'DEA' is looking into death of Johnny Grunge in relation to Dr. Phil Astin

Reported by Adam Martin of WrestleView.com
On Saturday, July 7, 2007 at 4:56 PM EST

Fox 5 in Atlanta is reporting that the DEA is currently looking into the death of former ECW & WCW Tag Team Champion Mike "Johnny Grune" Durham as part of their current investigation against Dr. Phil Astin.

For those who may remember, Durham passed away in February of 2006 at 40 years old. According to Fox 5, Astin had reportedly written a prescription for 120 tablets of Soma (muscle relaxer) to Durham the day before he died. Durham was found dead with an empty prescription bottle.

While an autopsy report listed Durham's passing as a result of coronary artery blockage and morbid obesity, a medical examiner did find Soma and Hydrocodone (painkiller) in his system. Says the medical examiner, "The combined effect of these drugs would have likely resulted in toxicity and probably contributed to the death, although the drug toxicity would not be expected to have been fatal by itself in the absence of heart disease."