ITV actor, 27, collapses and dies after telling girlfriend he was 'getting on it'
ok.co.ukA talented up-and-coming actor tragically collapsed and died after taking a mix of drugs while at a dance festival in Costa Rica, an inquest has heard.The 27 year old suffered a fatal seizure a week into his vacation.
Joseph Wandera, who had roles in Coronation Street, Scott and Bailey, and Moving On, passed away in an apartment in the Tamarindo beach resort, where he was attending the BPM music festival in January 2022.
His mother, Claire Beatson, expressed her shock in Rochdale Coroners' Court on Tuesday, as she learned of her son's drug use including ecstasy and a mysterious mix known as "Pink Stuff," which he admitted to his girlfriend that he had taken.The day before his untimely passing, Joseph sent a worrying text to his girlfriend in England, Alison Maloney saying he was "getting on it like mad".
On January 16, the morning of his death, he messaged: "Not gonna lie, I don't know what was in the f***ing thing that I f***ing took.
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