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* [[Florence Ballard]] (32) - musician, [[The Supremes]], [[cardiac arrest]] strongly exacerbated by long-term drug abuse. |
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* [[Lester Bangs]] (33) - music critic, musician, an overdose of [[Darvon]] and [[Valium]] and Nyquil.<ref> [http://books.google.com/books?id=HFKSxVpoPbMC&pg=PA56&dq=%22Lester+Bangs%22+dead+OR+died+OR+death&lr=&cd=32#v=onepage&q=%22Lester%20Bangs%22%20dead%20OR%20died%20OR%20death&f=false The Official Punk Rock Book of Lists] By Amy Wallace, Handsome Dick Manitoba. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 56. </ref>. |
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* [[Lester Bangs]] (33) - musician, writer, overdose of painkillers, possibly accidental. |
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* [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]] (27) - painter, heroin overdose.<ref> [http://books.google.com/books?id=P9ORpnGJh_IC&pg=PA150&dq=%22Jean-Michel+Basquiat%22+dead+OR+death+OR+died&lr=&cd=11#v=onepage&q=%22Jean-Michel%20Basquiat%22%20dead%20OR%20death%20OR%20died&f=false Encyclopedia of the African diaspora: origins, experiences, and ..., Volume 1] By Carole Boyce Davies. ABC-CLIO. p. 150. </ref> |
* [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]] (27) - painter, heroin overdose.<ref> [http://books.google.com/books?id=P9ORpnGJh_IC&pg=PA150&dq=%22Jean-Michel+Basquiat%22+dead+OR+death+OR+died&lr=&cd=11#v=onepage&q=%22Jean-Michel%20Basquiat%22%20dead%20OR%20death%20OR%20died&f=false Encyclopedia of the African diaspora: origins, experiences, and ..., Volume 1] By Carole Boyce Davies. ABC-CLIO. p. 150. </ref> |
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* [[Scotty Beckett]] (38) - American former child actor, suspected overdose.<ref> [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E9whAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dqAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3577,5656145&dq=scotty-beckett+dead+%7C+death+%7C+died&hl=en Actress' Death One of Series of Hollywood Tragedies] Vernon Scott. Reading Eagle - Aug 11, 1969 </ref> |
* [[Scotty Beckett]] (38) - American former child actor, suspected overdose.<ref> [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E9whAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dqAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3577,5656145&dq=scotty-beckett+dead+%7C+death+%7C+died&hl=en Actress' Death One of Series of Hollywood Tragedies] Vernon Scott. Reading Eagle - Aug 11, 1969 </ref> |
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The following is a list of notable people who have died from drug-related causes.
A
- Brian "Crush" Adams (44) - professional wrestler, accidental overdose of painkillers.[1]
- Nick Adams (36) - actor, death officially certified as "accidental-suicidal and undetermined", high levels of sedatives found in his blood.[2]
- Stuart Adamson (43) - musician, Big Country, self-asphyxiation under the influence of alcohol.[3]
- Michael Brent Adkisson (23) - professional wrestler, suicide, overdosed on tranquilizers.[4]
- Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (35) - writer, committed suicide by overdosing on barbiturates.
- GG Allin (36) - punk musician, heroin overdose.[5]
- Bridgette Andersen (21) former child actress, alcohol and heroin overdose.[6]
- Pier Angeli (39) actress, died of anaphylactic shock after being given a tranquilizer by her doctor.[7][8]
- Matthew Ansara (35) - actor and bodybuilder, heroin overdose.
- Chris Antley (34) - champion horse-racing jockey, drug-related causes.
- West Arkeen (36) - musician, drug overdose.[9]
- Howard Arkley - painter, drug overdose.
- Kevyn Aucoin - photographer & make-up artist, kidney and liver failure due to Tylenol toxicity, as a result of a prescription painkiller addiction.[10]
B
- Chet Baker (58) - jazz trumpeter and singer.
- Florence Ballard (32) - musician, The Supremes, cardiac arrest strongly exacerbated by long-term drug abuse.
- Lester Bangs (33) - music critic, musician, an overdose of Darvon and Valium and Nyquil.[11].
