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The chances are children all over the country are glued to different screens playing video games … and there’s one game that’s all the rage, especially with boys. It’s called Fortnite, and it has 125 million players around the world hooked, and therein lies the problem. 60 Minutes Australia: Won’t Stop, 2023
Children are becoming addicted. They’re playing for days on end to the exclusion of everything else. ibid.
2.26 p.m. on June 25th 2009: Michael Jackson, controversial megastar, entertainer and pop icon is pronounced dead in Los Angeles. Jackson is just fifty years old. His sudden and unexplained death sparked a police investigation that questions every detail of his passing. Autopsy: The Last Hours Of … s1e1: Michael Jackson, Channel 5 2014
His corpse was pored over by a team of medical experts. ibid.
Jackson spent large amounts of money on a skin-bleaching drug called Benoquin. ibid.
Jackson would become addicted to plastic surgery. ibid.
‘Jackson's hair is not his own.’ ibid.
He became hooked on painkillers ... and even morphine. ibid.
Demerol isn’t what killed Michael Jackson. ibid.
In her lifetime she sold more than two hundred million records, propelling her from a gospel choir to global stardom. But at 3:36 p.m. on February 11th 2012 Whitney Houston was found unconscious in a bath in a Hollywood hotel. Autopsy: The Last Hours Of … s1e2: Whitney Houston
February 11th 2012 Whitney Houston was found unconscious in a bath in a Hollywood hotel. ibid.
The voice that catapulted her to stardom has been in trouble for years. The influence of hard-living R&B star Bobby Brown during the 15-year marriage was catastrophic. ibid.
Whitney Houston had a chronic problem with cocaine. ibid.
Eight different prescription drugs from five different doctors. ibid.
She was under the influence of a number of drugs that can cause drowsiness when she died. ibid.
At 2.49 p.m. February 8th 2007 Anna Nicole Smith – Playboy cover girl, fashion model, and tabloid target – is pronounced dead in Florida. A small-town girl, she modelled her rise to fame on Marilyn Monroe. Autopsy: The Last Hours Of … s1e3: Anna Nicole Smith
In 1994 the paparazzi turned against her – they exposed a near fatal overdose. ibid.
She married 89-year-old oil billionaire J Howard Marshall. She was labelled the ultimate gold digger. ibid.
Since arriving in Florida, Anna is burning up with a high fever. ibid.
Anna’s twin implants were a step too far. ibid.
Benzodiazepines – by the time of her death she was taking them in massive quantities. ibid.
The sedative chloral-hydrate ... Anna was an expert self-injector. ibid.
[TV news]: ‘Tributes continue to come in for Michael Hutchens, the INXS lead singer, found dead in a Sydney hotel.’ Autopsy: The Last Hours Of … s2e1: Michael Hutchence
‘The toxicology report … cocaine … [and] a cocktail of other drugs and alcohol present … He was prescribed Prozac.’ ibid.
A blow to the head transformed how he would see the world. ibid.
‘Here we’ve got drug use, drug abuse … hanging.’ ibid. pathologist
Karen’s homely voice captivated 1970s America. Autopsy: The Last Hours Of … s2e2: Karen Carpenter
Emetine can affect the heart. ibid.
According to friends Karen was taking eighty to ninety Dulcolax a day. ibid.
Karen was taking large amounts of ... Synthroid. ibid.
Brittany is suffering from a virus which has given her a nasty cough. Autopsy: The Last Hours Of … s2e3: Brittany Murphy
The autopsy shows Hydrocodone was not the only serious drug that she got hold of before she died. ibid.
In five months’ time, her husband Simon Monjack would also die from the same symptoms. ibid.
Elvis was not a well man ... Most of his organs were about twice the size they should have been. Autopsy: The Last Hours Of … s3e1: Elvis Presley
What causes the arrhythmia? ibid.
By the time he got into his forties Elvis was showing clear signs of physical and mental decline. ibid.
Could the abuse of prescription drugs have led to the death of the king of rock-n-roll? ibid.
Demerol has not played a direct part in Elvis's death. ibid.
[TV news]: ‘One of Hollywood’s brightest young stars. 23-year-old River Phoenix collapsed outside a Los Angeles nightclub early this morning.’ Autopsy: The Last Hours Of … s3e3: River Phoenix
River started fitting and convulsing before dying on the pavement a very public death. ibid.
He is struck down with a mystery illness. ibid.
‘Valium and marijuana in his bloodsteam and … cocaine … decongestant medication … over 200 cc of a dark fluid present in the stomach … heroin … several recreation and prescription drugs.’ ibid.
On August 11th 2014 Robin Williams was found dead in a bedroom of his home. Autopsy: The Last Hours Of … s4e1: Robin Williams
His moods had been controlled by a variety of prescription drugs. ibid.
Robin Williams lived with Parkinson’s Disease for many years. ibid.
Robin Williams was suffering from undiagnosed dementia. ibid.
Marilyn was found dead in the bedroom of her Hollywood home. Autopsy: The Last Hours Of … s4e2: Marilyn Monroe
There were eight different types of drugs around her when she died. ibid.
Nembutal ... Marilyn was already being prescribed chloralhydrate for her sleeplessness ... Nembutal on top of chloralhydrate was like signing her death warrant. ibid.
February 4th 1987, Palm Springs, California: ‘The pianist and showman Liberace died today at his home in Palm Springs after receiving the last rights.’ Autopsy: The Last Hours Of … s4e3: Liberace
‘The death of Liberace is subject to some controversy. There are two conflicting and completely different accounts as to how he died.’ ibid. apthologist
He [coroner] suspected foul play and he later ordered the body to be taken from the mortuary and subject to autopsy. ibid.
‘Liberace was suffering from anemia … emphysema … bronchopneumonia … kidney failure …’ ibid. pathologist
Evidence of a chronic underlying heart condition. ibid.
In the 1960s George Best burst on to the pitch and kicked off a glamorous new era of football. Autopsy: The Last Hours Of … s4e4: George Best
When George stops drinking ... a very real risk of tremors, convulsions, delusions and even sudden death. ibid.
His blood isn’t clotting properly ... All he could do is wait for a suitable liver to be donated. ibid.
Multi organ failure is on his death certificate. ibid.
In Kensington, Philadelphia, it’s hard to tell who’s human and who’s the ghost of a dying addict. Needles are scattered like fallen leaves on cracked sidewalks. And twisted bodies collapse in broad daylight in what was once the city’s bustling marketplace. US Homeless Stories: Fentanyl: City of Death, Youtube 2025
People call this place Zombie land. ibid.
It’s about people enduring life stripped of safety. ibid.
The air smells faintly of chemicals. ibid.
Behind every slumped figure lies a story worth saving. ibid.
When did we decide some lives are worth less compassion? ibid.
Zombies rampant on the streets. ibid.
Their skin covered in sores that won’t heal. ibid.