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Coroner Determines KTLA News Anchor Chris Burrous' Death Accidental, Due to Methamphetamine Toxicity

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(KNX 1070) - The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office has determined that KTLA news anchor Chris Burrous died from methamphetamine toxicity.

The coroner's office ruled that the other factors were hypertension and cardiovascular disease. 


It was determined Burrous' death was accidental.

He was found unresponsive at a Glendale hotel last December 27th.     

Suburban Glendale police say the 43-year-old Burrous was not breathing when firefighters were called to a Days Inn in December and he was pronounced dead at a hospital. They administered CPR and the newscaster was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:06 p.m.

Police say the call indicated a possible overdose and detectives were awaiting a coroner's report.

According to the coroner's report, Burrous used the drug during a sexual act along with amyl nitrate "poppers" with a man he met on a dating website.

Burrous came to KTLA in 2011 after 14 years as a reporter and anchor at various stations, primarily in California's Central Valley, as well as at WPIX in New York City.

KTLA President and General Manager Don Corsini and News Director Jason Ball said in a statement that Burrous will be remembered as "a great journalist and a wonderful friend to many."

He is survived by his wife, Mai Do-Burrous, and 9-year-old daughter Isabella.

Burrous graduated from Chapman University in Orange with a degree in broadcast journalism and began a two-decade career in news starting at KCKC-AM and KCXX-FM in San Bernardino while he was still in school.

He went on to work at stations in San Jose, Rapid City, South Dakota, Bakersfield, Fresno, Sacramento and KTLA sister station WPIX in New York City before transferring to Los Angeles.

Burrous was credited with helping extend the "KTLA Morning News" to seven days a week, anchoring weekends and covering breaking news on weekday mornings. His weekend "Burrous' Bites" segments which highlighted hole-in-the-wall eateries in Southern California, were a viewer favorite.

-Associated Press contributed to this story.

-CNS contributed to this story.