Overdose probe after Hollywood actor found dead

Robert Pastorelli, who played the screwball housepainter Eldin on the hit US TV show Murphy Brown, has been found dead in his Hollywood Hills home from a suspected drug overdose.

Pastorelli’s body was found by his assistant on Monday in a bathroom, Lt Ed Winter of the coroner’s office said. An autopsy was done, but the cause of death would not be released pending the results of toxicology tests, which could take eight to 10 weeks.