Devastating!

'Taxi' Star Jeff Conaway Dead at 60, Report Says

Published May 27, 2011 | FoxNews.com

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After spending weeks in a coma thought to be brought on by a prescription drug overdose, “Taxi” star Jeff Conaway has died, according to a report from Radar Online. 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 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, Radar reported.

The decision had to be delayed when his ex-girlfriend, Vikki Lizzi, took the family to court over the decision.

Conaway had a restraining order against Lizzi, so she was not permitted to be at the hospital.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/05/27/taxi-star-jeff-conaway-dead-60/#ixzz1Na6kyAkn

I knew it. I just knew it.

Rest in peace, Mr. Conaway.

silverchild said:

Devastating!

'Taxi' Star Jeff Conaway Dead at 60, Report Says

Published May 27, 2011 | FoxNews.com

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After spending weeks in a coma thought to be brought on by a prescription drug overdose, “Taxi” star Jeff Conaway has died, according to a report from Radar Online. 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 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, Radar reported.

The decision had to be delayed when his ex-girlfriend, Vikki Lizzi, took the family to court over the decision.

Conaway had a restraining order against Lizzi, so she was not permitted to be at the hospital.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/en...z1Na6kyAkn

Such a very sad end, he just could never escape the addictions, which lead to countless health issues which in the end cost him his life. So terribly sad, one of the stars of the BEST ALL TIME COMEDY SITCOM LINEUP....No show came close to that lineup!

I feel bad for the guy.

"A hickey from Kenickie is like a Halmark card, when you wish to send the very best."

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Timmy84 said:

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U know i think what gets lost alot is our/media or whatever that bashes stars when they fall from the public eye, its no secret that Jeff was riding high when he walked away from TAXI but nothing every came of his attempt to build on his fame from that show, thats when i feel all this started, that and the talk of "has been" and things that is tossed around when we dont see someone 24/7 on tv. Its sad how words like that get tossed around and publicized in mass media publications and their is never any kind of "retractions" of those statements. I think we can all make a list of who the media has done this too, and many who were even still doing things, just not as BIG as before, but again, a life lost, is the saddest part, regardless of the "name"

RIP.

JOHN TRAVOLTA SALUTES JEFF

CLICK HERE: http://www.eonline.com/ub...naway.html

Troubled Life. R.I.P

I have to read at my 28 year old cousin's funeral tomorrow. Prescription drugs were involved.

his addiction is over at least...

...unless those follow u to heaven

silverchild said:

Devastating!

'Taxi' Star Jeff Conaway Dead at 60, Report Says

Published May 27, 2011 | FoxNews.com

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After spending weeks in a coma thought to be brought on by a prescription drug overdose, “Taxi” star Jeff Conaway has died, according to a report from Radar Online. 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 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, Radar reported.

The decision had to be delayed when his ex-girlfriend, Vikki Lizzi, took the family to court over the decision.

Conaway had a restraining order against Lizzi, so she was not permitted to be at the hospital.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/05/27/taxi-star-jeff-conaway-dead-60/#ixzz1Na6kyAkn

Poor thing

He was miserable in his skin so I'm happy for him. He'll be in a better place now I hope.

JerseyKRS said:

I have to read at my 28 year old cousin's funeral tomorrow. Prescription drugs were involved.

Wow! I'm very sorry about your loss. I will keep you and your family in my thoughts and prayers.

silverchild said:

JOHN TRAVOLTA SALUTES JEFF

CLICK HERE: http://www.eonline.com/ub...naway.html

This is how I will remember him. R.I.P.

there is something very wrong with people dying of prescription drug overdoses

I knew this would happen so sad R.I.P jeff.

I've seen 'Grease' a million times.It's one of my Top 10 movies of all time.

SoulAlive said:

I've seen 'Grease' a million times.It's one of my Top 10 movies of all time.

I've never seen it and make EVERY efort not to. It would take the threat of not gettin nookie for me to watch that movie. Luckily it hasn't come to that.

I was never a big fan of "Grease" as I was of "Taxi".

Conaway just got caught up and couldn't shake it, my deepest sympathy goes out to his family.

R.I.P.

I got to first know Jeff on "Taxi" when Nick at Nite used to air it. Had no idea he was on "Grease" until like '97. RIP.

I'm surprised he made it to 60. Jeff was beyond help. RIP.

Besides Grease and Taxi, a lot of sci-fi fans remember him from Babylon 5.

But his drug demons were brutal. In the past few years, he was in so much pain that he literally went suicidal with his addictions. Mostly, he just didn't want to hurt anymore. It turns out he died from pneumonia and sepsis (overload of bad bacteria in his bloodstream), but I'm sure his lifelong addiction battles probably ravaged his body and decimated his immune system to the point he had no chance of survival. RIP.

First for all, rest in peace to Jeff.

Second of all, I'm not really surprise to hear about his death. His on-again, off-again drug problems were NEVER resolved at all.

JerseyKRS said:

I have to read at my 28 year old cousin's funeral tomorrow. Prescription drugs were involved.

Sorry to hear that. What prescriptions were he addicted to?

alexnvrmnd777 said:

JerseyKRS said:

I have to read at my 28 year old cousin's funeral tomorrow. Prescription drugs were involved.

Sorry to hear that. What prescriptions were he addicted to?

pretty much all the usual suspects. xanax and oxycontin are what we knew he took the night before, but that's just what his girlfriend saw him physically take. he could have had other crap in his body already, or taken others when she wasn't looking.

JerseyKRS said:

I have to read at my 28 year old cousin's funeral tomorrow. Prescription drugs were involved.

Everyone else seem to be reporting he died of larynx (is that the word?), except for Fox News.

See, they were legal drugs too. We need to put down the drugs, guys and find another way to cope with life's problems.

Just say no!

So sad. RIP Jeff.

2freaky4church1 said:

See, they were legal drugs too. We need to put down the drugs, guys and find another way to cope with life's problems.

Just say no!

We should go back to the old ways of dealing with life's problems: beating your bitch, date rapin your high school sweetie- oops wrong hole , hittin' the bottle, punting the cat, shootin up the post office, givin your kids lots of whoopins, and kicking the shit out of your lippy mother-in-law.

Oh violence in America. Where has you gone? ...sigh... I miss you like crazy...cuz we all a little crazy.

One way or another we gonna kill ourselves or eachother. I like to call it Love4Killin1Another.