Jason Rae, saxophonist and husband of British soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae, was found dead in a friend's flat in Leeds, England, on March 23, 2008.
On December 21, 2008, an inquest found that Rae's death was by misadventure, resulting from a lethal combination of alcohol and methadone. Mail Online: Corinne Bailey Rae pays tribute to her 'first and only true love'... (December 22, 2008)
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Statement from Corinne Bailey Rae's record label: "EMI Records would like to offer its sincere condolences to Corinne Bailey Rae and the Rae family at this tragic time. We ask that the media respects Corinne's privacy and that of her entire family."
Report of the Inquest
Corinne Bailey-Rae spoke at the December 21, 2008, inquest, saying that Jason often mixed recreational drugs like cocaine and ecstasy while drinking. On March 22, 2008, he went drinking with friend James Sheasby, a former heroin addict who had been prescribed methadone. Sheasby left Rae on the sofa in his flat and left to get takeout food. When he returned, Rae was asleep and Sheasby went to bed. On the morning of March 23, Sheasby couldn't wake Rae, and the paramedics were called. Empty bottles of methadone were discovered next to the sofa where Rae was found. Rae was pronounced dead at 3:20 pm on March 23, 2008.
The coroner found that Rae was a "naive user" and had found and drunk some of the methadone without understanding its effect.
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Rae was 31 at the time of his death
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The couple met when they worked at the same jazz club in Leeds and married in 2001
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Rae was a member of the band The Haggis Horns
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