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Selected Recent Heroin-Related Problems of Celebrities
I don't think too many of the underlisted would have had a problem with the price of CITA's Ultra Rapid Opiate Detoxification program. These are primarily musicians and don't include many of the overdose fatalities in the modeling business.... made popular by Calvin Klein and appropriately called the...."heroin-chic look"..... characterized by grey or pale skin and dark eyes. Sure makes me want to buy some of those fashions how about you?<g>
1987 Nikki Sixx Heroin overdose incident. Sixx was a member of the heavy metal band Motley Crue .
1987 Will Shatter, 31 year-old bass playerDied of heroin overdose. Shatter was a vocalist and bass player for Flipper,
1988 Hillel Slovak, 25 year-old guitaristDied of a heroin overdose. Slovak was a lead guitarist with the band Red Hot Chili Peppers
1990 Andrew Wood, 24 year old grunge rock vocalistWood, vocalist with the grunge band Mother Love Bone, died of heroin overdose March 24, 1990.
1991 Johnny Thunders, 38 year old vocalistDied of heroin overdose. Member of the rock band New York Dolls.
1993 Stefanie Sargent, 2x year old guitarist Died of heroin overdose. She was a member of the "grunge rock" band 7 Year Bitch
1993 River Phoenix, 23 year-old motion picture starDied of drug overdose during Halloween night "partying." Blood tests from autopsy verified the presence of lethal levels of heroin, cocaine, alcohol, and valium in his blood at time of death. About a year prior to his death, he starred in the feature film My Own Private Idaho, in which he depicted a heroin-using nomadic street hustler.
1994 Kurt Cobain, 27 year-old rock music starDied from self-inflicted gunshot wound, one week after nearly dying from a heroin overdose. One of the founders of the "grunge rock" genre, Cobain was lead vocalist for the Seattle-based band Nirvana, and husband of singer/actress Courtney Love (see below).
1994 Kristen Pfaff, 27 year-old rock bassist Died of a heroin overdose. Pfaff was bassist in the grunge rock band Hole (see Courtney Love below).
1995 Jerry Garcia, 53 year-old singerDied from health complications during withdrawal from heroin addiction. Garcia was the lead singer and guitarist for the rock band The Grateful Dead, which has long been linked to a drug-related lifestyle. The coronor's report on his death confirmed that he has used heroin in the dyas prior to his death.
1995 Shannon Hoon , 23 year-old singerDied of drug overdose while preparing for a concert in New Orleans. Known to use heroin heavily in weeks before his death. Hoon was a lead singer for the alternative rock band Blind Melon , and was a native of Lafayette, Indiana.
1995 Everclear, grunge rock bandReleases new CD album, "Sparkle and Fade," including their single release "Heroin Girl." Lead vocalist Art Alexakis has a history of addiction to heroin.
1996 Jonathan Melvoin, 34 year-old rock keyboardist Died of heroin overdose July 12, 1996. Keyboardist for the band Smashing Pumpkins , he died in the presence of Pumpkins' drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, who was arrested on a misdemeanor drug possession charge.
1996 Robert Downey, Jr, 31 year-old motion picture starArrested three times during the summer of 1996 in incidents involving excessive intoxication. Underwent court-mandated inpatient drug treatment for polydrug abuse. Found in possession of heroin during one of the arrests.
1996 Courtney Love, 20-something grunge rock starVocalist in the grunge band Hole, and co-star of the movie The People vs. Larry Flynt , Love struggled with heroin addiction during the mid-1990s, and was reported to be in treatment several time. She was the wife of grunge singer Kurt Cobain, who died in 1994 (see above).
1996 Dave Gahan, 34 year old vocalistHeroin overdose incident. Gahan, who later reported that he had "died for a few minutes," is a singer with the band Depeche Mode.
1996 Brad Nowell, 28 year old vocalistDied of heroin overdose. Nowell was a vocalist in the punk rock band Sublime.
1997 David Sorrenti, 20 year old fashion photographerDied of a heroin overdose, February 4, 1997. Sorrenti was a leading proponent of the "heroin-chic look" in his high fashion photography. |
