide and after police ruled out any foul play, people wondered if possibly some type of overdose occurred. Her manager and long time friend, Anthony Anzaldo has now confirmed that it was in fact an accidental overdose that resulted in her death.
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“She accidentally and unintentionally misused her legally prescribed medication over the course of 2-3 weeks. It’s an epidemic,” Anzaldo said Wednesday, per Phil Helsel and Andrew Rudansky of NBC News.
The prescription drugs she had taken were Ambien and Valium.
Chyna, whose real name is Joanie Laurer was 46 years old when she passed away on April 20th, leaving behind family, friends and stunned fans. She had battled substance abuse during other periods of her life but Anzaldo says the overdose had nothing to do with addiction. They were legally prescribed but she wasn’t taking them the right away. “You are not going to find 60 pills in her stomach,” Anzaldo said.
Regardless of how she passed, we hope she is at peace and we still send our condolences to her loved ones.
