Rick James had nine drugs in his system when he died

A coroner's report has revealed that Rick James had nine drugs in his body - including cocaine, valium, vicodin and methamphetamine - when he died in his sleep back in August. James passed away in his Los Angeles home of a heart attack aged 56, but the report released last week said that the drugs in his system probably contributed to the organ's failure. A diabetes sufferer, James had a pacemaker and had a stroke in 1998. He had been hooked on crack cocaine and had described himself as an "icon of drug use and eroticism". According to Reuters, the coroner listed nine drugs, including prescription medications for anxiety, pain relief and heart failure, along with cocaine and methamphetamine that were found in James' body. An autopsy failed to establish the cause of death, and toxicology tests were ordered after a Los Angeles County coroner took over the case because James had not seen a doctor in recent weeks.