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The results are in for the toxicology study of World Wrestling Entertainment performer Eddie “Umaga” Fatu, who died at age 36 of a heart attack in Houston on December 4, 2009.<\/p>\n

Dan Morgan, supervisory forensic investigator for Harris County, told me in an email, “The cause of death is acute toxicity due to combined effects of hydrocodone, carisoprodol, and diazepam.”<\/p>\n

Hydrocone is a painkiller. Carisoprodol, commonly called soma, is a muscle relaxer. Diazepam, commonly called Valium, is an anti-anxiety medication.<\/p>\n

In the statement of condolence published on the WWE website at the time of Fatu’s death, the company for which U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon was the long-time CEO made what many observers felt was the gratuitous point that he was no longer under contract to WWE. Fatu had been released six months earlier after failing a drug test under the company “wellness policy” and refusing to go to rehab.<\/p>\n

The Fatu toxicology results come just a day after Brian Lockhart reported, on the front page of Hearst newspapers in Connecticut, that a Congressional committee and a White House drug policy office “dropped the ball” on the investigation of drugs and death in pro wrestling that followed the June 2007 murder-suicide of Chris Benoit.<\/p>\n

Linda McMahon will be appearing in a live televised debate with the other GOP Senate candidates in Hartford on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Further reading:<\/p>\n

Who quashed federal steroid investigation of WWE? Linda McMahon campaign’s open question:<\/strong> http:\/\/wrestlingbabylon.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/28\/who-quashed-federal-steroid-investigation-of-wwe-mcmahon-campaign%E2%80%99s-open-question\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Facsimile of Hearst’s Sunday story:<\/strong> http:\/\/muchnick.net\/hearst022810.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Muchnick flashback: “See ya later, Congress …”<\/strong> — http:\/\/wrestlingbabylon.wordpress.com\/2010\/03\/01\/muchnick-flashback-see-ya-later-congress\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Irv Mu<\/em>chnick<\/p>\n

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