Drug Overdose

MIAMI - A college student committed suicide by taking a drug overdose in front of a live webcam as some computer users egged him on, others tried to talk him out of it, and another messaged OMG in horror when it became clear it was no joke. Some watchers contacted the website to notify police, but by the time officers entered Abraham Biggs's home - a scene also captured on the Internet - it was too late. Biggs, a 19-year-old Broward College student who suffered from what his family said was bipolar disorder, or manic depression, lay dead on his bed in his...

Junior Seau's death is the eighth among the 1994 San Diego Chargers, who won the AFC title and lost to the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl. The list of players: –– — Junior Seau, LB, 43, on Wednesday, from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to police. — Lew Bush, LB, 42, December 2011, apparent heart attack. — Shawn Lee, DT, 44, February 2011, heart attack. — Chris Mims, DE, 38, October 2008, enlarged heart. — Curtis Whitley, C, 39, May 2008, drug overdose.

Matthew Stuart died of a drug overdose, according to the results of an autopsy conducted by the state. The report cites "acute intoxication by the combined effects of ethanol and cocaine" and ruled the man's death an accident, said Terrel Harris, a spokesman for the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security. Stuart was found dead in September, in a Central Square, Cambridge, homeless shelter. In 1989, Stuart's brother, Charles, asked him to help cover up the murder of his pregnant wife, Carol DiMaiti Stuart, in Mission Hill.

Steve Wohlen lay on his front lawn, blue, unconscious and barely breathing, overdosing on heroin. His mother ran outside, frantically assembling a pen-like canister. Her heart pounding, she dropped to her knees and used the device to deliver two squirts up her son's nostrils. Within minutes, his eyes opened, color returned to his face, and he sat up — brought back from a potentially lethal overdose by a drug commonly known by its old brand name, Narcan. The drug, widely sold under its generic name, naloxone, counteracts the effects of heroin, OxyContin and other...

Friends and family of filmmaker Bobby Farrelly and his wife, Nancy, gathered yesterday in Duxbury for the funeral of the couple's son, Jesse, who died of an apparent drug overdose Feb. 8 while visiting friends in Newport Beach, Calif. A 2009 graduate of Duxbury High School, Jesse attended the University of Arizona before working as an actor and as part of the production crew on his father's films. Among those gathered at the Holy Family Church to celebrate Jesse's life was his uncle, Peter Farrelly, restaurateur Patrick Lyons and wife Kristina, Steve Sweeney, Lenny Clarke, Jackie Flynn,...

LONDON -- Adam Shand Kydd, stepbrother of Princess Diana, has died in Cambodia, Britain's Foreign Office and Cambodian police said. Mr. Shand Kydd, 49, whose father married Diana's mother in 1969, died of a suspected drug overdose, Ngam Ry, a municipal police officer in Phnom Penh, said Tuesday. His body was found on a bed at his rented home late Monday, he said. "We are in contact with the next of kin and providing assistance," a spokeswoman said on condition of anonymity.

A woman at the Occupy Vancouver camp died Saturday after being discovered in an "unresponsive" condition, police say. A Canadian protest organizer said it appeared to be due to a drug overdose. The cause of death has not been determined but there is no evidence to indicate foul play, police said. The woman in her 20s was found in a tent by another protester. Paramedics took her to a hospital where she was pronounced dead, Vancouver police said in a statement. Lauren Gill, an organizer at the camp, said the woman apparently died of a drug overdose.

CAMBRIDGE - The Central Square homeless shelter where Matthew Stuart died of an apparent drug overdose is investigating his death and the circumstances that led up to it, a senior official at the shelter said. "We are currently investigating to see what happened in this situation," said Wendy Jacobs, the deputy executive director of Heading Home, which operates the Cambridge Shelter on School Street, on Monday. "This is a tragic event and again, our hearts go out to his family.

I WAS disappointed to read the Globe’s flimsy argument for siding with Nike on its ad campaign (“Menino: Misreading the T-shirts,’’ Editorial, June 25). There’s nothing funny or cute or cool about using slogans like “Get high’’ and “Dope’’ to sell T-shirts in a city where the number one cause of accidental death is drug overdose. In Boston, more young people die from opiate and pill overdoses than from violent crime or gang activity. Prescription drugs are the second most common illicit drug used by middle and high school...

A judge has sentenced a woman who operated a southern Ohio pill mill linked to several drug overdose deaths to more than 12 years in prison. Denise Huffman also faces three years of supervised release after she serves her time. Judge Sandra Beckwith sentenced Huffman in federal court in Cincinnati Tuesday shortly after sentencing the doctor who worked at one of Huffman's clinics to four life terms. Huffman pleaded guilty in 2010 to one count of operating Tri-State Health Care and Pain Management as a place whose primary purpose was the illegal distribution of prescription...

