Coronor: Jay Bennett's death caused by accidental overdose

Jay Bennett, former Wilco member, died of an accidental painkiller overdose, according to the Champaign County coroner's office. Bennett, who died May 24 at his home in Urbana, IL, was found to have lethal amounts of the painkiller fentanyl in his system, according to Chicago Tribune report. A few weeks before his death, Bennett posted a comment on his MySpace page saying that he would need hip-replacement surgery. "A decade plus of multiple nightly stage jumps and various other rock and roll...

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