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"Designer Alexander McQueen was high on cocaine, tranquilizers and sleeping pills when he hanged himself in February, an inquest into his death has concluded.&amp;quot;The balance of his mind was disturbed,&amp;quot;coroner Paul Knapman told the BBC. McQueen&amp;apos;s death has been ruled a suicide.\r\n\r\nThe BBC reports that the 40-year-old designer was under pressure at work and &amp;quot;overwhelmed with grief&amp;quot; at the recent death of his mother, Joyce, when he killed himself.The Gucci Group, which owned McQueen&amp;apos;s company, released a statement: &amp;quot;Whatever the circumstances of his passing, Lee will be remembered by all of us who had the privilege of calling him a colleague and friend as a rare talent, a true genius and brilliant creative force.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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