Authorities reveal cause of death for TikTok star Cooper Noriega Instagram: cooper.noriegaThe cause of death for late TikTok star Cooper Noriega has been revealed, six months after the 19-year-old star\u2019s tragic passing in June 2022. News of Noriega\u2019s passing shocked the internet earlier this year, with the star\u2019s friends and fellow creators posting tributes to the late influencer in the wake of his tragic death over the summer. While no cause of death was publicly released at the time, an official LA County medical report claimed the TikToker was found deceased in a parking lot. Authorities rule Cooper Noriega\u2019s death as result of accidental drug overdose Months later, authorities have officially revealed the cause of Noriega\u2019s death, which they state came about as the result of an accidental drug overdose. According to an updated version of the public medical report, the TikToker passed away due to \u201ccombined effects of alprazolam, fentanyl and lorazepam\u201d on top of \u201crecent clonazepam use.\u201d Noriega\u2019s drug use wasn\u2019t a secret to his community. Days before reports of his death hit the news, the influencer created a Discord channel for mental health, which he announced on Instagram. In the post, he shared a statement he\u2019d made in the channel, where he revealed that he had been \u201cstruggling with addiction\u201d since he was \u201cnine years old.\u201d \u201cYou may think that\u2019s crazy, but that\u2019s the life I\u2019ve been dealt,\u201d Noriega wrote in his post. \u201cI would like to use the influence I\u2019ve been given to create a space built on spreading awareness and normalizing talking about mental illness.\u201d Noriega also expressed a desire to create a rehab facility \u201cwhere people aren\u2019t traumatized at the end of their recovery, and where the staff members are trusted people.\u201d Since Cooper\u2019s death, multiple TikTok stars have come out in support of the influencer\u2019s family, with names like Griffin Johnson, Bryce Hall, Addison Rae, Nessa Barrett and more spreading love and awareness in Noriega\u2019s memory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Authorities reveal cause of death for TikTok star Cooper Noriega Instagram: cooper.noriegaThe cause of death for late TikTok star Cooper Noriega has been revealed, six months after the 19-year-old star\u2019s tragic passing in June 2022. News of Noriega\u2019s passing shocked the internet earlier this year, with the star\u2019s friends and fellow creators posting tributes to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}