KTLA anchor died of meth overdose. In his ass.

[typefitter]

Imagine your worst appetite, your most embarrassing personal weakness.

Now imagine it as the first line of your obituary.

Typefitter died today of a heart attack at 45 while fighting with anonymous strangers on the Internet...

 

[Azrael]

Typefitter died today of a heart attack at 45 while fighting with anonymous strangers on the Internet...

In lieu of flowers, his family requests donations be made to the National Council on Delicious Bacon Research.

He will be missed.

 

[Batman]

The only website to post the salacious details was "The Blast" not "The Blaze". On "The Blast" the story has been edited since OP posted to remove references as to how the meth was consumed.

The details in "The Blast" story, I am guessing, are probably false as it has not been reported elsewhere.

The details have been reported elsewhere, although most of the more mainstream outlets have sanitized them a bit. There also seems to have been some editing after the original versions were posted, perhaps in response to family wishes, respect for a colleague, or complaints from readers. They're all going off the coroner's report that included play-by-play from a cooperative eyewitness (his Grindr date).
Here's another version from the San Jose Mercury News that straddles the line between the two, and includes the method of meth consumption. Also an LA Times story that has it:

KTLA anchor Chris Burrous' cause of death released

KTLA anchor Chris Burrous died of methamphetamine overdose, coroner says

As for why this is newsworthy? It's obviously the salacious circumstances of his overdose. If it was a garden variety OD on meth, I'm sure it would have been treated as the personal tragedy it is. But when you go out that way, it's bizarre. Then the weirdness just keeps ratcheting up a notch with every sentence of the story, and weird circumstances associated with anything are newsworthy.
I like to think that whether this was a well known news anchor or a random Florida Man, hearing about someone dying like this would qualify as a giant WTF!? and a bizarre news item worth mentioning.

 

[Starman]

Oh. I'm saying it has a .000001% chance of ever happening for most of us.

But realistically, given the right phase of moon, the wife is out of town, the kids with her, I've had a little too much to drink, have been listening to too much early Bruce (Man, those days are gone forever, along with youth,) I'm in the wrong bar, the exact wrong freak comes waltzing along....

And the next thing I know it's 3 am, I'm in a hotel room, I've got a bondage mask in my hands, the bed is littered with meth vials, and I'm thinking, Man this is a great idea!

I've listened to thousands and thousands of hours of Bruce, and never been inspired to jam a meth rock up my ass.

 

[Twirling Time]

I've listened to thousands and thousands of hours of Bruce, and never been inspired to jam a meth rock up my ass.

Same here. I've listened to thousands and thousands of hours of Eddie Murphy, and never been inspired to jam GI Joe up my ass.

 

[Vombatus]

Same here. I've listened to thousands and thousands of hours of Eddie Murphy, and never been inspired to jam GI Joe up my ass.

Nor a telephone pole.

 

[qtlaw]

Here's the deal, the details are public record and guess what? It changes the perception of him.

Don't want to be remembered that way, don't do it.

For wife and kid, sorry but that's the truth. KTLA, ad well, you don't get to pretend he was great and that you get to enjoy the fruits of that facade. I'm tired of people enjoying the facade then complaining when you're exposed.

If it's not a big deal, then scrutiny won't change things.

My personal view is it you want to do that stuff go ahead. You're an adult. Be open. I won't think differently about you. But don't pretend you're this upstanding perfect person then rail when the hypocrisy comes out.

I lost a close friend this week way too early (he was 57) and he was always a humble kind generous guy and no one has to hide anything about him.

 

[Just the facts ma am]

So would you say he hit rock bottom, or became a rock bottom?

 

[Vombatus]

Here's the deal, the details are public record and guess what? It changes the perception of him.

Don't want to be remembered that way, don't do it.

For wife and kid, sorry but that's the truth. KTLA, ad well, you don't get to pretend he was great and that you get to enjoy the fruits of that facade. I'm tired of people enjoying the facade then complaining when you're exposed.

If it's not a big deal, then scrutiny won't change things.

My personal view is it you want to do that stuff go ahead. You're an adult. Be open. I won't think differently about you. But don't pretend you're this upstanding perfect person then rail when the hypocrisy comes out.

I lost a close friend this week way too early (he was 57) and he was always a humble kind generous guy and no one has to hide anything about him.

Sorry for your loss, qt.

 

[qtlaw]

Sorry for your loss, qt.

Thanks appreciate it.

 

[poindexter]

fork this guy. Why should his police report information be hidden?

You don't want your family to hear about the meth rock up your ass? Don't put a meth rock up your ass.

 

[spikechiquet]

I can't find the YouTube video of it, but there was a skit on the old Kimmel show: The Man Show that dealt with this subject matter.

It was in jest, but after a guy died, he had bought insurance from this company that "sanitized" the person's life to make them out to be a saint. Cleaned their browser history, got rid of the duffles under the bed, etc. It was pretty funny.