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Corey Haim - Source: BANG Showbiz
Corey Haim, a 1980s teen star of the 1980s who became as famous for his struggles with substance abuse as his acting, has died in Los Angeles of an apparent drug overdose.
He was 38.
Haim was pronounced dead at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
in the Los Angeles suburb of Burbank early on Thursday, according
to Los Angeles police.
"It was an apparent overdose," said Sergeant Frank Albarren of the
Los Angeles Police Department's North Hollywood Station, adding the
"type of medication" was unknown.
Ed Winter, assistant chief of the Los Angeles County coroner's
office, has told local television reporters Haim had been suffering
flu-like symptoms and that his mother, who lived with the actor,
found him distressed in the early morning hours and called
paramedics who took him to the hospital.
He says coroners found some prescription medication in Haim's
apartment but "no illicit drugs."
"There doesn't appear to be foul play."
In the 1980s, Canadian-born Haim first came to international
prominence in the 1986 movie Lucas, alongside Charlie Sheen and
Winona Ryder, followed by his biggest hit, The Lost Boys, with
Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric and Corey Feldman, as well as
License to Drive, also with Feldman.
He became known for his on-screen partnership and off-screen
friendship with Feldman, who also struggled with drug abuse and
they often were called The Two Coreys.
The pair starred in a reality TV series of the same name on
American cable television in 2006, but it was canceled before
finishing the second season.
According to US media reports, Haim was found unresponsive in his
apartment and an investigation is continuing.
After battling a drug habit for years, he openly talked about
overcoming his addictions around the time he was promoting his
reality television series and said that he had become clean and
sober.
