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Jay Reatard's death caused by a mixture of cocaine and alcohol

The Memphis musician died last month, aged 29

February 3, 2010 | 8 Comments
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Autopsy reports have revealed that Jay Reatard died from a mixture of cocaine and alcohol.

In the reports released today (February 3), Shelby County Medical Examiner Dr Karen E Chancellor said the 29-year-old muscian died from "cocaine toxicity, and that alcohol was a contributing factor in his death", reports CommercialAppeal.com.

Reatard – real name Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr – died last month after he was found dead at his Midtown home by his flatmate.

With his various bands and solo Reatard recorded 22 full-length albums and clocked up over 100 individual releases, his last album 'Watch Me Fall' was released in August last year, receiving an eight out of 10 review from NME.

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Comments (8)

shityourlegoff

Feb 3, 2010

I know this will be a bit controversial but 1. His music was shit. 2. He released 22 albums in a couple of years = appalling quality control. 3. He took loads of coke and got pissed the died from it. So really, although I'm not celebrating his death, is the world really any worse off without him? He changed his name to Mr Retard for fuck's sake. What does that say about him?

binstig

Feb 4, 2010

shityourlegoff - Who the fuck do you think you are?! Jay was extremely influential for so many people and all you seem to do is leave petty comments with shit puns on the majority of the news stories on here. Only comment if you think you've got something valuable to add, otherwise you're just wasting peoples times reading your shit.

shityourlegoff

Feb 4, 2010

And yet you went to all the trouble of replying to it. If my posts are so worthless, why take the time to reply? I'm just saying that Mr Retard might be important in your little world but the world as a whole will notice neither his passing nor the fact that he is unable to put out another 22 albums of unlistenable drivel..

shityourlegsoff

Feb 5, 2010

No No No i take it all back, I'm a worthless loser and he did do a lot for music all i did was just want to get a reaction out of you and it worked. Sorry i haven't had sex in a while

1984orwell

Feb 5, 2010

Only heard 2 of the 22 albums but absolutely loved them, gutted I never saw him live, so much energy. Makes me think twice about that Columbian marching powder though! R.I.P Jay

shityourlegoff

Feb 6, 2010

Hey cunt features so apparently you spend all day looking for my posts and adding wanky fucking joke posts with your hilarious 'I added an s' username? Christ you're fucking sad.

JoeDavin

Feb 8, 2010

shityourlegoff- you're in no position to call anyone sad. You've posted nigh on 300 posts on this site which mostly seem to say 'shit band' or 'what a prick' or something equally as banal. Well done you.I really wish I'd seen Jay Reatard before his demise. Blood Visions is a fantastic album.

shityourlegsoff

Feb 8, 2010

The only thing sad is the fact that you only write posts to get a reaction out of people and that it gets to you that much that you feel like you have to make it clear that i added an s to your name! Ha Ha everbody does think you are me???NNNNNNNNNAAAA get away!Jay reatard was fantastic and did bring everything to his live shows.