List of drug-related deaths 179340 225309911 2008-07-13T00:50:18Z 190.56.112.11 /* C */ {{Unreferenced|date=November 2007}} The following is a list of notable people who have died from drug-related causes. Deaths caused by alcohol are included. {{compactTOC}}__NOTOC__ ==A== * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Herb Abrams]] - professional wrestling promoter, heart complications brought on by drug abuse. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nick Adams (actor)|Nick Adams]] (36) - actor, drug overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[David Von Erich|David Allen Adkisson]] (25) - professional wrestler, death speculated upon as drugs overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kerry Gene Adkisson]] (33) - professional wrestler, suicide, after arrest for cocaine possession and drug problems. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Von Erich|Michael Brent Adkisson]] (23) - professional wrestler, suicide, overdosed on tranquilizers. * {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Ryūnosuke Akutagawa]] (35) - writer, committed suicide by overdosing on barbiturates. * {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Dennis Allen]] - infamous drug dealer, drug induced heart failure. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[GG Allin]] (36) - [[Punk rock|punk]] musician, heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bridgette Andersen]] (21) former child actress, alcohol and heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Pier Angeli]] (39) Italian-born actress, died of anaphylactic shock after being given a tranquilizer by her doctor. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Matthew Ansara]] - actor and bodybuilder, heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Antley]] - champion horse-racing jockey, drug-related causes. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[West Arkeen]] - musician, drug overdose. * {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Howard Arkley]] - painter, drug overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kevyn Aucoin]] - photographer & make-up artist, kidney and liver failure due to Tylenol toxicity, due to prescription painkillers addiction. ==B== * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chet Baker]] (58) - [[jazz]] [[trumpet]]er and singer. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[John Balance]] (42) - musician, [[Coil (band)|Coil]], fell over a banister while drunk. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Florence Ballard]] (32) - musician, [[The Supremes]], [[cardiac arrest]] strongly exacerbated by long-term drug abuse. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lester Bangs]] (33) - musician, writer, overdose of painkillers, possibly accidental. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]] (27) - painter, heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Scotty Beckett]] (38) - American former child actor, suicide, barbiturate overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bix Beiderbecke]] (28) - [[jazz]] musician, alcoholism. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steve Bechler]] - [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher, after using the drug [[ephedra]]. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Belushi]] (33) - of [[the Blues Brothers]], actor, and comedian, heroin and cocaine overdose ([[speedball (drug)|speedball]]). * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bunny Berigan]] (33) - musician, trumpet, liver cirrhosis from alcoholism. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Wes Berggren]] - musician, [[Tripping Daisy]]. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[George Best]] (59) - ex-footballer with Manchester United, multiple organ failure exacerbated by chronic long-standing alcoholism. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Leah Betts]] (18) - schoolgirl, [[ecstasy (drug)|ecstasy]] related. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Len Bias]] (22) - [[basketball]] star; died of [[cocaine]] overdose before ever playing in the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Dave Bidwell]] - musician, [[the Pink Fairies]], [[Chicken Shack]], [[Savoy Brown]], [[Mungo Jerry]]. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bam Bam Bigelow]] (45) - professional wrestler, toxic levels of cocaine and [[temazepam]]. * {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Count Gottfried von Bismarck]] (44) - Aristocrat, suspected drug overdose. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Matty Blagg]] (real name Matthew Roberts) - musician, [[Blaggers I.T.A.]], heart attack due to ketamine / ecstacy OD. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Bloomfield]] (36) - [[blues]] [[guitar]]ist, heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tommy Bolin]] (25) - musician, [[Deep Purple]], drugs overdose and/or alcohol poisoning. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[John Bonham]] (32) - musician [[Led Zeppelin]], alcohol related [[asphyxiation]] caused by choking on his own vomit. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[James Booker]] (44) - musician, liver failure. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Christopher Bowman]] (40) - former professional ice skater, possible prescription drug overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Elisa Bridges]] (29) - model, acute intoxication - combined effects of heroin, methamphetamine, meperidine and alprazolam. * {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Erik Brødreskift]] (30) - musician, [[Borknagar]],[[Gorgoroth (band)|Gorgoroth]],and [[Immortal (band)|Immortal]], suicide - pill overdose. * {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Herman Brood]] (55) - musician, suicide after long-term substance abuse issues. * {{flagicon|Jamaica}} [[Dennis Brown]] (42) - musician, Reggae singer, believed to be AIDS related but strong rumours of chronic drug abuse. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lenny Bruce]] (40) - comedian, morphine overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rob Buck]] (42) - musician, [[10,000 Maniacs]], liver disease. