Caminiti died of an apparent heart attack in The Bronx on October 10, 2004 at Lincoln Memorial Hospital. Preliminary news reports on October 15, 2004 indicated he died of a drug overdose. Rob Silva, an acquaintance of Caminiti who spent part of the day with him on October 10, told Newsday that Caminiti was edgy and depressed on the day he died, but also said he did not witness Caminiti using drugs on that day. On November 1, the New York City Medical Examiners Office announced that Caminiti died from "acute intoxication due to the combined effects of cocaine and opiates," but coronary artery disease and cardiac hypertrophy (an enlarged heart) were also contributing factors.

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See also

• List of top 500 Major League Baseball home run hitters
• Major League Baseball hitters with three home runs in one game
• List of doping cases in sport

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External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
• Houston Chronicle photo gallery after Caminiti's death
• Ken Caminiti Foundation - Cami's Kids