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Lamar Odom Mourns In Vegas, Spotted Drinking On Plane To Funeral Lamar Odom is reportedly still reeling from the sudden death of his good friend Jamie Sangoutha i. Word has it that the former ball player isn’t coping well with the loss, as he was spotted possibly relapsing into his addiction on the way to the funeral after having spent the past few days in Vegas with friends. Via E! News : Lamar Odom is understandably still reeling from the loss of his longtime friend, Jamie Sangouthai. E! News has exclusively learned that while the two “haven’t spoken for a year,” the former basketball star is “very shaken up.” Sangouthai’s death comes as a “huge shock” to Odom, who had known the late 37-year-old since they were just kids. “It’s very scary when someone you know so well dies suddenly,” an insider close to Khloé Kardashian’s ex tells us. “It’s been a wake-up call for Lamar as he realizes that he could personally be in a very different place if he was still as close to Jamie.” And according to our source, the former Lakers star is currently coping with the news of his friend’s death surrounded by friends in Las Vegas. Las Vegas doesn’t exactly seem like the best location for an addict to mourn the loss of a good friend to drugs…and some are reporting to have already seen Lamar self-medicating to help cope with the pain while traveling back to Los Angeles for the funeral. Via Radar Online : According to an eyewitness on the flight, Khloe Kardashian’s husband was in first class taking advantage of the free alcohol as he flew home following Sangouthai’s death from a reported overdose Sunday. “Lamar had two shots of vodka and he told the flight attendant ‘Vodka and Xanax and I should wake up there,’” an eyewitness told Radar. “And he was talking on the phone and told that person that he took Xanax and took two shots.” The 6’10” former LA Lakers player was “not relaxed on the plane,” the source said. “He was singing Sade out loud while he was listening to his headphones and he was all over the place.” Though the flight lasts roughly one hour, “He went to the bathroom three times,” the source said. “He jumped up as soon as the seatbelt light went off and went straight to the bathroom. It was a really bumpy flight and a flight attendant asked if he could make it back to his seat or if he wanted to use their jump seat. He didn’t sit there; he just kept playing with the seat, pushing it up and down and laughing.” YIKES. It sounds like Lamar might have a rough road ahead trying to get over this one…

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