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The Latest: Report: Bodyguard found Cornell on hotel floor

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010, file photo, musician Chris Cornell of Soundgarden performs during the Lollapalooza music festival in Grant Park in Chicago. According to his representative, rocker Chris Cornell, who gained fame as the lead singer of Soundgarden and later Audioslave, has died Wednesday night in Detroit at age 52. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010, file photo, musician Chris Cornell of Soundgarden performs during the Lollapalooza music festival in Grant Park in Chicago. According to his representative, rocker Chris Cornell, who gained fame as the lead singer of Soundgarden and later Audioslave, has died Wednesday night in Detroit at age 52. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File) FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010, file photo, musician Chris Cornell of Soundgarden performs during the Lollapalooza music festival in Grant Park in Chicago. According to his representative, rocker Chris Cornell, who gained fame as the lead singer of Soundgarden and later Audioslave, has died Wednesday night in Detroit at age 52. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

By Associated Press 2 min read

DETROIT (AP) – The Latest on the death of Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell (all times local):

1:45 p.m.

A newspaper is reporting that a Detroit police report says a bodyguard gave singer Chris Cornell two prescription pills for anxiety about an hour before finding him unresponsive on the bathroom floor of a hotel room.

The Detroit News reports (http://detne.ws/2qBJKdJ ) reports Friday that it obtained the police report but doesn’t say how. Police spokeswoman Officer Jennifer Moreno says the department isn’t commenting.

The local medical examiner says initial autopsy results indicate Cornell hanged himself after performing with his band Soudgarden on Wednesday night. Cornell’s family disputes the finding, saying they’re awaiting toxicology tests. A family attorney says Cornell had a prescription for the anti-anxiety drug Ativan.