'Zubeen was inebriated, had declined life jacket'

Singapore, Jan. 15 -- Singer-songwriter Zubeen Garg was "severely intoxicated" and drowned off Lazarus Island after declining a life jacket last September, a coroner's court in Singapore heard on Wednesday. The singer initially wore a life jacket but removed it and later declined a second one offered to him, the chief investigating officer told the court, Channel News Asia reported. Garg was severely intoxicated and several witnesses saw him trying to swim back to the yacht when he went limp and began floating face down in the water, the channel reported. Garg was promptly pulled back onto the yacht and cardiopulmonary resuscitation was administered, but he was pronounced dead later that day.P11

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