Autopsy: The Last Hours of...

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Autopsy: The Last Hours of...
Genre Documentary
Presented by
  • Dr. Richard Shepherd (United Kingdom)
  • Dr. Jason Payne-James (United Kingdom)
  • Dr. Michael Hunter (United States)
  • Emmy Kenny (United Kingdom)
  • Dr. Anjula Mutanda (United Kingdom)
  • Dr. Linda Papadopoulos (Canada)
Narrated by
  • Steven Mackintosh (United Kingdom)
  • Iain Glen (United Kingdom)
  • Eric Meyers (United States)
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons13
Production
Executive producers
  • Ed Taylor
  • Michael Kelpie
Running time60 minutes
Production company Potato
Original release
Network
Release7 January 2014 (2014-01-07) [2]  
present

Autopsy: The Last Hours of... is a documentary-style television series that investigates the tragic, controversial and sudden deaths of celebrities. [3] The series debuted in 2014 on Channel 5 [4] in the United Kingdom and was later broadcast in the United States by Reelz. [5] In 2016, the first American produced season of Autopsy aired with San Francisco's chief medical examiner (who was previously Panama City, Florida's District 14 medical examiner), Dr. Michael Hunter [6] taking over as the host. The UK produced [7] episodes featured Dr. Richard Shepherd [8] and subsequently (after about the first ten episodes), Dr. Jason Payne-James [9] (for about five more episodes) analyzing the official autopsy reports of various celebrities to determine their cause of death.

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