In April, after five months of grief and speculation, Aizha Osborne uncovered the cause of her father’s death.
Although she had been told by her great-aunt that her father, Phil Osborne, died in November 2022 as the result of a heart attack, Osborne suspected it might have been a result of his decades-long struggle with addiction.
She contacted the B.C. Coroners’ Service to see the report on his death for herself — and discovered her father had, indeed, died due to an overdose.
“While I wasn’t surprised, I was just very, very saddened,” Osborne, age 51, told CBC News’ Rohit Joseph.
“My father was such a wonderful person in so many ways. He was only 69
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