MIAMI, US - A YOUNG Florida man apparently committed suicide with a lethal cocktail of pills, in front of his Web cam as others watched live on the Internet, authorities and local media said on Friday.

Mr Abraham Biggs, 19, of Pembroke Pines, near Miami, took a mix of three drugs on Wednesday while he was online with other young people, Broward county authorities said.

They told AFP it was not clear who may have watched the young man die.

Mr Biggs 'died in front of his Web cam and it was broadcast, but I cannot give more information. We have an investigation in place,' said Sergeant John Gazzano of the Broward County Police. -- AFP