One less vampire slayer in the world...

Corey Haim's dead at 38 from a drug OD. Here are some of the gory details, via Yahoo! News:

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'Lost Boys' Actor Corey Haim Dead in Burbank at 38


Associated Press - 48 minutes ago


By Robert Jablon, Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES -- Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob for his roles in "Lucas" and "The Lost Boys" whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38.

Haim died at 2:15 a.m. Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Los Angeles County coroner's Lt. Cheryl MacWillie said.

An autopsy will determine the cause of death and there were no other details, she said. Police Sgt. Michael Kammert said there's no evidence of foul play.

Haim had flulike symptoms before he died and was getting over-the-counter and prescription medications, Police Sgt. William Mann said. The cause of death is unknown, Mann said.

"He could have succumbed to whatever (illness) he had or it could have been drugs. Who knows?" Mann said. "He has had a drug problem in the past."

Haim was taken by ambulance to the hospital from an apartment in Los Angeles near Burbank. The enormous complex is known as Oakwood and is popular with young actors, Kammert said.

Haim acknowledged his struggle with drug abuse to The Sun in 2004.

"I was working on 'Lost Boys' when I smoked my first joint," he told the British tabloid....

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"He could have succumbed to whatever (illness) he had or it could have been drugs. Who knows?" Mann said. "He has had a drug problem in the past."

That response sounds kinda lackadaisical.

Still, pretty sad for someone so young to die like this.

I'll say. I was really hoping he'd pull himself together. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Sad face.

Huh, and we always thought it would be Feldman who died from a (possible) drug overdose

Never seen Lost Boys, but still, it's always disheartening to see a relatively young actor die like this.

Oh man, my friend isn't going to like this... D:

A lot of the reports I've heard were kind of hedging and not admitting it was drug-related, but he'd been messed up for years. So sad, really. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Chaltab wrote:

Never seen Lost Boys, but still, it's always disheartening to see a relatively young actor die like this.

Lost Boys was a precursor to all the teenage vampire movies we're being flooded with now. It was actually pretty good, given that it adhered more to a lot of the older legends, such as a vampire not being fully-turned till they killed for the first time. It was also, I believe, the first time the two Corey's (Feldman and Haime) appeared in a movie together.

It's really too bad that a young, talented actor like Haim went down this road and died at 38. It's a sad trend in Hollywood of people dieing before their time from drug ODs, and something needs to change before-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

I'm just fucking with you all. Nothing of value was lost. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Well, to be fair, I might well have OD'ed if I hadn't had a big hit since Lost Boys. Then again, I know some people who really like that movie, showing us that Hollywood failing to make proper use of that is the proverbial inability to sell bread to a starving man.

Goddamn it.

When I was an ickle thing, I crushed on him so friggin' hard.

I was never a big fan of Haim (I preferred Feldman) but this makes me sad nonetheless [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]