TV pitchman Bill Mays took cocaine just days before his death, contributing to his fatal heart attack at age 50, according to an autopsy. Although the autopsy found signs of heart disease - and a heart attack remains the official cause of death - the coroner says cocaine can raise blood pressure, causing a thickening of the heart's wall and clogging the arteries. "From the presence of metabolites of cocaine and the absence of cocaine itself, it was concluded that Mr. Mays used cocaine in the few days prior to his death but not immediately prior to death," says a statement from the Hillsborough County,...
- 8/7/2009
- by Oliver Jones
- PEOPLE.com
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