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Heath Ledger's death has been ruled an accident, \"the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam, and doxylamine.\" That's a pretty impressive list for a 28-year-old with a successful career in a demanding job."}],"editorialProject":null,"primaryCategory":{"__typename":"Channel","displayName":"Business","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/business/","slug":"business"},"reviews":[],"embeds":[],"authors":[{"id":"Author:825","displayName":"Megan McArdle","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/megan-mcardle/","biography":{"default":"Megan McArdle is a columnist at Bloomberg View and a former senior editor at The Atlantic. Her new book is The Up Side of Down.","__typename":"Biography"},"socialMedia":[{"platform":"TWITTER","url":"https://twitter.com/asymmetricinfo","__typename":"SocialMedia"}],"__typename":"Author","slug":"megan-mcardle"}],"preview":null,"layout":"standard","secondaryByline":"","dek":"","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2008/02/the-rich-really-are-different/2692/","title":"The rich really are different","seoTitle":"The rich really are different","dateModified":"2008-07-18T19:10:52Z","datePublished":"2008-02-06T20:16:59Z","hasMeter":true,"primaryChannel":{"displayName":"Business","__typename":"Channel","slug":"business"},"shareImage1x1":null,"shareImage16x9":null,"shareImage4x3":null,"shareImageDefault":null,"shareImageSquareDefault":null,"shareImageLeadArt":null,"shareDek":"","shareText":null,"shareTitle":"The rich really are different","editorsNote":null,"leadArt":null,"narratedAudio":null,"narratedAudioImage":null,"fbiaUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/facebook-instant/article/2692/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2008/02/the-rich-really-are-different/2692/","syndication":"ALL","shareImage2x1":null,"shareImageSmall":null,"channels":[{"slug":"business","__typename":"Channel"}],"watsonInfo":{"keywords":["pretty impressive list","acute intoxication","Heath Ledger","better drugs","successful career"],"__typename":"WatsonInfo"},"slug":"the-rich-really-are-different","grapeshot":{"segments":["shadow9hu7_pos_lexus_fy23","shadow9hu7_pos_bofa-kwlist","gv_death_injury","gb_death_injury_news-ent","shadow9hu7_pos_safe_core","shadow9hu7_pos_safe_strict","tbs_anyrisk","gs_business_careers","gs_business"],"__typename":"Grapeshot"},"advertisingInfo":{"disableHouseAd":false,"__typename":"AdvertisingInfo"}}}

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