American child actress Mary Anissa Jones is best remembered for playing Buffy Davis on the CBS comedy “Family Affair” which aired from 1966 to 1971.
The program follows the tale of Bill Davis (Brian Keith), who must care for his deceased brother’s children, including Cissy and the 5-year-old twins Buffy and Jody (Anissa Jones and Johnny Whitaker). From 1966 until 1971, the program had five seasons on the air.
Jones was a multi-talented young woman who also worked on other projects and made guest appearances on talk shows. Jones chose to change the course of her career when the series was cancelled and pursue acting in motion pictures. But suddenly in 1976, when she was just 18 years old, she died.
What is Anissa Jones’ Cause of Death?
Jones, her lover Allan Kovan and a couple of her friends travelled to a friend’s house in Oceanside, California on August 28, 1976, to throw a party. Sadly, it was too late and she was pronounced dead at the scene after her friends realized she was unresponsive and phoned paramedics.
Jones’s friend, Steve Hanford said:
“The night Anissa died was weird. She wasn’t being very social. She and some other kids stayed in a bedroom taking angel dust and coke.”
The autopsy report states that barbiturates, phencyclidine, cocaine and quaaludes were present in Jones’ system when she passed away. Her official cause of death was listed as barbiturate, phencyclidine, cocaine and methaqualone poisoning.
But Jones’ family also held her physician, Dr. Don Carlos Moshos, accountable for her demise. They claimed that Dr. Moshos gave Jones an illegal prescription for the narcotic Seconal which played a part in her demise.
The doctor was accused of improperly prescribing 11 strong medications and Jones’ family was given $79.500 as compensation.
In our previous posts, we covered the cause of death of Jimmy Buffett & Jamie Christopher, If you want to know how they died then you can check out our below posts:
- Jimmy Buffett Cause of Death: Who Confirmed The News of His Demise?
- Jamie Christopher Cause of Death: How Did Assistant Producer Die?
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