{"id":17527,"date":"2026-04-06T23:02:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T23:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=17527"},"modified":"2026-04-06T23:02:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T23:02:04","slug":"champion-bodybuilder-hayley-mcneff-cause-of-death-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=17527","title":{"rendered":"Champion Bodybuilder Hayley McNeff Cause of Death Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-f27175e4-2a0d-3787-852c-3a98ce6e7e02\">\n<header class=\"flex justify-between items-start\"\/>\n<div class=\"flex items-start justify-between w-full mt-[7px] mb-4 flex-row\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center space-x-2.5\"><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:TMZ;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative h-full\"><img alt=\"TMZ\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"60\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/xuSpCIlci_S2trttQ_2rtQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDtoPTgw\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2025-03\/49991ec0-05b0-11f0-abff-4537e45db568\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col border-l border-gray-400 ml-4 pl-2.5\" style=\"border-left-width:1px\"><span class=\"text-[.923em] text-[#808080] font-semibold leading-[19px]\"><span>Updated<!-- --> <\/span><time datetime=\"2025-11-10T23:41:39.000Z\">Mon, November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM UTC<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-body\">\n<figure class=\"content-figure flex justify-center mb-[1em] mx-auto\">\n<div style=\"max-width:728px\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><img alt=\"TMZ\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/o9BT82fnpjSIMZLNbgbwiw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD05MzI-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/tmz_articles_672\/96c04cd38b292df1e14dcd997070c875\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p>TMZ<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Hayley McNeff<\/strong>\u2019s death rocked the bodybuilding community over the summer &#8212; and TMZ\u2019s learned her cause of death was a drug overdose.<\/p>\n<p>The Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security has revealed Hayley\u2019s death was caused by acute intoxication from a deadly mix of heroin, fentanyl, 4-ANPP, cocaine, and norbuprenorphine.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure flex justify-center mb-[1em] mx-auto\">\n<div style=\"max-width:728px\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><img alt=\"TMZ\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/VVnmXqB6rX0hH2ZH7Z7zzQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD05MzI-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/tmz_articles_672\/a6dc02b47cb96db600fc63d4127f5113\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p>TMZ<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The manner of her death, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/08\/14\/bodybuilder-hayley-mcneff-dead\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:occurred back in August;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\"><strong>occurred back in August<\/strong><\/a>, was officially listed as accidental.<\/p>\n<p>The fitness influencer made her mark on the bodybuilding scene in the 2000s &#8212; racking up titles, including a big win at the 2009 East Coast Classic &#8212; and later appeared in the 2016 documentary &#8220;Raising The Bar.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure flex justify-center mb-[1em] mx-auto\">\n<div style=\"max-width:728px\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><img alt=\"TMZ\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/QCtTlS_.QqxWXo9Y4LogKQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD05MzI-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/tmz_articles_672\/be8af41d56c9636bb37e8d9e398fec0b\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p>TMZ<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>She was just 37 years old at the time of her death.<\/p>\n<p>RIP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/articles\/champion-bodybuilder-hayley-mcneff-cause-211834183.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated Mon, November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM UTC TMZ Hayley McNeff\u2019s death rocked the bodybuilding community over the summer &#8212; and TMZ\u2019s learned her cause of death was a drug overdose. 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