Christ. Looks like the grim reaper didn't go on that holiday as suggested. 2010 is shaping up to be a similar to 2009. Maybe the universe is calling chosen ones home before 2012's doomsday. Or perhaps Reaper Features is simply targeting those who graced my bedroom wall in the 80s. In which case, John Taylor better watch his back.
The following comes from WENN: "Canadian (shock number two) actor Corey Haim has died in California after allegedly suffering a drug overdose. The 38-year-old star was reportedly discovered unresponsive at his home in Oakwood in the early hours of Wednesday morning (10Mar10) by his distraught mother. He was taken to St Joseph's hospital in Burbank, where he was pronounced dead. Sergeant Frank Albarren, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department, tells MSNBC.com, 'It was an apparent overdose. Unknown what type of medication.' Haim, who had a long history of drug problems (he'd been to rehab no less than fifteen times), is believed to have passed away between the hours of 4am and 4.30am local time. The actor found fame in the 1980s, co-starring in numerous films withCorey Feldman, including The Lost Boys."
The Sun padded things out a bit with: "Haim - who filed for bankruptcy in 1997 - had a long history of drug abuse and reportedly suffered a stroke brought on by his addictions in 2001. One year later, the broke star infamously put one of his teeth and a clump of hair up for auction on eBay. Haim shot to prominence in 1986 teen flick Lucas alongside Winona Ryder and Charlie Sheen (look how well they turned out), but it was cult vampire classic The Lost Boys that made him a household name - and a pin-up. The 1987 film also marked the beginning of an on-screen partnership with Corey Feldman that saw the actors - dubbed The Two Coreys - go on to make seven movies together, including sleeper hitLicence To Drive (with a very young Heather Graham). They last appeared together on film in 2008's DVD sequel Lost Boys: The Tribe following their ill-fated reality TV showThe Two Coreys. In fact, it was the straight-to-video market in which Corey plied his trade post-1990 - save for his cameo turn in last year'sCrank: High Voltage alongside Jason Statham."
Despite falling out with Haim after their TV show ended (around the time when Haim accused Feldman of not doing anything after the former was 'allegedly' raped by a friend of the latter when the pair were teenagers), Feldman said he still loved his old pal and urged him to seek help. In a 2008 interview with The Sun, he said: "I love him like a brother and I feel that there will always be a special place in my heart for him. But he is going through a lot of personal issues, and has been for quite some time. He needs help and he needs to focus on his own self worth, so I feel that it would be wrong to continue doing a show or anything else with him, until he has gotten it together. The only thing that I can do at this point, is show tough love, draw a line, and walk away from it as any good friend would."
Whatever happened to Corey Haim... Yet another clanging endorsement for exposing your child to Hollywood. One can only wait with baited breath to see if Bruce Davis deems him worthy enough to appear in next year's Oscar commemoration montage...