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tim Buckley]] (28) - [[rock and roll]] musician, heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chad Butler]] (aka "Pimp C") - rap musician, accidental overdose of [[Promethazine]]/[[Codeine]] "[[purple drank|syrup]]" mixed with a pre-existing medical condition, [[sleep apnea]]<ref>[http://www.hhworlds.com/f11/02-04-08-breaking-news-pimp-c-death-attributed-accidental-overdose-12190.html ''HHWorlds.com'' - Breaking News: Pimp C Death Attributed To Accidental Overdose]</ref><ref>[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5515791.html Cough syrup found in Pimp C's hotel had no label]</ref>. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Paul Butterfield]] (44) - musician, drug and alcohol overdose. ==C== * {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Andrés Caicedo]] (25) - writer, drugs overdose, and other things (suicide). * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Toy Caldwell]] - musician, [[Marshall Tucker Band]]. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Casey Calvert]] - guitarist of [[Hawthorne Heights]], accidental drug overdose through mixture of opiates, citalopram, and clonazepam. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ken Caminiti]] (41) - former [[Major League Baseball]] player; acute cocaine and [[opiates]] intoxication. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Skip Candelori]] - musician, [[Turning Point (band)|Turning Point]]. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Max Cantor]] - journalist, actor, heroin overdose, he became an addict while researching addicts in [[New York]]. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Truman Capote]] (59) - writer, liver disease complicated by [[phlebitis]] and multiple drug intoxication. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gia Carangi]] - [[supermodel]], [[heroin]] abuse led to a death from [[AIDS]]. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Leroy Carr]] - [[blues]] musician, cirrhosis of the liver as a result of alcoholism. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gene Clark]] (46) - musician, [[the Byrds]], bleeding ulcer due to long term alcohol abuse. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sonny Clark]] - musician, [[hard bop]] pianist, heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Steve Clark]] (30) - musician, [[Def Leppard]], accidential death (anti-depressants, painkillers and alcohol). * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Clarke (musician)|Michael Clarke]] (47) - musician, [[the Byrds]], liver failure due to long term alcoholism. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Will Clay]] - musician, [[The Toys]]. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Montgomery Clift]] - actor, heart attack due to severe alcoholism and drug abuse. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kurt Cobain]] - musician, [[Nirvana]], heroin overdose and a shotgun wound in head. Also theories for murder. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Natasha Collins]] (31) - actress - cocaine overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Cole]] - musician, [[the Association]], heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Brian Connolly]] - musician, [[Sweet (band)|Sweet]], liver damage caused by long-term substance abuse and chronic alcoholism. * {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Megan Connolly]] (27) - actress, heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Pamela Courson]] - common law wife of [[Jim Morrison]] of [[The Doors]], heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Cowboy (rapper)|Cowboy]] (real name Keith Wiggins) - musician, [[Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five]], drug overdose. * {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Carl Crack]] (30) - musician, [[Atari Teenage Riot]], drug overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Darby Crash]] (22) - [[Punk rock|punk]] musician, of [[The Germs]], suicide by heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Robbin Crosby]] (42) - musician, ex-[[Ratt]], contracted [[HIV]] as a result of long-time [[heroin]] addiction and died of a heroin overdose. ==D== * {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Dalida]] (54) - singer, suicide, [[barbiturate]]s overdose (sleeping pills). * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dorothy Dandridge]] (42) - actress, singer, anti-depressant overdose. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Eileen Davies]] - alternative rock singer/ songwriter, heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jesse Ed Davis]] (43) - [[guitar]]ist, [[session musician]], drug overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Paul Demayo]] (38) - professional bodybuilder, heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ted Demme]] (38) - film director, heart attack, small amount of cocaine taken may have contributed. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rick Dey]] - musician, [[the Vejtables]], [[February Sunshine]], [[the Wilde Knights]] and [[the Merry-Go-Round]]. * {{flagicon|Canada}} Dimwit - musician, [[D.O.A. (band)|D.O.A.]], drug overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Teri Diver]] (29) - pornographic actress, cardiac arrest caused by overdose of migraine medication. * {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Kiki Djan]] - musician, [[Osibisa]], drug addiction and AIDS. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[DJ Screw]] (29) - musician, heart attack thought to be result of [[codeine]] overdose. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Desmond Donnelly]] (53) - politician/ businessman/ journalist, suicide under influence of alcohol/ overdose of barbiturates. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tommy Dorsey]] (51) - [[jazz]] musician and bandleader, choked to death while sleeping with the aid of drugs. * {{flagicon|USA}} John Dougherty - musician, [[Flipper (band)|Flipper]], heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eric Douglas]] - stand-up comedian, "acute intoxication" by the effects of alcohol, tranquilizers and painkillers. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Nick Drake]] (26) - musician, anti-depressant overdose, disputed suicide. * {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Michael Dransfield]] (24) - poet, heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bobby Driscoll]] (31) - actor, heart failure, long term drug abuse. