She died from a drug overdose, five years after the show ended According to the autopsy report, several drugs were present in jones' system at the time of her death, including, barbiturates, phencyclidine, cocaine, and quaaludes Her official cause of death was listed as barbiturate, phencyclidine, cocaine and methaqualone poisoning, per autopsy files. Anissa jones shot to fame as a child thanks to her role as buffy davis on the cbs sitcom family affair, but she sadly died when she was just 18 years old. Mom of former child star made desperate plea just months before her tragic death at 18 anissa jones shot to fame as a child thanks to her role as buffy davis on the cbs sitcom family affair, but she sadly died when she was just 18 years old. Anissa was declared dead from what the coroner would reportedly call one of the most massive overdoses he'd ever seen
Anissa jones was just eighteen years old. On august 28 of that year, jones’s life ended Approximately six days later, her physician, don carlos moshos, was charged with manslaughter for illegally prescribing seconal to her. With her blond pigtails and eager smile, anissa jones charmed tv audiences in her role as buffy on family affair. On august 28, 1976, anissa jones was found dead in a friend’s home in oceanside, california, surrounded by a deadly combination of barbiturates, pcp, and cocaine. After anissa’s death, investigators directly linked some of the substances in her system to prescriptions tied to his practice
In 1975, she was offered the role of iris in taxi driver, but by then, anissa was floundering, influenced by a bad crowd she’d fallen in with The part went to jodie foster.
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