Amarah's Corner: Famous people who died of drug overdose

1. Michael Jackson

Age: 50

Year: 2009

Cause of death: acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication.

2. Whitney Houston

Age: 48

Year: 2012

Cause of death: cocaine, drowning.

3. Heath Ledger

Age: 28

Year: 2008

Cause of death: acute intoxication by combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine.

4. Philip Seymour Hoffman

Age: 46

Year: 2014

Cause of death: acute intoxication by heroin, cocaine, amphetamines and benzodiazepines.

5. Amy Winehouse

Age: 27

Year: 2011

Cause of death: alcohol poisoning.

6. Anna Nicole Smith

Age: 39

Year: 2007

Cause of death: acute combined drug intoxication from Methadone, chloral hydrate and three different drugs used to treat depression and anxiety.

7. Chris Farley

Age: 33

Year: 1997

Cause of death: cocaine and morphine overdose.

8. River Phoenix

Age: 23

Year: 1993

Cause of death: cocaine and heroin overdose.

9. John Belushi

Age: 33

Year: 1982

Cause of death: cocaine and heroin overdose.

10. Janis Joplin

Age: 27

Year: 1970

Cause of death: heroin overdose.

11. Jimi Hendrix

Age: 27

Year: 1970

Cause of death: barbiturate intoxication.

12. Cory Monteith

Age: 31

Year: 2013

Cause of death: mixed drug toxicity, including heroin and alcohol.

13. Scott Weiland

Age: 48

Year: 2015

Cause of death: toxic mix of drugs including cocaine, ethanol and amphetamine.

14. Elvis Presley

Age: 42

Year: 1977

Cause of death: high levels of pharmaceutical painkillers such as Dilaudid, Quaalude, Percodan, Demerol, and codeine.

15. Brittany Murphy (Clueless)

Age: 32

Year: 2009

Cause of death: multiple drug intoxication.

16. Judy Garland (Wizard of Oz)

Age 47

Year:1969

Cause of death: alcohol, drug addiction and barbiturate overdose.

17. Edie Sedgwick (American heiress, socialite, actress, and fashion model)

Age: 28

Year: 1971

Cause of death: potent mix of barbiturates and alcohol.

18. Farrah Fawcett

Age: 62

Year: 2009

Cause of death: cancer, drug & alcohol addiction.

19. Dana Plato (Kimberly Drummond on Diff’rent Strokes)

Age: 34

Year: 1999

Cause of death: prescription drug overdose.

20. Kurt Cobain (Nirvana front-man and long-time heroin abuser)

Age: 27

Year: 1994

Cause of death: morphine, valium and heroin were in his bloodstream at the time of death.

21. Mary Anissa Jones (child actress, Buffy on sitcom Family Affair)

Age: 18

Year: 1976

Cause of death: combined drug intoxication.

22. Lani O’Grady (Mary, Eight is Enough)

Age: 46

Year: 2001

Cause of death: vicodin and prozac.

23. Bridgette Andersen (Child actress, Savannah Smiles)

Age: 21

Year: 1997

Cause of death: opioid overdose.

24. Jackson Odell (Ari Caldwell, The Goldbergs)

Age: 20

Year: 2018

Cause of death: cocaine and heroin overdose.

25. Max Cantor (Dirty Dancing)

Age: 32

Year: 1991

Cause of death: injection of pure heroin

26. Lenny Bruce

Age: 41

Year:1966

Cause of death: acute morphine poisoning caused by overdose.

27. Truman Capote

Age: 59

Year:1984

Cause of death: multiple drug intoxication.

28. Hank Williams

Age: 30

Year: 1953

Cause of death: alcohol, morphine and chloral hydrate.

29. Bon Scott (lead singer and lyricist of Australian hard rock band AC/DC)

Age: 34

Year: 1980

Cause of death: acute alcohol poisoning and suspected heroin overdose (no autopsy performed).

30. Brian Epstein (Manager of The Beatles)

Age: 32

Year:1967

Cause of death: addiction to amphetamines, overdose of barbiturate/sleeping pills.

31. Prince (musician, singer, songwriter)

Age: 57

Year: 2016

Cause of death: fentanyl overdose.

32. Jim Morrison (lead singer of The Doors)

Age: 28

Year: 1971

Cause of death: alcohol dependency & heart failure.

33. Ashleigh Aston Moore (Chrissy in Now and Then, 1995)

Age: 26

Year: 2007

Cause of death: heroin overdose.

34. Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Film director, screenwriter, and actor)

Age: 37

Year: 1982

Cause of death: lethal cocktail of cocaine and barbiturates.

35. Bam Bam Bigelow (Professional wrestler)

Age: 45

Year: 2007

Cause of death: multiple drugs, including toxic levels of cocaine, and an anti-anxiety drug.

36. Phil Lynott (musician, singer/songwriter-The Boys are Back in Town. Founding member of rock group, Thin Lizzy).

Age: 37

Year: 1987

Cause of death: drug-related problems and heroin.

37. Dinah Washington (Singer and pianist)

Age: 39

Year: 1963

Cause of death: lethal combination of secobarbital and amobarbital.

38. Robert Pastorelli (Eldin Bernecky, painter on Murphy Brown)

Age: 50

Year: 2004

Cause of death: heroin overdose.

39. Keith Moon (Drummer with English rock band, The Who)

Age: 32

Year: 1978

Cause of death: alcoholism and overdose of Heminevrin, a drug intended to treat or prevent symptoms of alcohol withdrawal.

40. John Entwistle (English musician, songwriter, singer, film and music producer, best known as bass guitarist for English rock band, The Who).

Age: 58

Year: 2002

Cause of death: cocaine overdose.

41. David Ruffin (Soul singer & musician: one of the lead singers of The Temptations) 

Age: 50

Year: 1991

Cause of death: cocaine.

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The world has lost too many precious souls to drug addiction and alcohol abuse leaving millions of people, including ‘kids like me,’ in mourning.

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