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kevin DuBrow]] (52) - rock vocalist, cocaine overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bobby Duncum, Jr.]] - professional wrestler, prescription drug overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Anthony Durante]] - professional wrestler, drugs overdose. ==E== * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jeanne Eagels]] (35) - actress, alcohol and/or heroin abuse. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tommy Edwards]] (47) - musician, liner notes for greatest hits album claim death due to alcoholism * {{flagicon|UK}} [[John Entwistle]] (57) - musician, bassist for [[the Who]], died from [[heart failure]] brought upon by [[cocaine]] use. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Brian Epstein]] (32) - Manager of [[The Beatles]], drug overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Howie Epstein]] (47) - musician, ex-bassist with [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]], heroin overdose<ref name="howie_epstein">{{cite web | date = [[February 26]], [[2003]] | title = Petty bassist dies from 'overdose' | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2800123.stm | work=bbcnews.co.uk}}</ref>. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rick Evers]] - musician, [[drums|drummer]] and [[songwriter]], was married to [[Carole King]], heroin overdose. ==F== * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Farley]] (33) - [[comedy|comedian]] who rose to fame on [[Saturday Night Live]], cocaine and morphine overdose (speedball). * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Pete Farndon]] (31) - musician, [[the Pretenders]], drowned/ heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]] - playwright, director, cocaine overdose (possible suicide). * {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Brenda Fassie]] (39) - singer, cocaine overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[W.C. Fields]] (67) - performer and actor, complications of alcoholism. * {{flagicon|USA}} Keith Ferguson - musician, [[the Fabulous Thunderbirds]]. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Aaron Flahavan]] - professional [[football (soccer)|football]] [[goalkeeper]], died driving drunk in 2001. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Althea Flynt]] - co-publisher of [[Hustler]] magazine, drowned after passing out after drug overdose. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Zac Foley]] (31) - musician, [[EMF (band)|EMF]], heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, temazepam, barbiturates and alcohol in bloodstream. * {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Katy French]] (24) - supermodel and socialite, cocaine use. * {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Sigmund Freud]] (83) - neurologist, long-term cocaine use, physician assisted morphine overdose ([[euthansia]]). ==G== * {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Rory Gallagher]] (47) - musician, [[Taste (band)|Taste]], died of pnemonia and a liver failure, caused by side effects of a combination of doctor-prescribed drugs. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Paul Gardiner]] - musician, [[Tubeway Army]], drug overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Judy Garland]] (47) - singer and actress, disputed drug overdose as cause of death. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lowell George]] (34) - musician, [[Little Feat]], heart attack - habitual drug abuse probable cause. * {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Talitha Getty]] (30) - actress (Barbarella) and socialite (Wife of John Paul Getty Jr), heroin overdose in Rome 1971. * {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Andy Gibb]] (30) - singer, younger brother of the [[Bee Gees]]; cardiac damage strongly exacerbated by cocaine and alcohol abuse. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Simon Gipps-Kent]] - actor, [[morphine]] poisoning, suspected drugs overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Candy Givens]] - musician, [[Zephyr (band)|Zephyr]], drowned in jacuzzi after passing out from a mix of alcohol and quaaludes. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Trevor Goddard]] - former professional boxer turned actor, [[cocaine]], [[heroin]], [[hydrocodone]], and [[diazepam]] overdose. * {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Alexander Godunov]] (45) - actor, died of alcoholism. * {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Dwayne Goettel]] (31) - musician, [[Skinny Puppy]], heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Paul Gonsalves]] (53) - jazz tenor saxophonist, [[Duke Ellington]], narcotics overdose * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lucy Grealy]] (39) - [[poet]], presumed accidental drug overdose. * {{flagicon|Australia}} Sean Greenway - [[Indie (music)|indie]] musician, member of [[God (band)|GOD]], heroin overdose * {{flagicon|France}} [[Gribouille]] (26) - singer, drugs overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eddie Guerrero]] (38) - professional wrestler, previous drug use led to heart attack. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Stacy Guess]] - musician, the [[Squirrel Nut Zippers]], heroin overdose. ==H== * {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Clinton Haines]] - noted computer hacker, heroin overdose on 21st birthday. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Paul Hammond (musician|Paul Hammond]] - musician, [[Atomic Rooster]], drug overdose (suicide). * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bobby Hatfield]] - musician, The [[Righteous Brothers]], heart attack triggered by cocaine overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tim Hardin]] - folk musician, heroin and morphine overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brynn Hartman]] - wife and murderer of comedian [[Phil Hartman]], suicide after cocaine and alcohol. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Alex Harvey]] - musician,[[The Sensational Alex Harvey Band]], liver damage caused by alcohol abuse. