barbiturate

The chorus of "Wild Horses" was reportedly uttered by Faithfull after she awoke from a coma brought on by a barbiturate overdose.

Mr Crew, who died aged 74, reportedly told nurses "I want to die today" before drinking water laced with barbiturates under the supervision of Dignitas.

Next came Jimi Hendrix, a guitarist extraordinaire who overdosed on barbiturates in 1970.

The cause of death was ruled to be acute barbiturate poisoning.

Ure died from an accidental overdose of alcohol and barbiturates in 1975, and Shaw died of a heart attack three years later.