Evidence that Mike Starr‘s unexpected death may have been drug-related is continuing to mount since his passing earlier this week.
The former Alice in Chains bassist, who was found dead in his Salt Lake City home Tuesday, made a desperate plea for drugs shortly before he died.
“If you could score me an eighth, quarter ounce, half ounce or bud or whatever,” Starr said to an unidentified friend in a voice mail message obtained by TMZ.com.
“I need it so bad,” the musician pleaded before hanging up.
He reportedly died hours later.
Starr’s roommate also revealed to TMZ that the former “Celebrity Rehab” participant was “mixing” anti-anxiety medicine with methadone on Monday night.
The chief investigator of Utah‘s office of the medical examiner told the Daily News on Wednesday that toxicology reports would not be completed for 8-12 weeks.
Dr. Drew, who worked with Starr on the VH1 reality show, already seemed convinced that the rocker’s drug addictions caused his death.
“Devastating to hear of Mike Starr succumbing to his illness,” he tweeted Tuesday.
Starr was arrested last month for felony possession of a controlled substance after he was reportedly caught with several painkillers.
“Mike was a beautiful person who was fighting to stay sober,” his roommate told TMZ. “I am going to miss him greatly.”
