(L.A.) Dane Brown, 43, Died From a Meth OD
Case Number: 2024-17378
Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 43-year-old Black male that occurred on a sidewalk.
The coroner’s office identified the man as Dane Brown.
Manner of Death: Accident
Cause of Death: Methamphetamine Toxicity
RIP DANE BROWN (November 2, 1981 – November 6, 2024)
Formal pronouncement of death was made on Wednesday at 6:50 a.m.
Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published on December 29, presumably after the results of tox screening had come back from the lab.
The decedent was known for nearly dying from a meth overdose in Ed Buck’s apartment five years ago.
Buck was the political donor who was convicted in federal court for providing the narcotics that killed Gemmel Moore in 2017 and Timothy Dean in 2019.