Corey Haim – star of The Lost Boys, Crank 2 and the song Whatever Happened To Corey Haim by The Thrills – has died.
He was 38. Early reports suggest that Corey Haim was killed by an overdose, although – given his high-profile addictions to crack and alcohol – it would appear that prescription medication did him in. Just like they did in Heath Ledger. And Brittany Murphy. And DJ AM. And Anna Nicole Smith. And Michael Jackson.
However, we need to wait for the official autopsy and toxicology reports to return before we can say exactly what killed Corey Haim. All we can say for sure is that his death was tragic but not completely unexpected. And also that The Thrills must be feeling like a right bunch of bastards today.
Although he hasn’t been a household name for about 20 years, Corey Haim was still well-known for several reasons. There was his acting, of course, which led to him starring in films like Lucas, The Lost Boys and License To Drive and, later, films like Crank 2, The Lost Boys 2 and Universal Groove. Then there was his romantic life, which saw him briefly date the likes of Alyssa Milano and Victoria Beckham. And then there were his addictions.
In his time, Corey Haim was addicted to everything from alcohol to cocaine to crack, although – judging by the four bottles of pills found in his apartment – it seems likely that he died of an overdose of prescription medication, just like almost every other celebrity death we’ve ever reported. The Boston Herald reports:
The Canadian-born actor was pronounced dead at the Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. There was no sign of foul play. “As he got out of bed, he felt a little weak and went down to the floor on his knees,” Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said. His mother called paramedics. A close friend of the actor told RadarOnline.com that Haim had been abusing prescription drugs in his final days.
As sad as Corey Haim’s death is, it’s not the last we’ll hear from him. Buoyed by by his appearance on slightly exploitative reality show The Two Coreys, Haim was just starting to up his work ethic again before he died. That means that, though he may be gone in person, films of his such as New Terminal Hotel, American Sunset and Decisions are yet to be released. Will any of them net Corey Haim a posthumous Oscar like The Dark Knight did for Heath Ledger? Probably not, no.
We are starting to think that Crank 2 is cursed, though. First David Carradine puts on women’s underwear and hangs himself in a hotel cupboard, and now Corey Haim dies of a suspected overdose? If we were Jason Statham, we’d be terrified.
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Given the recent spate of prescription drug deaths I think we need to seriously consider making crap like Vicodin illegal. Then we should decriminalise the safe drugs like MDMA and cocaine.
It’s terrable that a person so talented lost his life to a drug when you can have everything in world you want you get bored you start doing things that are not healthy for you and then when you lose everthing in the world then it gets worse I watched the two coreys since I was a kid my deepest condolences go out to coreys family espacailly his mom knowing that she is battling something as well when your child goes before you a broke heart would kill you
I wonder if the Thrills will take this opportunity to try and get noticed again??
Fuck, I hope not…
Here’s to hoping he has found a modicum of peace that alluded him in life. There is nothing like the death of (my 100% fave) teenage heart throb to remind you of your own mortality. Corey Haim was my R Pattz.
what a crazy messed up life it must be, to have the peak of it be when you are 15-17 years old. i can only imagine what it does to your brain, confidence. its not shocking he was still a drug addict, just addicted to the legal stuff this time.
someone should have played “mother’s helper” by the stones for Mr Haim, maybe the point would have hit home.
RIP Corey.