GERALD LEVERT CAUSE OF DEATH REVEALED

Singer Gerald Levert's death last November has been ruled accidental, caused by a combination of prescription narcotics and over-the-counter drugs, a Cleveland area coroner said. The drugs in his bloodstream included the narcotic pain relievers Vicodin, Percocet and Darvocet, along with anxiety medication Xanax and two over-the-counter antihistamines, Geauga County Coroner Kevin Chartrand said. The official cause of death was acute intoxication, and the death was ruled accidental. Levert, 40, son of O'Jays singer Eddie Levert, died Nov. 10 in his suburban Cleveland home. The album ("In My Songs") that Levert was working on before his untimely death, will be released this Tuesday. The title track laments Levert's situation as a singer of love songs who longs for a love of his own.