How Mitch Hedberg Predicted His Death

Like a multitude of comedians and other performers, Hedberg had a serious drug problem. The comedian's drug use was something he often joked about on stage. (As Newsweek quotes him from 1999: "I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.") Call it art based on life. Like so many others

Like a multitude of comedians and other performers, Hedberg had a serious drug problem. The comedian's drug use was something he often joked about on stage. (As Newsweek quotes him from 1999: "I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.") Call it art based on life. Like so many others before him, Hedberg didn't seem too comfortable with his fame, which might be why he was known for mumbling lines, wearing shades, and keeping his head down. Drugs served as an unhealthy coping mechanism.

It was first believed that the comic died from heart failure, but postmortem examination would prove otherwise. The official coroner reports, according to MTV, state that Hedberg died of a "multiple drug toxicity" — he overdosed. Traces of both cocaine and heroin were found in his system. This death probably wouldn't have been shocking to the awkward comedian, since he called it years in advance.

During a 2001 interview (found via People Pill), Penthouse asked Hedberg how he'd end his life. The comic responded, "First, I'd want to get famous, and then I'd overdose. If I overdosed at this stage in my career, I would be lucky if it made the back pages." To contradict his 2001 statement, Hedberg told Howard Stern (posted on Facebook) that the drug use was under control. Of course, addicts don't usually admit when they have a problem. Thirteen days later, Hedberg was dead.

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