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- DANIEL IS DEAD
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- SHOCK!POPSTAR DIES FROM DRUG OVERDOSE
- ©1991
- Robert Cummins
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- Daniel O'Donnell,the country superstar,was found dead in his Donegal home today,
- after a suspected Junior Asprin overdose.Daniel had long been addicted to the
- drug,and hid the shocking truth from his hoards of adoring fans.However,he
- became more and more reclusive,his last public appearance being in a tour of
- his own house,last summer.
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- Last August,some of his devoted fans staged a protest on Grafton Street against
- Daniel's removal from the country charts.In an exclusive interview with Gerry
- Ryan,Daniel expressed his opinion that it was not nessecarily the best way to
- get things done.Junior Asprin was certainly taking its toll,and superstar
- Daniel was barely able to stay awake.Later that month,a radio double stood in
- for Daniel on the Gareth O'Callahan radio show.
- "Oh,my God,I don't know what to do.I can't live without him."says Siobhan Hoche
- lifelong Daniel fan,and part time radio broadcaster.According to the Samaritans
- the suicide rate has increased drastically in the last two hours.
- "People just ready to pull the trigger were spurred on by Daniel's shock
- demise.I really liked him myself.In fact,I think I'll end it all."says Richard
- Gybbons,head director of the samaritans.
- Daniel tried to get help from drug help centres,but to no avail.Daniel's long
- drug history started at the age of fourteen,when he started taking drugs.They
- were for his asthma.Despite efforts made by his schoolmates,he would not give
- them up.
- "We never thought it would go this far."say Reg O'Brian,one of Daniels former
- schoolfriends."Everyone was doing it.We thought we could give it up any time we
- liked.But you're really addicted ,from the first time you take up that inhaler
- to when you die."
- Daniel's late cousin,Gerald O'Brien,got into some bad company,and got into
- some really hard drugs.Stuff like valium and disprin.He also died from an
- overdose,probably of parecetemol.
- In his will,Daniel left all of his £3 billion estate to various convents and
- set up a Junior asprin detox centre.R.I.P Daniel.The whole world will miss you.
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