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Bachelorette’s Tyler Gwozdz suffered from ‘opioid abuse’ for over a decade before heroin overdose death, autopsy claims

THE Bachelorette star Tyler Gwozdz suffered from addiction for more than a decade before his , The Sun can exclusively report.

According to the medical examiner's report, the 29-year-old abused opioids ever since a knee injury in high school.

 Tyler Gwozdz appeared on Hannah Brown's season of The Bachelorette in 2019
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Tyler Gwozdz appeared on Hannah Brown's season of The Bachelorette in 2019Credit: ABC
 He left the show abruptly without being eliminated
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He left the show abruptly without being eliminated

After receiving a from Tyler's frantic girlfriend at 10:45 am on January 13, the Boca Raton, first responders knocked down Tyler's bathroom door, the report claims.

Medics allegedly administered Narcan to the unresponsive reality star, and rushed him to a nearby hospital.

Police discovered "a syringe and a powdery substance" on his vanity, and his girlfriend apparently told officers he had been abusing heroin that day and the day prior.

He tragically was pronounced death at 3:01 pm on January 23.

The medical examiner gave his official cause of death as opioid toxicity, heroin.

 Tyler had been working on an advanced degree in psychology before his death
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Tyler had been working on an advanced degree in psychology before his death
 Tyler was just 29 when he was pronounced dead
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Tyler was just 29 when he was pronounced deadCredit: Instagram

As The Sun previously reported, a female told 911 operators that Tyler had taken "heroin" before she made the desperate call.

"I'm so scared!" she screamed.

Tyler was laid to rest in a in his Connecticut hometown in early February.

Tyler appeared on 's season of the in 2019.

He puzzled Hannah and fellow contestants when he abruptly left the show without an elimination.

She told the cameras, "Tyler G. had to leave, and that’s upsetting because I really enjoyed my date with him."


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