Fuquan Johnson death updates – Comedian’s cause of death an ‘overdose from cocaine laced with fentanyl,’ reports say

COMEDIAN Fuquan Johnson has been found dead after an apparent drug overdose, according to reports.

The Los Angeles-based comic, 42, had been at a party in the Venice neighborhood on Friday night where he was pronounced dead shortly after midnight, TMZ reports.

Two other people, who have not yet been named, were also found dead.

A fourth, identified by TMZ as comedian and model Kate Quigley, is reportedly in hospital in a critical condition.

Investigators believe Johnson, Quigley, and the two unnamed dead partygoers consumed cocaine that had been laced with fentanyl.

Read our updates on Fuquan Johnson in the live blog below …

  • JOHNSON DEAD AT 42

    Fuquan Johnson was found dead at a party alongside two others in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles early Saturday morning.

    Fellow comedian Kate Quigley is currently in a critical condition.

    It’s believed the four consumed cocaine laced with fentanyl.

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