A doctor charged with murder in a prescription drug case made a brief court appearance Friday and her lawyer said afterward she will defend herself vigorously against the allegations. Dr. Hsiu-Ying "Lisa" Tseng is charged with three counts of second-degree murder in the prescription drug overdose deaths of patients. She faces 21 other felony counts. She is among only a handful of doctors nationwide to be charged with murder related to prescription drugs. "She's ready to fight this," said her attorney, T. Edward Welbourn.

► Monday is March 5, the 65th day of 2012. There are 301 days left in the year. ► Today's birthdays: Actor James Noble is 90. Actor James B. Sikking is 78. Actor Dean Stockwell is 76. Actor Fred Williamson is 74. Actress Samantha Eggar is 73. Actor Michael Warren is 66. Actor Eddie Hodges is 65. Singer Eddy Grant is 64. Rock musician Alan Clark (Dire Straits) is 60. Actress-comedian Marsha Warfield is 58. Magician Penn Jillette is 57. Actress Adriana Barraza is 56. Rock singers Charlie and Craig Reid (the Proclaimers)

Friends and family of filmmaker Bobby Farrelly and his wife, Nancy, gathered yesterday in Duxbury for the funeral of the couple's son, Jesse, who died of an apparent drug overdose Feb. 8 while visiting friends in Newport Beach, Calif. A 2009 graduate of Duxbury High School, Jesse attended the University of Arizona before working as an actor and as part of the production crew on his father's films. Among those gathered at the Holy Family Church to celebrate Jesse's life was his uncle, Peter Farrelly, restaurateur Patrick Lyons and wife Kristina, Steve Sweeney, Lenny Clarke, Jackie Flynn,...

A judge has sentenced a woman who operated a southern Ohio pill mill linked to several drug overdose deaths to more than 12 years in prison. Denise Huffman also faces three years of supervised release after she serves her time. Judge Sandra Beckwith sentenced Huffman in federal court in Cincinnati Tuesday shortly after sentencing the doctor who worked at one of Huffman's clinics to four life terms. Huffman pleaded guilty in 2010 to one count of operating Tri-State Health Care and Pain Management as a place whose primary purpose was...

Word from the West Coast is that the 20-year-old son of director Bobby Farrelly has died. TMZ reported today that Jesse Farrelly died of an apparent drug overdose in Costa Mesa, Calif. According to the website, emergency personnel responded to his apartment late Wednesday after getting a call about an "unresponsive young male . . . possible overdose. " Bobby and Peter Farrelly, who hail from Rhode Island, are the duo behind such hit movies as "There's Something About Mary" and "Fever Pitch.

Matthew Stuart died of a drug overdose, according to the results of an autopsy conducted by the state. The report cites "acute intoxication by the combined effects of ethanol and cocaine" and ruled the man's death an accident, said Terrel Harris, a spokesman for the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security. Stuart was found dead in September, in a Central Square, Cambridge, homeless shelter. In 1989, Stuart's brother, Charles, asked him to help cover up the murder of his pregnant wife, Carol DiMaiti Stuart, in Mission Hill.

Junior Seau's death is the eighth among the 1994 San Diego Chargers, who won the AFC title and lost to the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl. The list of players: –– — Junior Seau, LB, 43, on Wednesday, from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to police. — Lew Bush, LB, 42, December 2011, apparent heart attack. — Shawn Lee, DT, 44, February 2011, heart attack. — Chris Mims, DE, 38, October 2008, enlarged heart. — Curtis Whitley, C, 39, May 2008, drug overdose.

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Comedian Lenny Bruce was granted a posthumous pardon by Governor George E. Pataki yesterday for a nearly 40-year-old obscenity conviction prompted by a foul-mouthed political commentary. Pataki called his decision to issue the first posthumous pardon in New York state history "a declaration of New York's commitment to upholding the First Amendment. " The campaign to win a pardon for the groundbreaking 1960s comedian was supported by his former wife and his daughter, more than two dozen First Amendment lawyers, and entertainers including Robin Williams,...

SAN DIEGO - Lew Bush, the former San Diego linebacker who played for the Chargers for seven seasons and was part of their lone Super Bowl team in 1994, died Thursday. He was 42. Mr. Bush, who also played for the Kansas City Chiefs, apparently died of a heart attack, the Chargers said. It was not immediately clear where Mr. Bush died. Public records indicate that he lived in San Diego, and he had been a pregame commentator for the Chargers' radio broadcast team. Mr. Bush was the Chargers' fourth-round pick out of Washington State in the 1993 draft and played seven...

A woman at the Occupy Vancouver camp died Saturday after being discovered in an "unresponsive" condition, police say. A Canadian protest organizer said it appeared to be due to a drug overdose. The cause of death has not been determined but there is no evidence to indicate foul play, police said. The woman in her 20s was found in a tent by another protester. Paramedics took her to a hospital where she was pronounced dead, Vancouver police said in a statement. Lauren Gill, an organizer at the camp, said the woman apparently died of a drug overdose.