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Hollyoaks prima Paul Danan died by misadventure aft taking a cocktail of drugs, a coroner has ruled.
The 46-year-old played Sol Patrick connected the Channel 4 soap from 1997 to 2001 and was aboriginal known for his world TV appearances connected Celebrity Big Brother and Celebrity Love Island.
An inquest into Danan's death was told helium was recovered unresponsive and slumped connected his sofa successful beforehand of the TV astatine his location successful Brislington, Bristol, connected 15 January.
Emergency services attended and confirmed helium had died, with his assemblage being identified astatine the country by his spouse Melissa Crooks.
A post-mortem introspection concluded his decease was due to the combined toxicity of heroin, methadone, codeine, pregabalin, cocaine and zopiclone, contributed to by benzodiazepine use.
Assistant Coroner Debbie Rookes reached the decision Danan had died by misadventure aft proceeding written statements from exigency services doctors and his parent Beverley Danan.
In a statement, Mrs Danan said: "Paul helped truthful galore radical from each walks of beingness but conscionable couldn't assistance himself successful the aforesaid way.
"His smiling look and emotion of beingness volition ever beryllium remembered."
Ms Rookes concluded Danan had died from the combined effects of prescribed and illicit drugs.
She told the proceeding astatine Avon Coroner's Court successful Flax Bourton, adjacent Bristol, that determination was nary grounds Danan, who suffered an accidental overdose successful May 2024, had intended to instrumentality his ain life.
A erstwhile proceeding was told Danan did not permission a note.
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The coroner said: "Paul Danan was intelligibly overmuch loved and is precise overmuch missed.
"Mr Danan had a agelong past of drug misuse and struggles with his intelligence health. His decease was caused by a operation of drugs, some medicine and illicit.
"Paul had struggled with his intelligence wellness for galore years. He had taken an overdose successful May 2024 but helium was adamant that this was accidental and helium didn't person immoderate volition to extremity his life.
"Although helium had occasional suicidal thoughts, helium didn't person immoderate progressive plans. I don't person immoderate grounds earlier maine that Paul intended to instrumentality his ain beingness astatine this time.
"Therefore, the decision is misadventure."
The coroner said nary of the drugs Danan had taken were recovered successful precocious levels but their combined effect resulted successful "fatal respiratory depression".
Danan had antecedently spoken astir his struggles with addiction and going into rehab.
The histrion had been owed to look for a plea proceeding astatine Warrington Magistrates' Court connected 16 January aft being charged with possession of cocaine and cannabis, according to tribunal documents.
He was besides accused of driving portion nether the power of drugs successful Warrington, Cheshire, connected 2 October past year.
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