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VERNE TROYER, BEST known for his role as Mike Myers’ comical sidekick Mini-Me in the Austin Powers movie franchise, died last April of suicide by alcohol intoxication, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office has reported.
Troyer had a potentially fatal level of alcohol in his system and was saying repeatedly that he wanted to die when he was admitted to a Los Angeles hospital on 3 April, according to the coroner’s report. He died there on 21 April of multiple organ failure.
The report concluded that Troyer’s death was caused by “sequelae of alcohol intoxication”.
Sequelae is a term defining an action or condition leading to another ailment or, in this case, death.
“Based on the history and circumstances as currently known, the manner of death is suicide,” Deputy Medical Examiner Martina Kennedy wrote in the report.
Troyer, who weighed only 55 pounds, arrived at the hospital with a blood-alcohol level above 300 mg/ml, enough to be fatal in some adults.
He had called paramedics to his home, saying repeatedly during his 911 call that he wanted to die. He would repeat those words again in the hospital’s emergency room, according to the report.
Troyer’s representatives said at the time that the 49-year-old actor had struggled with depression and thoughts of suicide. He had been admitted to a hospital in similar condition the year before.
Troyer, who stood just 2-feet-8-inches tall, was born with achondroplasia, a genetic condition that limited his height.
He became a star playing Mini-Me to Myers’ Dr Evil and Austin Powers in the 1999 film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and its 2002 sequel Austin Powers in Goldmember.
He also played banker-goblin Griphook in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and appeared in dozens of TV shows, videos and other films in a career spanning more than 20 years.
After his hospitalization last year, he was candid about his drinking problem, saying he had followed up with a stint at a rehab centre.
“As you know, I’ve battled alcohol addiction in the past and while it’s not always been an easy fight, I’m willing to continue my fight day by day,” he told People magazine at the time.
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Weekly Islamic terror attacks which target Western nations and Christian communities in the Arab world. Thank your local multi cult liberal. They were warned time and time again, but nope they wouldn’t listen. They always have and will continue to stick their fingers in their ears, and scream racist at any opposition to the open border liberal agenda.
Was only thinking this yesterday but does Grafton street even have any bollards to prevent a truck from mowing down pedestrians? From my knowledge I don’t think it does. I know the threat level here is not likely but it wouldn’t hurt to put something in place.
@Greg Cavey:
That would need some forward thinking on behalf of our politicians etc, they are not exactly known for that in fairness.
Both Grafton and Henry St have easy access from main roads with heavy traffic, no bollards as far as I’m aware either, a disaster waiting to happen.
@CatManDo: all religion poisons the minds of mankind.
@Greg Cavey: people over here were convinced the threat was almost non existent up til friday.
I think he should do life in Uzbekistan not Sweden. Swedish jail would be too nice for him.
@Catmando…Well said Cat, accurate and perfectly captures the reality. These guys will look back in years to come and wonder just why it was so easy take over Europe.
Then they will recall actually being invited in…in their droves…
Someone needs to asked the Swedish Police why was the terrorist not detained and deported when his residency application was rejected in the first place.
The knife Jihad that occurred in an IKEA store in Sweden 2015, well that terrorist faced deportation too.
@Lepanto: Not the polices fault. Fault lies with the govt. The policy is to tell people they are being deported weeks before they are! So most run away (well duh) when the police arrive on the date set by migration, they are long gone. head of Migration has a lot to answer for. Same idiot who let I thousands of people unchecked 2 years ago.
@iMoan Brutal: yeah I think a late night raid would be a better job and the satisfaction of ripping the Tossers from they’re beds and landing them
On the next plane to whatever dive they came from.
Go dtachtóidh an diabhal é.
Perhaps it’s harse but anyone on a police watch list for Jahadi sympathies….Who is a asylum seeker and not a EU citizen should be deported immediately…..France has several thousand such peoole they should all be deported…If needed their home muslim countries should be paid to take them back….
Trump is a genius with very special foresight. Didn’t he say a month or so back “did you see what happened in Sweden last night”?
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