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ITV actor, 27, collapses and dies after telling girlfriend he was 'getting on it'
Joseph Wandera, 27, was in Costa Rica when he collapsed and died after taking a cocktail of drugs. The aspiring actor had told his girlfriend he was 'getting on it'
Joseph Wandera, who had roles in Coronation Street, Scott and Bailey, and Moving On, passed away in an apartment in the Tamarindo beach resort, where he was attending the BPM music festival in January 2022. His mother, Claire Beatson, expressed her shock in Rochdale Coroners' Court on Tuesday, as she learned of her son's drug use including ecstasy and a mysterious mix known as "Pink Stuff," which he admitted to his girlfriend that he had taken. She fondly remembered her son as a "He was a humorous, kind young man who enjoyed entertaining people and loved life," and shared that he had a passion for travel, having visited Thailand with his "acting friends".
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