Editing Gerald Levert (section)

==Death==
On November 10, 2006, Levert was found dead in his bed at his home in [[Cleveland]], Ohio, at age 40<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsnet5.com/news/10324541/detail.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927020747/http://www.newsnet5.com/news/10324541/detail.html|url-status=dead|title=Gerald Levert Was Working On Book At Time Of Death|work=WEWS Cleveland|archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref> Initial reports stated that Levert had died of an apparent [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,1558119,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930210952/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,1558119,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 30, 2007|title=R&B Singer Gerald Levert Dies of Heart Attack - Gerald Levert|website=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref> but the [[autopsy]] report conducted by the [[Cuyahoga County]] coroner's office concluded that Levert's death was caused by a fatal combination of prescription [[narcotics]] and [[over-the-counter drugs]]. The drugs in his bloodstream included the narcotic pain relievers [[Vicodin]], [[Percocet]], and [[Darvocet]], the anxiety medication [[Alprazolam|Xanax]], and two over-the-counter [[antihistamines]]. The autopsy also revealed that Levert had [[pneumonia]]. The official cause of death was acute intoxication, and the death was ruled accidental.<ref name=glevert>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/10/AR2007021001108.html|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|title=Accidental Drug Mix Said to Kill Levert|date=February 11, 2007}}</ref> Following disclosure of Levert's cause of death, a family spokesman stated that all the drugs found in Levert's bloodstream were prescribed to the singer. Levert was taking the pain medication because of chronic pain from a lingering shoulder problem and surgery in 2005 to repair a severed [[Achilles tendon]].<ref name=glevert />