News this morning brings word ’80s movie star Corey Haim has passed away due to an apparent accidental overdose, according to the LAPD’s North Hollywood Division. KTLA reports police said Haim was found unresponsive inside a unit at the Oakwood Apartment Complex, located between Burbank and the Hollywood Hills.
He was at home with his mother at the time. He was pronounced dead Providence St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Burbank.
Haim had flu-like symptoms before he died and was getting over-the-counter and prescription medications, Police Sgt. William Mann said.
My personal memory of Haim was as Corey Feldman’s sidekick most notably as Sam in The Lost Boys in 1987. I didn’t watch many of his films though, which included License to Drive, Murphy’s Romance and Silver Bullet. Most recently he had a bit role in Crank: High Voltage and on television opposite Feldman in the A&E show “The Two Coreys.”
