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Roseanne Barr says her TV character killed off by opioid overdose

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Roseanne Barr says her TV character killed off by opioid overdose

Actor Roseanne Barr claims ABC killed off her TV character through an opioid overdose, and she’s not happy about it.

Barr said in the follow-up show to “Roseanne,” called “The Conners,” the writers wrote a script that included her dying as the result of overdosing on opioids, according to an interview she gave YouTube personality Brandon Straka.

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