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phyllis Haver]] - actress, intentional barbiturate overdose * {{flagicon|USA}} [[James Hayden]] (29) - actor, heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Joey Hawthorne]] - professional poker player, drug overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eddie Hazel]] - musician, guitarist, of the [[P-funk]] collective, liver failure. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mitch Hedberg]] - comedian, multiple drug toxicity (cocaine and heroin). * {{flagicon|France}} [[Helno]] (real name [[Noel Rota]]) - musician, [[Les Negresses Vertes]], died trying to overcome serious drug addiction. * {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Tim Hemensley]] - [[Indie (music)|indie]] musician, member of [[God (band)|GOD]], heroin overdose * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Margaux Hemingway]] (41) - actress, disputed suicide, overdose of [[phenobarbital]]. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimi Hendrix]] (27) - [[rock and roll]] musician, respiratory arrest caused by [[alcohol]] and [[barbiturate]] overdose and vomit inhalation. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Curt Hennig]] - professional wrestler, cocaine overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gregory Herbet]] - musician, [[Blood, Sweat & Tears]]. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gino Hernandez]] (28) - wrestler, cocaine overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Hite]] - musician, [[Canned Heat]], heart attack. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Randy Jo Hobbs]] - musician. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Abbie Hoffman]] - self-identified communo-anarchist, social and political activist in the United States, suicide by overdose of [[Phenobarbital]] pills * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eldon Hoke|El Duce Hoke]] - musician, drummer and singer in [[the Mentors]], hit by train when alcohol intoxicated (disputed murder theories). * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Billie Holiday]] (44) - [[jazz]] singer died from [[cirrhosis]] of the liver attributed to longtime alcohol and heroin abuse. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hollywood Fats]] - musician, heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Gary Holton]] (33) - actor, [[Auf Wiedersehen, Pet]], alcohol and morphine overdose. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[James Honeyman-Scott]] - musician, [[the Pretenders]], cocaine overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Shannon Hoon]] (28) - musician, singer in [[Blind Melon]], cocaine overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Howard Hughes]] (70) - aviator, engineer, industrialist, movie producer, playboy, liver failure - autopsy showed lethal amount of codeine and also valium in body. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Gertrude Hullett]] - died of [[barbiturate]] overdose while being treated by suspected [[serial killer]] [[John Bodkin Adams]]. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Miss Elizabeth|Elizabeth Hulette]] (42) - professional wrestling manager, accidential overdose of alcohol, alprazolam, temazepam, oxycodone, hydrocodone, and anabolic steroids. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Harold Hunter]] (31) - professional skateboarder and actor, apparent cocaine overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phyllis Hyman]] - singer, suicide involving lethal amounts of alcohol and temazepam. ==J== * {{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[Julio Jaramillo]] (42) - singer, liver damage caused by alcohol. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steven Ronald Jensen|Steven Ronald "Stevo" Jensen]] - musician, [[The Vandals]], prescription drug overdose. * {{flagicon|France}} [[Joëlle Mogensen|Joëlle]], American born French singer, drug overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Anissa Jones]] (18) - actress (played "Buffy" on American TV series [[Family Affair]]), accidential overdose of cocaine, angel dust, Quaaludes and Seconal. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bethany Jones]] - photographer and makeup artist, complications of muscular dystrophy coupled with injection of methamphetamine. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Brian Jones]] - musician, [[the Rolling Stones]], [[drowning|drowned]], very likely due to [[alcohol]] and [[barbiturate]] intoxication. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Rob "The Bass Thing" Jones|Rob Jones]] (a.k.a. The Bass Thing) - musician - former bassist of [[The Wonder Stuff]], heroin/cocaine/alcohol overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Russell Jones]] (a.k.a. [[Russell Jones|Ol' Dirty Bastard]]) - hip hop musician, accidential overdose, cocaine and prescription painkiller<ref name="odb">{{cite web | date = [[December 15]], [[2004]] | title = Rapper ODB died of drug overdose | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4099269.stm | work=bbcnews.co.uk}}</ref>. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Janis Joplin]] (27) - [[rock and roll]] and [[blues]] musician, heroin overdose. ==K== * {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Kahn]] - musician, [[Jerry Garcia Band]], complications of heart disease, heroin, cocaine, and antidepressants found in his body. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Wells Kelly]] - musician, [[Orleans (band)|Orleans]], heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[David Kennedy]] - fourth child of [[Robert F. Kennedy]], cocaine and [[Demerol]] overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Kerouac]] - writer/poet, complications due to alcoholism. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Bernard Kettlewell]] - [[lepidopterist]] and [[medical doctor]], drugs overdose. * {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Dorothy Kilgallen]], Irish-American journalist and television game show panelist, fatal combination of alcohol and Seconal, perhaps concurrent with a heart attack * {{flagicon|Canada}} [[John Kordic]] - hockey player, died during struggle with police after cocaine overdose. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Paul Kossoff]] - musician, [[Free (band)|Free]], drug-related heart problems. