Autopsy performed on Hollywood actor Jeff Conaway

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    However, the findings were not expected soon as it could take six to eight weeks for toxicology tests to produce results, according to officials from the coroner's office.

    Jeff Conaway, best known for his roles in the 70s' hit television series "Taxi" and blockbuster film "Grease," died at an Encino hospital in southern California Friday morning.

    The former child star began acting² on Broadway when he was only two years old. His family took him off life support on Thursday night.

    Conaway was hospitalized earlier this month after being found unconscious at an Encino Apartment by his girlfriend Vikki Lizzi on May 11 due to a reported drug overdose.

    "Celebrity³ Rehab" host Drew Pinsky, who treated Conaway on the show in 2008, tweeted that Conaway had not overdosed, but was suffering from a combination of pneumonia⁴ and sepsis. Conaway had been placed in a medically induced coma⁵, according to Pinsky. The actor never recovered from his coma and was pronounced dead on Friday.

    Conaway's condition was inevitable⁶ because he had been a serious pill popper for years and the constant substance abuse wore down his body, Pinsky said, according to celebrity web portal TMZ.com.

    His career was plagued with substance abuse problems since the mid⁷ 1980s. The actor suffered a back injury while filming "Grease," which led to an addiction⁸ to painkillers⁹.

    On VH1's reality series "Celebrity Rehab," he admitted addictions¹⁰ to cocaine¹¹, alcohol and painkillers, making viewers shocked. He appeared on the second series of the show and was often seen in a wheelchair as his condition and addictions seemed to worsen.

    Conaway suffered a near fatal fall that caused a brain hemorrhage and neck and hip¹² fractures that he struggled to recover from in 2010.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

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