Broadcaster Gerry Ryan died of heart failure after using cocaine - The Irish Times - Sat, Dec 11, 2010

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Broadcaster Gerry Ryan died of heart failure after using cocaine - The Irish Times - Sat, Dec 11, 2010: "RTÉ BROADCASTER Gerry Ryan was under enormous personal, financial and professional stress just before his death from heart failure after using cocaine, the Dublin City Coroner’s Court heard yesterday.
Returning a verdict of death by misadventure, coroner Dr Brian Farrell said Ryan (53) had chronic damage to his heart which meant death “could have occurred at any time” from a cardiac arrhythmia, an electrical disturbance in the heart. He had used cocaine and it was known the drug caused such disturbances, Dr Farrell found.
“This is a sudden unexpected death in the presence of a significantly damaged heart with recent cocaine use as a significant risk factor,” he said.
Ryan died on Friday, April 30th, at his home on Upper Leeson Street, Dublin. His body was discovered by his partner Melanie Verwoerd."

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