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eddie Kurdziel]] - musician, [[Redd Kross]], drug overdose. ==L== * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Alan Ladd]] (50) - actor, acute overdose of alcohol and hypnotic barbiturates, probable suicide <ref name="shipman">Shipman, David. The Great Movie Stars: The Golden Years. New York: Hill & Wang, 1979. ISBN 0-8090-5170-2</ref>. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Arcadia Lake (porn star)|Arcadia Lake]] - pornographic actress, drug overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Barbara La Marr]] - actress, drug-related death in Hollywood. * {{flagicon|France}} [[Karen Lancaume]] - pornographic actress, overdose of temazepam (suicide). * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Carole Landis]] - actress, overdose of barbiturates (suicide). * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Peter Laughner]] - musician, [[Pere Ubu (band)|Pere Ubu]], acute [[pancreatitis]]. * {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Heath Ledger]] (28) - actor, accidental death [[Combined Drug Intoxication]] of various prescription drugs, including [[oxycodone]], [[hydrocodone]], [[temazepam]], and others<ref name="ledger">{{cite web | date = [[February 6]], [[2008]] | title = Accidental drug mix killed Ledger | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7231084.stm | work=bbcnews.co.uk}}</ref>. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rudy Lewis]] - musician, [[the Drifters]]. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gerald Levert]] - R&B singer, son of O'Jays singer [[Eddie Levert]] - accidental combination of prescription medications. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Frank X. Leyendecker]] - illustrator, drug overdose. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Debbie Linden]] - glamour model & actress, heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|China}} [[Ruan Lingyu]] - silent film actress, overdose of barbiturates. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eugene Lipscomb]] - American football player, heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Lockwood]] - professional wrestler, choked on his own vomit after overdose of painkillers and alcohol. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Trinity Loren]] (real name: Joyce Evelyn McPherson) - porn star, model, and stripper, accidental overdose of prescription painkillers. * {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Bela Lugosi]] (73) - actor, drug-related heart attack. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Zoe Tamerlis Lund]] - former child musical [[Child prodigy|prodigy]] turned model, actress, and writer, heart failure due to heroin use. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Donyale Luna]] (34) - first notable African American supermodel & actress, drug overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Frankie Lymon]] - musician, [[doo wop]] singer, heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Aaron Lynch]] - writer on [[memetics]], opiate-based painkiller overdose (coroner ruled accidental death.) * {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Phil Lynott]] (36) - musician, [[Thin Lizzy]], health breakdown caused by a heroin overdose. (speedball.) ==M== * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Billy Mackenzie]] - musician, [[Associates|the Associates]], overdosed on temazepam, amitriptyline, and paracetamol (suicide). * {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Chris Mainwaring]] - Australian Footballer, alleged accidental overdose. * {{flagicon|India}} [[Bibek Maitra]] - politician, drug overdose. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Steve Marriott]] - musician, [[The Small Faces]] and [[Humble Pie]], drug related fire. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sherri Martel]] - professional wrestler, accidental overdose with multiple drugs in her system, including high amounts of [[oxycodone]]. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Billy Martin]] - Major League Baseball player and manager, alcohol-related auto accident. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[James McCallum Bronson]] - stepson of actor [[Charles Bronson]], drug overdose. * {{flagicon|Australia}} [[David McComb]] (36) - musician, [[The Triffids]], heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jimmy McCulloch]] - musician with [[Wings (band)|Wings]], [[guitar]]ist, heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ron "Pigpen" McKernan]] - musician, [[the Grateful Dead]], gastrointestinal hemorrhage linked to alcohol abuse. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Robbie McIntosh (drummer)|Robbie McIntosh]] - musician, [[Average White Band]], heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Clyde McPhatter]] - singer. * {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Aimee Semple McPherson]] - Canadian-born evangelist and media sensation in the 1920s and 1930s, overdose of prescription barbiturates. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jonathan Melvoin]] - touring keyboardist for [[the Smashing Pumpkins]], heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Big Maceo Merriweather]] (47) - blues pianist, chronic alcoholism * {{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago}} [[Mighty Spoiler]] - [[calypso music]] singer, alcohol-related illness. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Miss Christine]] - musician, [[The GTOs]], heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Amedeo Modigliani]] - painter, [[tubercular meningitis]] — exacerbated by poverty, overworking, and excessive use of alcohol and narcotics. * {{flagicon|France}} [[Joëlle Mogensen]] - singer, drug overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Marilyn Monroe]] (36) - actress, overdose of barbiturate-based sleeping pills. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ken Montgomery]] - musician, [[D.O.A. (band)|D.O.A.]] * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Keith Moon]] - musician, [[the Who]], overdosed on anti-seizure medication prescribed for alcoholism. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Edith Alice Morrell]] - died of [[morphine]] overdose while being treated by suspected [[serial killer]] [[John Bodkin Adams]]. