Ed Winter, the Deputy L.A. County Coroner who handled some of the biggest celebrity fatalities, has died. Law enforcement told the press that Winter, 73, passed away of natural causes at his home in the LA area on Friday, March 17.
Winter was at the forefront of high-profile deaths that included Whitney Houston, Brittany Murphy, Paul Walker, and many others.
But Michael Jackson fans will know him from the tragic passing of the King of Pop in 2009. Winter was immediately suspicious of the case when he saw ‘a shocking number of injection points in Jackson’s body.’ According to the coroner, Michael Jackson had enough Propofol in his system ‘to put down a rhinoceros or an elephant.’
He was also the one that put investigation towards dermatologist Dr. Arnold Klein. Winter sought Klein’s medical records and it was discovered that Michael had 19 pseudonyms to secure drugs, with Klein being a key enabler.
Despite this tragic moment in history, and the difficult talks that Winter had to do, we will always be grateful for his office to have been as discrete as possible and not leaking the photos or videos of the autopsy to the press. Winter was a key person into the trial that followed with Dr. Conrad Murray.
All our condolences to his family and friends.
