Crime & Safety
Kate Quigley Issues Statement After 3 Die In Overdose In Venice
Comedian Kate Quigley issued a statement after surviving an accidental drug overdose that left three people dead last week in Venice.
VENICE, CA — Comedian Kate Quigley issued a statement after surviving a suspected accidental drug overdose that left three people dead, including comedians Fuquan Johnson and Enrico Colangeli, NBC reports.
“I feel overwhelmed by the outpouring of kind messages and am incredibly grateful to be surrounded by a strong community of friends, family, colleagues, and fans who have offered their support during this time; and to the team of paramedics, nurses, and doctors who saved my life,” Quigley wrote on Twitter and Instagram.
“I am still shocked & devastated by the loss of my friends Fu, Rico, and Natalie. Words cannot describe the pain I am feeling & I will be changed forever by their passings,” she said.
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Firefighters and paramedics were dispatched at 12:04 a.m. Sept. 4 to a home in the 200 block of Carroll Canal, where three people were pronounced dead at the scene and another person was rushed to an area hospital, according to Nicholas Prange of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The three fatalities were later identified as Johnson, 43, of North Hollywood; Natalie Williamson, 33, of Los Angeles, and Enrico Colangeli, 48, of Medford, Massachusetts, according to the Los Angeles County coroners' office.
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Johnson was a standup comedian and writer for "Comedy Parlour Live."
"I love you Fuquan Lateef Johnson! #FuFacts RIP," actor and director Damien Dante Wayans tweeted last week.
Quigley has hosted Playboy TVs "Undercover" and the 2016 AVN Awards, and formerly dated singer Darius Rucker, the former lead vocalist for Hootie and the Blowfish.
TMZ, which first reported the story, said Quigley lived next to the residence that was the location of the 911 call, and all the victims appeared to have ingested cocaine laced with fentanyl -- a powerful painkiller blamed for up to millions of overdose deaths across the United States over the last several years.
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