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Corey Haim dies of apparent accidental overdose, confirm police
Former 80s teen idol Corey Haim has died at the age of 38, according to KTLA.Los Angeles Police Department confirms that Haim died at 2:15 a.m. Wednesday (March 10) of an apparent accidental overdose.
TMZ reports that law enforcement sources tell them Haim collapsed in the bedroom of his mother's apartment where four prescriptions bottles were found nearby.
The actor was discovered unresponsive approximately sometime before 2 a.m. inside a unit at the Oakwood Apartment Complex, located on Barham Boulevard in Burbank, police confirm.
Haim was then officially prounounced dead at nearby hospital Providence St. Joseph's Medical Center.
The star has reportedly been ill for the last couple days with flu-like symptoms. But the exact cause of Haim's death will be determined, pending official autopsy and toxicology reports.
No official word yet if those will be performed on the actor.
Haim rose to fame in the 80s with starring roles in films "The Lost Boys," "Lucas," "License to Drive" and "Dream a Little Dream."
He returned to television along side pal and former 80s' co-star Corey Feldman in 2007 on the A&E reality series "The Two Coreys."
[UPDATE: A neighbor at Haim's Oakwood apartment complex, Jim Conessa, witnessed paramedics take him out of the apartment.
"I saw him being wheeled out around 1 a.m., and I thought he looked alive," Conessa told Hollywood Life. "The ambulance was here about 30 minutes. Corey still had an oxygen mask. He appeared to still be alive."
Conessa doesn't recall seeing the actor at the complex that often. He did comment that Haim seemed in better health as of late.]
For the record: A previous version of this story reported that Haim was confirmed dead at 3:30 a.m. Subsequent reports have Haim being confirmed dead at 2:15 a.m. by the LAPD.
Pictured above: Corey Feldman and Corey Haim on the red carpet for the premiere of "The Two Coreys."
Pictured above: Corey Haim with his mother.Related pics
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Was he being treated by Britney Murphy's doctor? It's like deja vu all over again!
This is really sad news...
I am so sad right now and so is my daughter. Haven't talked to the other one yet.
Sad, that is all I have to say. Just goes to show you, when the drugs gotcha, they gotcha forever. You can never let your guard down. If you do, well, you can see the result.
Anyone notice a pattern, here? Death by prescription drugs? Perhaps we should examine the value of prescription drugs with the same critical eye society puts on narcotics like marijuana? Oops, no, wouldn't want to do that, too much money involved...
Only pattern I see is that people with too much money get headlines, poor people don't. As for where the real money is, it's in the black markets maintained by the drug war. Just ask the banks that launder the boodle or the enforcement bureaucrats who look the other way for a fee.
SO SAD... GREW UP LOVING COREY HAIM, PRAYERS TO HIS FAMILY!
Sad story, but death could have been prevented. DON'T DO DRUGS!!! People letting anything like drugs control their lives are being destructive to themselves and their families. BE CONSTRUCTIVE NOT DESTRUCTIVE!!! Sympathy to the family.
I don't know what is happening, yes it might be prescription drugs, or yes it might be illegal drugs, nonetheless if he really had the flu, and was taking prescription drugs, maybe that combined with illegal narcotics are the culprit, not so much the prescription drugs, so easily are people turned away by keywords like "flu" "prescription". I mean, prescribed or not alot of "legal" prescribed medicine is used illegally and that may be the key thing here, just because it was prescribed doesn't mean it was taken as prescribed so I'm not buying this "accidental" overdose story for 1 second. Anyone else with me on this?
This is so sad.