Follow up on Ken Caminiti
Report: Caminiti died of overdose
Preliminary results of the autopsy performed on Ken Caminiti show that the 1996 National League MVP died of a drug overdose, ESPN reported Friday.
Caminiti, 41, died Sunday after collapsing in a Bronx, N.Y., apartment. His agent, Rick Licht, said afterward that Caminiti died of a heart attack.
The medical examiner's office performed the autopsy on Monday, but a spokesperson for the medical examiner said Thursday that no official cause of death would be announced until the completion of a toxicology report, which could take up to 10 days.
Caminiti, who played 15 seasons in the Major Leagues with the Astros, Padres, Rangers and Braves and was a three-time All-Star, admitted in a Houston court last week that he used he cocaine, in violation of his probation. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail.
Preliminary results of the autopsy performed on Ken Caminiti show that the 1996 National League MVP died of a drug overdose, ESPN reported Friday.
Caminiti, 41, died Sunday after collapsing in a Bronx, N.Y., apartment. His agent, Rick Licht, said afterward that Caminiti died of a heart attack.
The medical examiner's office performed the autopsy on Monday, but a spokesperson for the medical examiner said Thursday that no official cause of death would be announced until the completion of a toxicology report, which could take up to 10 days.
Caminiti, who played 15 seasons in the Major Leagues with the Astros, Padres, Rangers and Braves and was a three-time All-Star, admitted in a Houston court last week that he used he cocaine, in violation of his probation. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail.
