<![CDATA[Silicon Valley's favorite drug helped kill Heath Ledger - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[Silicon Valley's favorite drug helped kill Heath Ledger - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[Silicon Valley's favorite drug helped kill Heath Ledger]]> he sure knew a lot about science

BobDope

]]> <![CDATA[Silicon Valley's favorite drug helped kill Heath Ledger]]> @Owen Thomas: Meh, me too. I dunno, I guess my objection to this one is just how big of a stretch it is.

What's next? "Celebrity dies in Mercedes. Steve Jobs drives Mercedes!"

PS- I only found three comments with the word 'meh', and all of them were followed by an explanation/followup thought.

JReed

]]> <![CDATA[Silicon Valley's favorite drug helped kill Heath Ledger]]> The drug in his system was not necessarily Oxycontin. It could have been Percodan or Percoset or a variety of other drugs.

Oxycodone was found in his system.

@JReed: I agree wholeheartedly. Valleywag is teetering on the precipice of being banished from my newsreader. Watch your step Valleywag.

sharky

]]> <![CDATA[Silicon Valley's favorite drug helped kill Heath Ledger]]> @JReed: I'm shocked you didn't just say "Meh," as you did in your last half-dozen or so comments.

Owen Thomas

]]> <![CDATA[Silicon Valley's favorite drug helped kill Heath Ledger]]> I had three of those in me during one extreme kidney stone episode. I emphasize "extreme". Ouch. I can handle the minor stones with not much assistance. He must have been an Elvis-esque pill-popping celebrity.

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]]> <![CDATA[Silicon Valley's favorite drug helped kill Heath Ledger]]> Really? Valleywag has had its share of lame posts lately, but this one just might take the cake. This one is really stretching it.

JReed

]]> <![CDATA[Silicon Valley's favorite drug helped kill Heath Ledger]]> The guy was a pill freak. Hopefully this will end the beatification process that seems to have started before they moved his body to the morgue.

bbucy

]]> <![CDATA[Silicon Valley's favorite drug helped kill Heath Ledger]]> Heath was just about to send me a term sheet with a pre-money valuation of $40M and a 1x liquidation preference before he died. Damn.

ReversePundit

]]> <![CDATA[Silicon Valley's favorite drug helped kill Heath Ledger]]> Damn. That boy must have had some major pain going on to have all that in him.

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