Wayne Static's Cause of Death Revealed: Mixture of Drugs and Alcohol to Blame
Wayne Static - the former frontman for the popular metal group Static-x - died of a fatal mixture of drugs and alcohol, the San Bernardino County Coroner Office confirmed to People. The singer, whose real name was Wayne Richard Wells, was found dead at his home in Landers, California, on Nov.1 at the age of 48. According to the coroner, the cause of death was "mixed prescription drugs (Oxycodone, Hydromorphone, and Alprazolam) and alcohol toxicity." Chronic prescription drug and alcohol abuse were also listed as contributing factors to what the coroner ruled a "natural death." After Static's death, his wife Tera Wray...
- 3/14/2015
- by Michael Miller, @write_miller
- PEOPLE.com
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