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 (Instagram) UFC middleweight  Josh Samman died Wednesday after spending nearly a week in a Florida hospital following a probable drug overdose. He was 28. Samman had been hospitalized for five days, two of which he was brain-dead, before being declared dead Wednesday morning at a hospice, Dr. Craig Mallak, the chief medical examiner for Broward County, said. Mallak said toxicology tests had been completed and the cause of death would be listed as a probable drug overdose. According to a report by the Hollywood Police Department, officers found Samman unresponsive but with a pulse September 29 after responding to a call of a possible drug overdose. Troy Kirkingburg, a friend and an MMA announcer, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say there were no signs of foul play. The two were found by a friend, who called 911. "This is just brutal. Such a talented guy. Rest In Peace Josh," UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic wrote in a post on ...

Prince performs at the Hop Farm Festival near Paddock Wood, southern England July 3, 2011.  (Reuters)                                                                                               CHICAGO –   Fentanyl, a powerful painkiller that a medical examiner identified as the drug that killed the superstar Prince six weeks ago, has been responsible for an epidemic of overdose deaths around the United States, according to federal officials. Fifty-seven-year-old Prince, one of the most influential musicians of his generation, was found dead in his home in a Minneapolis suburb on April 21. He died of an accidental, self-administered overdose of the drug, the county medical examiner said in a death report on Thursday. ...