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chester Morris]] - actor, drug overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jim Morrison]] (27) - musician, [[The Doors]], heart failure, alcohol abuse (cause and fact of death disputed). * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Billy Murcia]] - musician, [[the New York Dolls]], accidental suffocation after drugs and alcohol. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brent Mydland]] - musician, [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]]ist, of [[the Grateful Dead]], cocaine/morphine overdose. * {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Modest Mussorgsky]] - classical composer, alcohol. ==N== * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Delphine Neid]] - musician, [[The Nuns]], drugs overdose. * {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Joachim Nielsen]] (36) - rock musician in the band [[Jokke & Valentinerne]], drug overdose * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bradley Nowell]] (28) - musician, [[Sublime (band)|Sublime]], heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Nance]] (53) - actor, alcohol addiction. ==O== * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hugh O'Connor]] - actor, of ''[[In the Heat of the Night (TV series)|In the Heat of the Night]]'' TV series, suicide under influence of cocaine. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lani O'Grady]] - actress, of ''[[Eight Is Enough]]'' - multiple drug intoxication. * {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Johnny O'Keefe]] - musician/ singer, heart attack after prescription drugs addiction. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Christina Onassis]] - daughter of the [[billionaire]] [[Aristotle Onassis]], [[pulmonary edema]], caused by constant drug abuse and dramatic weight changes. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Charlie Ondras]] - musician, [[Unsane]]. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bryan Ottoson]] - musician, [[American Head Charge]], accidental prescription-drug overdose. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Malcolm Owen (musician)|Malcolm Owen]] - singer, lyricist of [[the Ruts]], heroin overdose. ==P== * {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Panozzo]] (47) - musician, drummer, [[Styx]], complications of alcohol abuse. * {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Marco Pantani]] (34) - cyclist, [[Tour de France]] winner; acute cocaine intoxication. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Charlie Parker]] (34) - [[jazz]] musician; the official cause of death was (lobar) pneumonia and a bleeding ulcer, his death was hastened by his drug and alcohol abuse * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Robert Pastorelli]] (49) - television actor, heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gram Parsons]] (26) - [[country music]]ian, of [[the Byrds]] and [[the Flying Burrito Brothers]], overdose, purportedly of morphine and tequila. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jon-Jon Paulos]] - musician, [[the Buckinghams]]. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Penn]] (40) - actor ([[Reservoir Dogs]]), brother of [[Sean Penn]], heart disease and prescription drugs. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Art Pepper]] (56) - [[jazz]] musician. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Pulcine]] (76) - Painter, drug overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Pickford]] (36) - actor, [[syphillis]] & alcohol and drug abuse. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kristen Pfaff]] (27) - musician, ex-member of [[Hole (band)|Hole]], heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Esther Phillips]] (48) - musician, singer, liver and kidney failure due to alcohol and heroin dependency. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Phillips (musician)|John Phillips]] (65) - musician, of [[the Mamas and the Papas]], heart failure due to lifetime of alcohol and narcotics abuse. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[River Phoenix]] (23) - actor, overdose of heroin and cocaine (speedball). * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jeffrey Lee Pierce]] (37) - musician, [[the Gun Club]]. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rob Pilatus]] (32) - musician, [[Milli Vanilli]], drug overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dana Plato]] (34) - actress, of ''[[Diff'rent Strokes]]'', suicide - overdose of [[muscle relaxant]] Vanadom ([[carisoprodol]])and [[Vicodin]]. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Pola]] - model, appeared in [[Vogue]] and [[Cosmopolitan]] - heroin overdose in 1975. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jackson Pollock]] (44) - painter; killed in a single-car accident while [[drunk driving|driving drunk]]. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Darrell Porter]] (50) - professional baseball pitcher turned broadcaster, cocaine overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Elvis Presley]] (42) - singer, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] brought on by overdose of barbiturates. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Freddie Prinze]] (22) - comic, actor (''[[Chico and the Man]]''), self-inflicted gunshot wound while under the influence of [[methaqualone|Quaaludes]]. ==Q== * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Robert Quine]] - musician, suicide by heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Glenn Quinn]] - actor, heroin overdose. ==R== * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Carl Radle]] (37) - bass guitarist, [[Derek and the Dominos]], [[Eric Clapton]], kidney disease due to long term narcotics and alcohol abuse * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dee Dee Ramone]] (50) - musician, [[the Ramones]], heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[James Ray (singer)|James Ray]] - singer, drug overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Johnnie Ray]] (63) - musician, liver failure caused by alcoholism. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Michael Reeves]] - film director, barbiturate overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Wallace Reid]] (31) - actor, flu caused by morphine addiction. * {{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Reilly (17) - musician, [[Watertower West]] and [[Tony And The Tigers]], heroin and alcohol overdose. * {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Elis Regina]] (36) - singer, fatal alcohol and temazepam interaction. