British actor Paul Danan died from the mixed results of unlawful and prescribed drugs, a coroner’s report discovered this week.
Danan, greatest identified for his portrayal of Sol Patrick on the British cleaning soap opera “Hollyoaks” in addition to his later look on “Celebrity Big Brother,” died Jan. 15 at his residence in Bristol, England. He was 46.
In accordance to the BBC, coroners concluded Danan’s dying “was due to combined toxicity of heroin, methadone, codeine, pregabalin, cocaine and zopiclone, contributed to by benzodiazepine use.”
Assistant coroner Deborah Rookes deemed the actor’s dying a “misadventure,” noting Wednesday there was no proof he “intended to take his own life at this time.”
“Mr. Danan had a long history of drug misuse and struggles with his mental health,” she stated. “His death was caused by a combination of drugs, both prescription and illicit.”
Danan is survived by a 9-year-old son, DeNiro.
Born to a Moroccan Jewish household in Essex, England, Danan rose to prominence when he landed the a part of Sol Patrick on “Hollyoaks” in 1997. After his four-season run on the present, he appeared within the British TV movie “Daddy’s Girl” and the kids’s sequence “The Queen’s Nose,” amongst different tasks.
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In 2005, he shifted his focus to actuality tv, showing on the primary two seasons of “Celebrity Love Island.” He was additionally a contestant on “Celebrity Big Brother” in 2017.
Through the years, Danan had turn out to be more and more vocal about his personal experiences with habit. In 2020, he co-founded Morning After Drama, an advocacy group aimed toward serving to individuals work by trauma and addiction-related points by performing and improv.
Danan’s dying took place six months after he was hospitalized for respiratory failure, which he later confirmed was the results of extreme vaping.
“I’m upstairs puffing away on my vape then suddenly I lost my breath and collapsed,” he informed The Solar in June of final yr. “My family called for an ambulance and started giving me CPR, then police arrived and took over before paramedics took me to hospital. I was on a machine in ICU and ended up with pneumonia. My family were warned I might not make it through the night. I’m so lucky.”
Danan additionally informed the outlet he’d come away from the incident decided to steer a more healthy life-style.
“I feel like a different person and I’m ready to kick on with my career,” he defined. “I’m in the best place mentally I’ve been for ages and can’t wait to see what’s around the corner.”
Need assistance with substance use dysfunction or psychological well being points? Within the U.S., name 800-662-HELP (4357) for the SAMHSA Nationwide Helpline.
