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Fact #163562

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Following an extended drug binge, funk superstar Rick James, aka Superfreak, dies of a heart attack, aged 56, in Los Angeles, California, USA. The autopsy finds cocaine, methamphetamine, diazepam, bupropion, Xanax, citalopram, Vicodin, digoxin and clorpheniramine in his system.