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The Results are in On What Caused The Tragic Death of 32-Year Old Surfer Andy Irons Last November three-time world surfing champion Andy Irons was found dead in a Dallas hotel room. At the time nobody could understand why such a seemingly healthy and fit guy would suddenly die like that. The results are finally in and the cause of death is a heart attack and drugs. It was a heart attack to the coronary artery that was the primary reason for his death with “acute mixed drug ingestion” the secondary cause. Irons was one of the greatest surfers of all-time despite constant rumors of drug use. He retired from the tour in 2008, missed the following season and made a comeback last year. Here is part of the police report courtesy of the Washington Post: Police discovered Alprazolam, an anti-anxiety drug, Zolpidem, a sleep aid and tablets containing methadone. According to toxicology tests, cocaine and methamphetamine were also present in his system. Although the Tarrant County (Texas) medical examiner’s office will not release the results until June 20, Irons’s family hired its own experts because of his medical history.
His parents are disputing the findings because of the medications he was prescribed. Here is the statement from the family responding to today's autopsy results: Andy was prescribed Xanax and Zolpidem (Ambien) to treat anxiety and occasional insomnia — a result of a bipolar disorder diagnosed by his family doctor at age 18
Regardless of how he died, it's a tragic event and the surfing world will never quite be the same without him.
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