[nuconvert]

She was fired from her anchor job for being "impaired" on the air.

[Steely Tom]

This is from the above link:

Ironically, there were no signs that drugs or alcohol played a role in the crash, it was just some dumb accident.

She was eased out of her job, however. You know, cocaine was so ubiquitous among the glitterati at the time, maybe it was just considered not worth mentioning. Remember that movie "1941" starring Dan Aykroyd? Total bomb. I remember reading a review somewhere that read something like this: a better title for this movie would be 'Hi Mom! I'm high on cocaine and starring in a movie!'

(steely)

[LibWhacker]

And yet they let Eric Severalsides slide for 30 years. That dude was on something!