Corey Haim: 1971 - 2010

After struggling mightily with drug addiction for half his life, actor Corey Haim died this morning at a Los Angeles County hospital of what is being ruled an accidental overdose. He was 38. TMZ reports the actor collapsed in his mother's Los Angeles apartment, where several prescription bottles were found. No illegal drugs were located, although Haim had in part been battling Valium addiction over the years, which is not an illicit substance. TMZ also reports that the prescriptions were not related to flu-like symptoms that had apparently stricken Haim in the previous few days. Haim shot to teen stardom in the mid-1980s - along with Corey Feldman - in movies like License to Drive and The Lost Boys. But like so many child stars, Haim couldn't make a smooth transition to acting success as an adult. His last major film was Dream a Little Dream, though Haim kept working and working. Last year, a sequel to The Lost Boys was released on DVD and prior to his death, he had roughly ten projects in various stages of production. In February, TMZ cameras caught up with Haim, who was candid about his many attempts to attain sobriety. The actor had been in and out of rehab over a dozen times.

Comments

[Priscilla Chapa]

Addiction may have taken another fallen star. What a shame. Corey Haim was plastered all over my walls in my teens years. May he rest in peace. Toast: To the Good times To the Bad times....To Corey Haim!

[Vince]

It is sad, but honestly I'm not surprised. I had a feeling that he was going to end up this way. I said the same thing to myself when Brittany Murphy passed away as well. It's a shame, because I had thought that he was (slowly) trying to start anew.

Rest in Peace good sir.