Former NFL athlete Josh Mauro suffered an overdose due to a mixture of fentanyl, cocaine, and ethanol, as per a preliminary medical examiner’s report acquired by the California Post. Mauro, 35, passed away on April 23, announced his father Greg in a Facebook post.
“With many tears and broken hearts, yet anchored in the unshakable certainty that our precious Josh Mauro is now healed and made new—living in the presence of the Lord—we humbly covet your prayers as our family walks through the devastating loss of our amazing son, brother, uncle, grandson, and friend,” Josh Mauro’s father wrote.
Currently, the Post reports that an autopsy conducted in Phoenix, Arizona, concluded that the manner of death was accidental, resulting from “acute combined fentanyl, cocaine, and ethanol intoxication.”
Who was Josh Mauro?
Mauro was born in the United Kingdom but relocated to Texas at the age of three. He excelled at his suburban high school in Dallas and subsequently played at Stanford University. Following that, he had a seven-season career in the NFL, which included four seasons with the Arizona Cardinals, before finally retiring after the 2021 season.
