# British Soap-Opera star who's nose was falling apart because of a cocaine problem

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 19, 2002, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-soap-opera-star-whos-nose-was-falling-apart-because-of-a-cocaine-problem/137623 "2002-11-19T22:10:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Breezy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Breezy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breezy)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-soap-opera-star-whos-nose-was-falling-apart-because-of-a-cocaine-problem/137623/1 "2002-11-19T22:10:38Z")

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I’m trying to remember who this was. I know I read an article about it once, and I’m trying to remember what the woman’s name was.

If I recall, she had had such a drug problem that her nose was deteriorating.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Sarina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Sarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarina)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-soap-opera-star-whos-nose-was-falling-apart-because-of-a-cocaine-problem/137623/2 "2002-11-19T22:13:14Z")

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Daniella Westbrook I believe

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-soap-opera-star-whos-nose-was-falling-apart-because-of-a-cocaine-problem/137623/3 "2002-11-19T22:23:37Z")

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Anyone have a link to that nasty pic where you can see the damage? The one where the seperation between the nostrils is gone. An image search on Google didn’t find it.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-soap-opera-star-whos-nose-was-falling-apart-because-of-a-cocaine-problem/137623/4 "2002-11-19T22:25:32Z")

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The **septum** was gone. Dammit, I hate when a remember the right word after I hit submit.

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**Author:** ![davesink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@davesink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davesink)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-soap-opera-star-whos-nose-was-falling-apart-because-of-a-cocaine-problem/137623/5 "2002-11-19T22:33:08Z")

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Not it, but close (see pic 19):  
[http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=638&ncid=762&e=1&u=/nm/20021119/en\_nm/people\_jackson\_dc](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=638&ncid=762&e=1&u=/nm/20021119/en_nm/people_jackson_dc)

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**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-soap-opera-star-whos-nose-was-falling-apart-because-of-a-cocaine-problem/137623/6 "2002-11-19T22:50:38Z")

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This site contains a picture:

[http://www.evilgerald.com/Issues/Issue5/story1.htm](http://www.evilgerald.com/Issues/Issue5/story1.htm)

Its a supposedly humorous article, but the subject matter is actually very serious. Its enough to put anyone off trying cocaine if they were even considering trying it.