BERKELEY — The cause of death of Marco Troper, the 19-year-old son of a former YouTube executive who died in his UC Berkeley dormitory in February, was an accidental drug overdose, the Alameda County Coroner’s Office has determined.
The Coroner’s Investigator Report lists the cause of death as “acute combined drug toxicity” and notes it was an “accidental manner.”
According to the coroner’s investigation, Troper had high concentrations of alprazolam, cocaine, amphetamine and hydroxyzine in his system when he died Feb. 13. There were also low levels of THC present in his system.
Alprazolam, sometimes branded as Xanax, is frequently prescribed to manage panic and anxiety disorders. Hydroxyzine is also used to help control anxiety and tension caused by nervous and emotional conditions.