KTLA anchor Chris Burrous died of methamphetamine overdose, coroner says

[SoCalNative]

KTLA News anchor Chris Burrous, who was found unresponsive in a Glendale motel room in December, died from methamphetamine toxicity, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office said Friday.

The coroner said hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease were also factors in his death.

The coroner’s investigative report said Burrous was taking methamphetamine during a sexual encounter at the motel when he overdosed. The other person in the motel room performed CPR on him before paramedics arrived, the report said.

On Dec. 27, police were called to a room at the Days Inn, where they found Burrous, 43, not breathing, the Glendale Police Department said. Paramedics took him to a hospital, where he died.

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[marble falls]

1. Condolences to his wife and daughter.

[LisaL]

4. Sure sucks to find out your husband died during a sexual encounter in a motel because of meth

overdose.

[PTWB]

5. Spouse better get checked .. needles and prostitution are a bad combo

[SoCalNative]

8. I don't think there were needles involved

And apparently it was a Grindr hook-up, not a pro.

[LisaL]

9. Sexual encounter with someone (male) he met through Grindr.

I guess the spouse has nothing to worry about then. Totally safe.

[SoCalNative]

13. I didn't say that

I just said that needles weren't involved with the drug use and it wasn't a rentboy.

[marble falls]

6. Thats why she and her daughter have my condolences. He died stupidly with painful reflections for ..

his family.

[LisaL]

12. Sure is a sordid way to go.

[marble falls]

15. It certainly was stupid and avoidable.

[winstars]

2. A bad heart and coke or meth have killed many people.

[SoCalNative]

3. Yes

There are also other articles out there on various news sites that provide more of the salacious details released regarding his death.

[Codeine]

7. Jesus, I wish I hadn't read anything.

Sad and sordid and pathetic and empty.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. Well, that's a nice way of describing what actually happened.

[LisaL]

11. Meth overdose in a motel room during a sexual encounter is a nice way

of describing what actually happened? What wouldn't be a nice way?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

14. The details, as alluded to elsewhere.

[Judi Lynn]

16. Beautiful wife and daughter. Wife had also been in TV journalism, quit to raise their child:

[oasis]

17. Thanx for posting pix. Terribly sad situation. nt