Thursday, 26 May 2011

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  • Family of 'Taxi' star Jeff Conaway to pull plug on life support, report says

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    The family of “Taxi” star Jeff Conaway has decided to turn off his life support machine, according to a report from Radar Online.
    Conaway’s family has been holding a vigil at his bedside in a Los Angeles hospital since he was found unconscious in his home and brought to a hospital on May 11. The 60-year-old star, who has appeared on “Celebrity Rehab” is thought to have suffered a prescription drug overdose.
    But now, as doctors reportedly tell the  family that he has had no brain function, they have decided to turn off his life support, Radar reports.
    “The feeding tube has already been removed. The ventilator which is breathing for Jeff, will be removed sometime this afternoon,” sources tell Radar.
    “Jeff in is no pain whatsoever … no measures will be made to try and revive him once the breathing tube is removed.”
    Conaway is best known for his role in “Taxi” and as the sidekick to John Travolta in the 1978 classic, “Grease.”
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  • bethann11 1 minute ago
    I hope his family can finally have some peace.
  • This is so sad.
  • sharinanopinion 7 minutes ago
    He possibly had more Faith then those of us that knock him wearing a cross. Some people never get through the internal emotional pain. His phsysical pain was enhanced by the emotional. If doctors would stop handing out painkillers in the quantity that they do there would be other ways to deal with physical pain and lead to much less drug addiction. I was given 2 weeks worth of pain med for 2 different surgeries...all but 2 days worth went in the trash both times. It can be done. I hope his family finds peace.
  • marina.doherty 17 minutes ago
    I watched him on Dr.Drew Lipinski show and I felt really sorry for him.  What a waste of good life!  RIP.
  • bugsbunny 27 minutes ago
    Maybe now he will finally get to drive cab 804 at that Taxi Stand in the sky.
  • Addicts have such great egos they never think it will happen to them
  • matt.dudak 34 minutes ago
    They say he couldn't get ride of his demons. The fact is his life mirrored that of his taxi character...struggling actor couldn't handle the fact that no one thought he was that great of an actor...hence his inability to land real acting jobs. pathetic...he should have just moved on like so many other actors that said "Oh well I will do something else!"
  • chris shepard 38 minutes ago
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  • michael7564 48 minutes ago
    Life can be so sad to watch one time fully functioning humans do something with their lives and then end up like this. If there is a heaven i hope you are there today.
  • cattyfan 1 hour ago
    A very sad ending to a troubled life.  May he rest in peace.
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