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Stuart Cable died after choking on vomit
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 20 October 2010
Former Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable died after choking on his own vomit, a coroner in the musician and presenter’s home town of Aberdare in South Wales has confirmed.
Cable had been drinking heavily on the night he died, and had also eaten a Chinese meal. He fell asleep on the floor in his living room before vomiting. Coroner Peter Maddox, recording a verdict of accidental death, said there were large amounts of food debris found in Cable’s respiratory system after he died, the result of vomiting triggered by acute alcohol poisoning.
Cable died in June, aged 40. Since being sacked by his Stereophonics bandmates back in 2003 he had expanded his career as a radio and TV presenter, while forming a new band called Killing For Company. His brother Paul represented the Cable family at the brief inquest yesterday, which basically confirmed what was already suspected regarding the circumstances behind the Stuart’s untimely death. He issued a brief statement on behalf of his family saying they “could never put into words how much Stuart meant to them”.
