{"id":353812,"date":"2026-08-07T17:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/memphis-forward-brandon-clarke-died-from-effects-of-heroin-and-cocaine-authorities-say"},"modified":"2026-08-07T17:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:57:18","slug":"memphis-forward-brandon-clarke-died-from-effects-of-heroin-and-cocaine-authorities-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/memphis-forward-brandon-clarke-died-from-effects-of-heroin-and-cocaine-authorities-say","title":{"rendered":"Memphis ahead Brandon Clarke died from results of heroin and cocaine, authorities say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB \">LOS ANGELES &#8212; <\/span>Memphis Grizzlies forward <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/memphis-grizzlies-brandon-clarke-dead-18b73f8f89bc727435f8842df56ac374\">Brandon Clarke<\/a> died in May from the effects of heroin and cocaine, authorities said Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner said the 29-year-old basketball player&#8217;s death was accidental.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Clarke was found dead inside a home near Los Angeles on May 11. A person familiar with the terms of the investigation told The Associated Press after the Grizzlies announced Clarke\u2019s passing that <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/brandon-clarke-grizzlies-death-abb88c218ac0b941256d63ebfe7861a4\">drug paraphernalia<\/a> was found at the residence. The person had spoken on condition of anonymity because those details had not been released publicly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Clarke was under contract to be with the Grizzlies through the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">About six weeks before he died, Clarke was arrested in Arkansas on charges of speeding, reckless driving and possessing a controlled substance. He was with Memphis for all seven of his pro seasons after finishing his college career at Gonzaga.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/wireStory\/memphis-forward-brandon-clarke-died-effects-heroin-cocaine-135470819\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES &#8212; Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke died in May from the effects of heroin and cocaine, authorities said Friday. The Los Angeles County [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":352871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[30253,1659,30250,6608,5393,30252,30254,601,30251,12817,6609],"class_list":["post-353812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-adulteration","tag-arkansas","tag-brandon-clarke","tag-cocaine","tag-euphoriants","tag-examiner","tag-heroin","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-county-division-of-medical-examiner","tag-memphis","tag-neurotoxins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353812"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353814,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353812\/revisions\/353814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}