More details are emerging about Michael Chiarello’s final days. The former Food Network celebrity died at the age of 61 in October after undergoing treatment for an allergic reaction in a Napa, Calif. hospital, according to an Oct. 7 statement from his company Gruppo. “The doctors don’t know what caused the allergic reaction and neither does the family,” a rep for Gruppo Chiarello told People at the time. They may never know. The Napa County Coroner’s Office has told several outlets that the anaphylactic reaction he experienced as a result led to his fatal heart attack. Cocaine was found in his system at the time of death, per the coroner, though authorities do not believe he overdosed.
Officials have now revealed more information about his health before the episode. Michael’s estranged wife Eileen told authorities the chef said “he was on a new weight loss drug called Ozempic or something similar” before his passing, per a report from the Napa County Sheriff-Coroner obtained by Entertainment Tonight
.“It was her understanding the drug was a diabetic medication that had recently found use as a weight loss medication,” the report said. “She knew Ozempic is administered by injection but didn’t know how was administered it.“
