Coroner: Pimp C Died of Accidental Cough Syrup Overdose, Sleep Apnea
Los Angeles coroners have determined that a combination of sleep apnea and cough syrup are responsible for the death of UGK’s Pimp C, who was found dead in an L.A. hotel in December. The coroners also ruled that the death was accidental. Sleep apnea is a condition that blocks one’s air passages, causing sufferers to briefly stop breathing while sleeping, while the prescription drug in question, Promethazine/Codeine, is a cough syrup combination that often appears in rap song lyrics (including Three 6 Mafia and UGK’s own “Sippin’ on Some Syrup”). Pimp C was thirty-three.
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