A shocking incident occurred when an American actor in his 20s, a former child star, was found dead in a homeless facility in Los Angeles.
According to American entertainment media Variety and TMZ, etc. reported on the 14th (local time), Austin Majors (27), who gained popularity as a child actor in various TV dramas such as ‘NYPD Blue’ and ‘Desperate Housewives’ in the 2000s, is out of luck. Hero. He, who majored in film studies at the prestigious University of Southern California (USC), was found dead on the 11th while living in a residential facility for the homeless.
The story of Majors, who was once a famous child actor and dreamed of becoming a film director, ended up in a homeless facility as an adult is not known at all. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office said Austin’s cause of death was unconfirmed and was under investigation.
However, TMZ cited sources and reported that there was no evidence of Majors’ murder, and that he may have overdosed on the narcotic painkiller ‘fentanyl’. Fentanyl is a medical pain reliever originally designed to be administered to cancer patients with severe pain.
However, fentanyl, which is currently illegally distributed around the world due to its relatively low price despite its addictive and hallucinogenic effect, which is 50 times stronger than heroin and 80 times stronger than morphine, is gaining notoriety as a ‘zombie drug’. In the US entertainment industry, people are losing their lives because of fentanyl.
Senior Reporter Lim Byung-seon
