Amanda Peterson, best known for her role in the 1987 film “Can’t Buy Me Love” opposite Patrick Dempsey, died from an accidental overdose of a deadly combination of multiple drugs, including morphine, according to a coroner’s report obtained by TMZ.
The “morphine effect” reportedly caused respiratory failure, leading to her death.
The retired actress’s body was discovered in her Colorado apartment on July 5, two days after her death. She was 43.
Her mother, Sylvia Peterson, tells Entertainment Tonight that her daughter struggled with drugs when she was younger, but had been clean for a long time and this "this was not, in any way, a drug thing."
Sylvia also spoke with People and said that she suspects her daughter's sleep apnea may have contributed to her death.
She also shared some of her daughters final moments.
"She was in bed, and she'd had a wonderful day, and we were planning on a dinner the next day," Sylvia says of her daughter, "so it was just a very, very big surprise."
The ’80s star had a long history of substance abuse. She was allegedly arrested four times over the last 20 years in her hometown of Greeley, Colo. — most recently, she was booked in May 2012 on a DUI and drug paraphernalia charge.
She reportedly took a friend's morphine medication one week before her death.
The twice-married mother of two was arrested several times in Greeley, Colo. over the past two decades.
The “morphine effect” reportedly caused respiratory failure, leading to her death.
The retired actress’s body was discovered in her Colorado apartment on July 5, two days after her death. She was 43.
Her mother, Sylvia Peterson, tells Entertainment Tonight that her daughter struggled with drugs when she was younger, but had been clean for a long time and this "this was not, in any way, a drug thing."
Sylvia also spoke with People and said that she suspects her daughter's sleep apnea may have contributed to her death.
She also shared some of her daughters final moments.
"She was in bed, and she'd had a wonderful day, and we were planning on a dinner the next day," Sylvia says of her daughter, "so it was just a very, very big surprise."
The ’80s star had a long history of substance abuse. She was allegedly arrested four times over the last 20 years in her hometown of Greeley, Colo. — most recently, she was booked in May 2012 on a DUI and drug paraphernalia charge.
She reportedly took a friend's morphine medication one week before her death.
The twice-married mother of two was arrested several times in Greeley, Colo. over the past two decades.
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