Jeff Conaway Dead at 60

[Yeagermeister]

After spending weeks in a coma thought to be brought on by a prescription drug overdose, “Taxi” star Jeff Conaway has died. He was 60 years old.

Conaway, who is perhaps best known for his role as Kenickie in the iconic film “Grease,” fell into a coma after the reported overdose and was taken to a hospital on May 11. He never woke up.

On Thursday, Radar Online reported that the family of the star, who had a long and public battle with drug addiction, was looking to take him off of life support. Doctors had previously told the family that no brain activity was detected from the star

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[bbgun]

No surprise. RIP.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

Sad that he couldnt exorcise his demons but hopefully he is at eternal peace and happiness.
He was great on taxi one of the better sitcoms of the past 50 years.
RIP

 

[BlueStar3398]

I saw him on Celebrity Rehab and he really struggled with his alcohol and pain pill addiction. Dr Drew says that he didn't die from an overdose. He says it was the severe damage to his body from prolonged drug use.

May he R.I.P.

 

[Faerluna]

Apparently he had taken a little too much self-medication, which causes you to aspirate liquid or food since you are so out of it.

Then, this developed into the pneumonia, which he treated with more self-medication instead of going to the doctor. By the time he finally got medical attention, it was too late.

Really unfortunate. RIP.

 

[big dog cowboy]

I saw him on Celebrity Rehab and he really struggled with his alcohol and pain pill addiction. Dr Drew says that he didn't die from an overdose. He says it was the severe damage to his body from prolonged drug use.

May he R.I.P.

He looked terrible on that show. I'm not surprised he didn't last any longer than he did.

 

[DallasGirl50]

Sad. He was so good in "Grease" & on "Taxi" as somebody mentioned. I remember at one time he was married to Olivia Newton John's sister.