'Can't Buy Me Love' star Amanda Peterson died from accidental overdose

The late Amanda Peterson had a troubling life following the success of her 1987 classic Can't Buy Me Love — see her mugshots.

An autopsy has confirmed that Amanda Peterson died in July after she accidentally overdosed on morphine. The Weld County Coroner's Office confirmed that the 43-year-old actress had taken a friend's morphine prescription 

När Amanda Peterson, mest känd för sin roll som Cindy i 80-tals filmen ”Can't buy me love”, hittades död i somras dementerade hennes mamma att dödsfallet orsakats av droger. – Det här är inte på något sätt drogrelaterat, sa hon till Entertainment Tonight.

Amanda Peterson — star of the flick "Can't Buy Me Love" — has died at her home in Greeley, Colorado TMZ has learned. We spoke with Peterson's…

Onderzoek heeft nu uitgewezen dat Peterson allerlei medicijnen in had genomen tegen angst en psychoses, ook had ze marihuana in haar systeem. Amanda werd in 1987 wereldberoemd toen ze naast Patrick Dempsey de hoofdrol speelde in Can't Buy Me