Mac Miller Pronounced Dead: January 19,1992-September 7, 2018

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  1. Hi. My name is Reagan Donahue and I will be
  2. taking you through the Life and Death and the notorious
  3. rapper Mac Miller.
  4. Mhm. Malcolm James McCormick was found unresponsive at his home
  5. in California on September 7, 2018, by his assistant, who
  6. was going by to get him for a video shoot
  7. advertising his upcoming tour.
  8. He was pronounced dead at approximately 11 51 AM Pacific
  9. time. Miller often talked about his struggles with depression, anxiety
  10. and substance abuse with the public.
  11. He admitted in 2012 that to relieve stress, he began
  12. taking pre method, is seen as a sedative and later
  13. became addicted to lean.
  14. He was sober on and off for a couple years
  15. until announcing he was fully sober and living regularly.
  16. In April 2017, he attempted rehab multiple times but admitted
  17. he would leave and immediately go back to drugs.
  18. His usage began when he started gaining popularity from his
  19. music. He started smoking weed in an attempt to relieve
  20. stress, and, as he stated in an interview, it all
  21. went down from there.
  22. On november 5th, 2018, the Los Angeles Coroner's office released
  23. Miller's toxicology report that stated Miller had died from an
  24. accidental drug overdose from the opioid fentanyl, the stimulant cocaine
  25. and the depressant alcohol.
  26. Miller had asked a friend, Cameron Pettit, for a Percocet,
  27. a pain reliever Xanax, in cocaine.
  28. But Pettitte showed him counterfeit pills containing fentanyl.
  29. It was believed that Miller had started the counterfeit pills
  30. just before his death.
  31. Percocets and fentanyl help with moderate to severe pain, but
  32. taking too much of them can cause increased sweating, headaches,
  33. overdose and possible death.
  34. These can be prescribed by a doctor.
  35. Cocaine, however, is not a drug with positive effects.
  36. It is very addicting and can cause heart and lung
  37. problems. STD's and death.
  38. Many take this drug to gain the sense of a
  39. high where the reaction time is slower and their pain
  40. subsides for a certain amount of time.
  41. Withdrawing from usage of these drugs can cause suicidal thoughts,
  42. hallucinations, nausea, high fever, vomiting, shakiness, weight loss, etcetera.
  43. His death was ruled as an accidental overdose as Miller
  44. wasn't aware of the drugs that were really in his
  45. pills. But three men were arrested for his death.
  46. Karen Pettit for giving him the counterfeit pills, Ryan Revis
  47. for running them to Pettit and Stephen Walter for supplying
  48. the drugs.
  49. They were indicted on conspiracy charges and distributing drugs that
  50. resulted in death.
  51. Mac Miller was a beloved rapper by millions of people
  52. across the world in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a
  53. memorial was held for fans of Miller and people from
  54. all over the country, including much of the music industry
  55. attended on October 31st 2000 and 18.
  56. A tribute concert was held in his honour, and the
  57. money made was spent on the Mac Miller Fund, which
  58. supports youth arts, community building and artists suffering from substance
  59. abuse. Mac Miller lives on through his music and will
  60. forever be in our hearts.
  61. May he rest in paradise.