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brad Renfro]] (25) - actor, overdose of heroin and morphine<ref name="renfro">{{cite web | date = [[February 9]], [[2008]] | title = Drug overdose killed actor Renfro | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7236574.stm | work=bbcnews.co.uk}}</ref>. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rob Graves Ritter]] - musician, [[Thelonius Monster]], [[Gun Club]], [[the Bags]], [[45 Grave]]. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Rachel Roberts (British actress)|Rachel Roberts]] (53) - actress - barbiturate overdose (suicide). * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andy Rogers (musician)|Andy Rogers]] - musician, bassist with [[Johnny Cash]], heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Don Rogers (American football)|Don Rogers]] (23) - American football player, cocaine overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Peter Rosen]] - musician, [[War (band)|War]]. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Alma Rubens]] - actress, flu caused by heroin addiction. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Michael Rudetsky]] - musician, [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]]ist, [[Culture Club]], heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[David Ruffin]] (50) - musician, [[the Temptations]], drug overdose. ==S== * {{flagicon|UK}} [[George Sanders (actor)|George Sanders]] (65) - actor, barbiturates overdose (suicide). * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Catya Sassoon]] (33) - model and actress, overdose of [[hydromorphone]] and cocaine. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Joe Schermie]] - musician, [[Three Dog Night]], heart attack resulting from long-term drug abuse * {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Bon Scott]] (33) - musician, [[AC/DC]], [[Pulmonary aspiration|aspiration]] brought on by alcohol intoxication. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Ronnie Scott]] (69) - [[jazz]] [[Tenor saxophone|tenor saxophonist]] and jazz-club owner, died accidentally from a mixture of brandy and temazepam. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jean Seberg]] - actress, barbiturate and alcohol overdose (suicide). * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jason Sears]] - musician, [[Rich Kids on LSD]], treatment with natural drugs. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rod Scurry]] (36) - Major League Baseball relief pitcher, cocaine-induced heart attack. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Edie Sedgwick]] - actress. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nerine Shatner]] - wife of actor [[William Shatner]], drowned in swimming pool while intoxicated and with traces of diazepam in bloodstream. * {{flagicon|USA}} Will Shatter - musician, [[Flipper (band)|Fliper]], heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bobby Sheehan]] - musician, [[Blues Traveler]], drug overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eric Show]] - baseball player, cocaine and heroin overdose (speedball). * {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Pavlos Sidiropoulos]] - rock musician, heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Judee Sill]] - folk musician, heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Don Simpson]] - film producer, heart attack, reports of 20 drugs in his body at time of death. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Tom Simpson]] - road racing cyclist, dehydration and exhaustion while cycling, amphetamines and alcohol usage. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hillel Slovak]] (26) - musician, [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Anna Nicole Smith]] (39) - [[Playboy]] playmate, actress, reality show star, lethal combination of [[chloral hydrate]] and various [[benzodiazepines]]. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Davey Boy Smith]] (39) - professional wrestler, heart attack - steroid abuse may have contributed. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Robert "Snoopy" Smith]] (46) - Saxophonist and husband of jazz and blues singer, [[Fritzi Presley]], died in Biloxi, MS of heart attack after a lifetime of alcohol abuse. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Freddy Soto]] - comedian, writer and actor, mixture of alcohol, alprazolam, and fentanyl. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Epic Soundtracks]] - musician, [[Swell Maps]]. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Louie Spicolli]] - professional wrestler, choked on vomit after drugs and alcohol overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Layne Staley]] (34) - musician, [[Alice in Chains]], cocaine and heroin overdose (speedball). * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Joey Stefano]] (26) - pornographic actor, overdose of cocaine, morphine, heroin and ketamine. * {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Inger Stevens]] - actress, suicide - overdose of sleeping pills. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Rory Storm]] - musician, suicide - sleeping pills overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Margaret Sullavan]] (48) - actress, deliberate barbiturate overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Paige Summers]] - pornographic model & actress, a [[drug overdose]] from a combination of the painkillers [[codeine]] and [[oxycodone]].<ref name=Morganton2005>[http://www.morganton.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=MNH/MGArticle/MNH_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031784744905&path=!news "Plane Crash Kills One, One Is Missing"], by Nathan Brown, ''Morganton News Herald'', [[August 30]], [[2005]]. Retrieved [[23 May]], [[2007]].</ref> * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Screaming Lord Sutch]] - singer and politician, suicide following [[Prozac]] overdose. ==T== * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Zoë Tamerlis Lund]] - musician turned model, heart failure after sustained heroin and cocaine abuse. