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Cornell, 52, had anti-anxiety drugs, sedatives, barbiturates
and sinus congestion medication in his system, a toxicology
report from the Wayne County Medical Examiner showed.
The medical examiner last month determined that the grunge
singer died by hanging himself on May 17 with an exercise
resistance band in his hotel bathroom. He was found dead hours
after playing a concert in Detroit with the band.
Cornell had spoken openly in interviews of his struggles with
drugs as a teenager and later with alcohol. But he said in 2007
that he had been sober since checking himself into rehab in
2002. He also spoke of periods of depression and agoraphobia.
Cornell's wife, Vicky Cornell, has said her husband could not
have been in his right mind when he died, saying his judgment
may have been impaired by taking anti-anxiety drugs.
In a statement issued on Friday after the toxicology report was
released, she said that those who knew him well "noticed that he
wasn't himself during his final hours and that something was
very off."
"After so many years of sobriety, this moment of terrible
judgment seems to have completely impaired and altered his state
of mind. Something clearly went terribly wrong, and my children
and I are heartbroken and are devastated that this moment can
never be taken back.”
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)
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