Police have spoken to him about the death. At the moment his concern and thoughts are for the young man's family. A cab driver told PA News how he took Barrymore and three other people back to the entertainer's home from a nightclub just hours before the young man was found unconscious in the pool. Local residents said that an increasingly despondent Barrymore had been in the habit of inviting young people back to his home for drinking sessions in recent weeks, the Sunday Times reported. A post mortem examination was carried out last night, but the result was not being immediately released.
Police believe the man either drowned or died from hypothermia.
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