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Warren Tartaglia (Walid al-Taha)]] - jazz musician & one of six founders of [[Moorish Orthodox Church of America]], heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chase Tatum]] (34) former wrestler for the now-defunct [[World Championship Wrestling]] organization, apparent drug overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Vinnie Taylor]] - musician, [[Sha Na Na]], heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Gary Thain]] - musician, [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]], drug overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jason Thirsk]] (28) - musician, [[Pennywise (band)|Pennywise]], suicide after depression and alcoholism treatment. * {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Jotie T'Hooft]] - poet, drug overdose, suicide. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Johnny Thunders]] - musician, [[the New York Dolls]], alcohol and methadone poisoning. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Dylan Thomas]] - poet, chronic alcoholism. * {{flagicon|Canada}} [[John Thompson (poet)|John Thompson]] - poet, "a brutal mix of barbiturates and liquor." * {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Georg Trakl]] - playwright, cocaine overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[D. M. Turner]] (34) - author/psychonaut, drowned in a bathtub while on [[ketamine]]. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ike Turner]] (76) - musician/producer, died from [[cocaine]] overdose with high blood pressure and [[emphysema]] as contributing factors<ref name="turner">{{cite web | date = [[January 17]], [[2008]] | title = 'Drug overdose' killed Ike Turner | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7193080.stm | work=bbcnews.co.uk}}</ref>. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dick Twardzik]] - bebop jazz pianist, heroin overdose. ==U== * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Stu Ungar]] (45) - Three-time [[World Series of Poker]] Main Event winner, heart condition caused by long-term cocaine abuse. * {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Enrique Urquijo]] - singer, drug overdose. ==V== * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Paul Vaessen]] - former professional footballer with [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]], post mortem found he had a high levels of methadone, heroin, temazepam, diazepam, and alcohol in his bloodstream. * {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Lupe Vélez]] - actress, [[secobarbital]] overdose (suicide). * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Michael VerMeulen]] - [[magazine]] [[editing|editor]], drug overdose. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Sid Vicious]] (21) - musician, [[the Sex Pistols]], heroin overdose, disputed [[suicide]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gene Vincent]] - [[rock and roll]] musician, liver damage caused by alcohol. ==W== * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Robert Hudson Walker]] - actor, died suddenly after being administered [[sodium amytal]] by his doctor. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Shelby Walker]] (31) - female [[boxing|boxer]] and [[Martial arts]] fighter, apparent medicine overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jeremy Michael Ward]] - musician, [[The Mars Volta]], apparent heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dinah Washington]] - musician, singer, overdose of diet pills and alcohol. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dave Waymer]] (34) - American football defensive-back, cocaine-induced heart attack. * {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Michael Weber]] - lead guitarist of The [[Seminal Rats]], heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Rachel Whitear]] - student, heroin overdose led to large-scale anti-drugs press campaign in Britain. * {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Brett Whiteley]] - artist, heroin and temazepam overdose. * {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Kurt Winter]] - guitarist with [[The Guess Who]], [[kidney failure]] after sustained drug abuse * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Whitley]] (45) - guitarist, songwriter, complications from lung cancer caused by excessive cigarette smoking * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Keith Whitley]] (33) - country musician, alcohol poisoning. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Danny Whitten]] - musician, [[Crazy Horse (band)|Crazy Horse]], drug overdose or drugs with alcohol (disputed). * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dale Whittington]] - racecar driver, drug overdose. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Alan Wilson (musician)|Alan Wilson]] - musician, [[Canned Heat]], drug overdose (possible suicide). * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dennis Wilson]] (39) - musician, [[The Beach Boys]], alcohol-related drowning * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hank Williams]] (29) - musician, drugs and probably alcohol. * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Kenneth Williams]] (62) - actor, author and comedian of [[Carry On films|Carry On]] fame, overdose of [[barbiturates]] (accidental or suicide). * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Linda Wong]] - pornographic actress, overdose on alprazolam, [[chloral hydrate]] and alcohol. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andrew Wood]] - musician, lead singer [[Mother Love Bone]], [[Malfunkshun]], heroin overdose. * {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Anna Wood]] (15) - Australian schoolgirl, [[cerebral edema]], caused by [[water intoxication]] and resultant [[hyponatremia]] after taking [[MDMA|ecstasy]]. * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Natalie Wood]] - actress, drowned when intoxicated. ==X== ==Y== * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Paula Yates]] (40) - British TV presenter & author, partner of deceased [[INXS]] star, Michael Hutchence, heroin overdose. ==Z== * {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Stefan Zweig]] Austrian writer, suicide with his wife on exile in Brazil during WWII. ==References== {{reflist}} == See also == *[[Lists of people by cause of death]] [[Category:Drug-related deaths| ]] [[Category:Drug-related lists|Drug-related deaths]] [[de:Liste der Drogentoten]] [[id:Daftar orang yang mati karena obat-obatan]]