Vicky Cornell reveals Chris Cornell relapsed after being prescribed sleeping pills for a shoulder injury

 Chris Cornell’s widow Vicky Cornell appeared on Good Morning America on Wednesday for her first TV interview since her late husband’s death in May 2017. Vicky opened up to anchor Robin Roberts, discussing Chris’ apparent suicide and how his battle with addiction may have played a tragic role in it.

“He loved his life,” Vicky recalled. “He would never have ever left this world.” She went on, noting how important his family and loved ones were to him, and how he made sure to be a present father figure to their children, 13-year-old Toni and 12-year-old Christopher. “Our family was his everything. As soon as he got offstage, he was a dad, he was a regular dad.”

On May 18th, the iconic Soundgarden frontman was found death in a Detroit hotel room. The Medical Examiner’s Office ruled it as a suicide, stating that the combination of seven different drugs found in his system was not to blame. Vicky, however, believes otherwise.

According to her, Chris became a different person after he began taking a new drug to help deal with a shoulder injury. “Approximately a year before he died, he was prescribed a benzodiazepine to help him sleep,” said Vicky. “He had torn his shoulder … the pain in the shoulder was waking him up at night and it was keeping him up.”


Source: Yahoo News