Heath Ledger's death was the cause of an accidental overdose, said New York City medical examiners said Wednesday.
In a statement, spokeswoman Ellen Borakove said, Ledger's death was due to "acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine."
"What you're looking at here is the cumulative effects of these medications together," she said.
The names of the drugs found are generic for the painkiller OxyContin, the anti-anxiety drugs Valium and Xanax, and the sleep aids Restoril and Unisom. Hydrocodone is a prescription painkiller.
Ledger said, in a November interview, that his roles in the Batman sequel, "The Dark Knight," and the Bob Dylan biopic, "I'm Not There," had taken a toll.
What concentrations of each drug found in Ledger's blood, or whether one drug played a greater part than another in causing his death was not disclosed by Borakove.
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