PAUL GRAY DIED OF ACCIDENTAL MORPHINE OVERDOSE

According to The Des Moines Register, Slipknot bass player Paul Gray died of an accidental overdose of morphine and fentanyl. Gray's body was discovered about 10:50 a.m. May 24 by a maintenance worker at TownePlace Suites in Urbandale, Iowa.

A hypodermic needle lay near the bed, and "all kinds of pills" surrounded Gray, who was hunched over in the corner of the room, according to a 911 call.

Polk County Medical Examiner Dr. Gregory Schmunk said today that it was two injected drugs — fentanyl is a synthetic form of morphine — that killed Gray. The pills did not contribute to his death, Schmunk said.

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