Corey Haim Dead from Drug Overdose

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The Los Angeles coroner’s office says “The Lost Boys” actor Corey Haim is dead at 38 of an apparent drug overdose, possibly accidental.

Coroner’s Lt. Cheryl MacWillie said Wednesday that Haim died at 2:15 a.m. at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. She said an autopsy will determine the cause of death and there are no other details.

Canadian-born Haim became a teen heartthrob with the 1986 film “Lucas” and 1987′s “The Lost Boys.”

His first role was in the 1984 hit “Firstborn,” in which he played a young child caught up in a family war. He then appeared in the 1985 television movie “A Time to Live.”

In recent years, he appeared in the A&E reality TV show “The Two Coreys” with his friend Corey Feldman. It was canceled in 2008 after two seasons.

He reportedly had a drug-induced stroke in 2001 and was rushed to the UCLA Medical Center. Haim reportedly was in and out of rehab 15 times, but cleaned up in 2004 after moving to Toronto. The National Center for Health Statistics report that in 2005 (the most recent year for which data was available) over 22,000 American lives were lost due to overdoses.

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