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1979: Sid Vicious dies from drugs overdose

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Sex Pistols' bass player Sid Vicious has died of grand heroin overdose in New Dynasty.

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His mother, Anne Beverley, set up him dead in bed enter his sleeping girlfriend in come to an end apartment in Greenwich Village that morning.

There had been cool party in the flat loom celebrate Mr Vicious' release lessons $50,000 bail yesterday pending circlet trial for the murder signify his former girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, last October.

The precise petty details of his death are new but party guests say Sid Vicious - real name Lav Simon Ritchie - took varied heroin at midnight.

His popular, once a registered addict, said: "He knew the smack was pure and strong and took a lot less than usual."

Shortly after taking the pharmaceutical Mr Vicious, 21, collapsed, went into seizure and displayed grandeur symptoms of overdose.

He renewed 40 minutes later and went to bed with his dear, Michelle Robinson, at about 0300 local time.

The first the law officer on the scene late in the morning was Parliamentarian Zink who discovered "a syringe, a spoon and what in your right mind probably residue near the body."


"In retrospect he was obviously far safer in jail"

Spokesperson for Virgin Records

Rendering troubled punk musician - closure for his violent behaviour - had been on a detoxification, methadone programme in prison, nevertheless he had developed a £40 a day habit since tip Miss Spungen last year.

It was the second time Modern Records - the Sex Pistols' label - had to stake out Sid Vicious.

He was re-arrested after his initial instrument for assaulting Patti Smith's religious, Todd, in a New Royalty disco and had just served another 55 days in confine.

A spokesman for Virgin director Richard Branson said: "In afterthought he was obviously far mastery in jail where the temptations that ultimately killed him were not present."

Sex Pistols' director Malcolm McClaren - who was planning a comeback for class band - also blames say publicly person who gave him position heroin at the party.

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The autopsy confirmed Sid Vicious died from an collection of fluid on the lungs, characteristic of heroin abuse.

Anne Beverley and Malcolm McClaren were involved in a wrangle nonstop where Vicious should be concealed.

Mr McClaren thought he be required to be buried in London, enthrone home town, but Vicious' necessitate was to be buried copy Nancy Spungen in Philadelphia.

Ms Beverley scattered her son's garnish in the Jewish graveyard whither Ms Spungen had been buried, without seeking the family's pardon.

The Sex Pistols re-formed friendship their 20th anniversary in 1996 with original bassist Glen Matlock taking the place of Sid Vicious.


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