Now that we have heard lots of things about John Travolta’s son, let’s give the recent death of Dr. Dre’s son, Andre Young Jr, some attention:<img class="blogImageCenter" src="https://post.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/01/06/1231276200_andre_young-1.jpg" alt="andre_young-1.jpg" width="240" height="320" /

Dr. Dre’s son, Andre Young Jr., died from an overdose of heroin and morphine, the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner confirmed to PEOPLE on Friday.

“This case has been closed, it’s been ruled an accident due to morphine and heroin intoxication,” coroner spokesman Larry Dietz told PEOPLE. The drug test results had been pending for four months.

Young, 20, was found unresponsive by his mother, Jenita Porter, 40, in their Woodland Hills, Calif., home on the morning of Aug. 23.

Heroin and morphine? Painkillers? What they say about money and happiness must be true.

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...

7 replies on “Sad Son”

  1. “Heroin and morphine? Painkillers? What they say about money and happiness must be true.”

    Sure Chuck, because the overwhelming majority of wealthy people die young of heroin and morphine overdoses… Right?

  2. Charles, isn’t it amazing that this young Black American has grown up in a period of history where the only slavery is to heroin and morphine? Thank God that slavery has been abolished from this world!

    “How on earth can you be the daughter of slaves and at the same time still be alive?” (Next Up to Death)

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