Comedian Ron Sexton's cause of death revealed
WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast
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🗓️ 20 September 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | It is 1035. It's Kendall in KC on 93 WIBC and the Hamilton County |
| 0:08.2 | corner's office released the official cause of death for Ron |
| 0:11.5 | Sexton, also known as Donnie Baker on the Bob and Tom Show. |
| 0:14.7 | And it is stated that he overdosed on fentanyl and alcohol. |
| 0:18.9 | Yes. And so let's be very close. Hamilton County, Ohio, not |
| 0:23.0 | Hamilton County, Indiana. And of course, yes, as you said, |
| 0:26.3 | Ron Sexton played Donnie Baker in a litany of other characters |
| 0:29.6 | on Bob and Tom. He was a stand-up comedian, universally loved by |
| 0:35.5 | by many, many people, not just for his comedy, but who he was as a |
| 0:39.4 | human being. I never actually met him in person, but obviously |
| 0:42.4 | I have a very good friend who works for Bob and Tom and just said |
| 0:45.9 | he was just a just a great guy and no multiple people who |
| 0:48.7 | worked for Bob and Tom very well and and also the same thing |
| 0:52.3 | and legions of fans, et cetera. And the cause of death has come |
| 0:56.8 | out, as you said, that it was a mixture of overdosed on fentanyl and |
| 1:01.4 | alcohol. And many people knew Ron. I don't think it was a secret |
| 1:07.8 | and some of the things he enjoyed doing and, you know, obviously |
| 1:12.0 | eventually it had a tragic end. But I don't want to do this |
| 1:16.1 | segment to say, you know, like point of finger or pass blame. I |
| 1:20.8 | want to do this segment because the dangers of illegal drug use in |
| 1:31.3 | this country have reached a level that we have never seen before. |
| 1:36.2 | And the dangers, especially for young people who have no idea |
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