- Jean-Michel Basquiat (27) - painter, heroin overdose.[12]
- Scotty Beckett (38) - American former child actor, suspected overdose.[13]
- Steve Bechler - Major League Baseball pitcher, died of a heatstroke, the coroner indicated that "the toxicity of ephedra played a signifcant role" among many factors in contributing to his death.[14]
- John Belushi (33) - of the Blues Brothers, actor, and comedian, heroin and cocaine overdose (speedball).[15]
- Wes Berggren - musician, Tripping Daisy.[16]
- Leah Betts (18) - schoolgirl, ecstasy related.[17]
- Len Bias (22) - basketball star; died of cocaine overdose before ever playing in the NBA.[18]
- Bam Bam Bigelow (stagename of Scott Charles Bigelow) (45) - professional wrestler, toxic levels of cocaine and and anti anxiety drug.[19]
- Count Gottfried von Bismarck (44) - Aristocrat, cocaine overdose.[20]
- Mike Bloomfield (36) - blues guitarist, heroin overdose.[21]
- Tommy Bolin (25) - musician, Deep Purple, drugs overdose.[22]
- Christopher Bowman (40) - former professional ice skater, drug overdose.[23]
- Elisa Bridges (29) - model, acute intoxication - combined effects of heroin, methamphetamine, meperidine and alprazolam.[24][25]
- Lenny Bruce (40) - comedian, morphine overdose.[26]
- Tim Buckley (28) - rock and roll musician, heroin overdose.[27]
- Chad Butler (aka "Pimp C") - rap musician, accidental overdose of Promethazine/Codeine "syrup" mixed with a pre-existing medical condition, sleep apnea.[28][29]
- Paul Butterfield (44) - musician, sources report drug related heart failure[30] or simply drug overdose [31]
C
- Andrés Caicedo (25) - writer, drug overdose, consumed 60 pills of Secobarbital.[32]
- Casey Calvert (26) - guitarist of Hawthorne Heights, accidental drug overdose through mixture of opiates, citalopram, and clonazepam.[33]
- Ken Caminiti (41) - former Major League Baseball player; acute cocaine and opiates intoxication.[34]
- Max Cantor (32) - actor, journalist who researched addicts in New York, heroin overdose.[35]
- Truman Capote (59) - writer, liver disease complicated by phlebitis and multiple drug intoxication.[36]
- Vic Chesnutt - musician, overdose of perscription medication (suicide).[37]
- Steve Clark (30) - musician, Def Leppard, accidental lethal overdose of codeine, along with valium and morphine and alcohol at more than 3 times the legal British limit[38]
- Bob Collins (61) - politician, suicide from prescription drugs and alcohol.[39]
- Natasha Collins (31) - actress - cocaine overdose.[40]
- Brian Cole (29) - musician, the Association, heroin overdose.[41]
- Megan Connolly (27) - actress, heroin overdose.[42]
- Pamela Courson (27) - common law wife of Jim Morrison of The Doors, heroin overdose.
- Carl Crack (30) - musician, Atari Teenage Riot, drug overdose.[43]
- Darby Crash (21) - punk musician, of The Germs, heroin overdose,[44] reported as suicide.[45]
- Robbin Crosby (42) musician with Ratt, reported causes of his death include heroin overdose,[46][47] and AIDS-related complications,[48][49] which he admitted to contracting from shooting drugs.[50]
D
- Dalida (54) - singer, suicide, barbiturates overdose.[51][52]
- Dorothy Dandridge (42) - actress, singer, anti-depressant overdose.[53]
- Jesse Ed Davis (43) - guitarist, session musician, drug overdose.[54]
- Teri Diver (29) - pornographic actress, accidental drug overdose [55]
- Kiki Djan (47) - musician, AIDS and drugs related complications.[56]
- DJ Screw (the stagename of Robert Earl Davis, Jr) (29) - musician, accidental codeine overdose and mixed drug intoxication.[57]
- Desmond Donnelly (53) - politician/ businessman/ journalist, suicide under influence of alcohol/ overdose of barbiturates.[58]
- Tommy Dorsey (51) - jazz musician and bandleader, choked to death while sleeping with the aid of drugs.[59]
- John Dougherty - musician, Flipper, heroin overdose.[60]
- Eric Douglas (46) - stand-up comedian, "acute intoxication" by the effects of alcohol, tranquilizers and painkillers.[61]
- Nick Drake (26) - musician, anti-depressant overdose, disputed suicide.[62]
- Michael Dransfield (24) - poet, sources report conflicting causes of death, including infection related to drug use[63] and "acute broncho-pneumonia and brain damage".[64]
- Kevin DuBrow (52) - rock vocalist, cocaine overdose.[65]
- Bobby Duncum, Jr. (34) - professional wrestler, prescription drug overdose.[66][67]
- Anthony Durante (36) - professional wrestler, fentanyl overdose.[68]
E
- Jeanne Eagels (35) - actress, alcohol and/or heroin abuse.[69]
- John Entwistle (57) - musician, bassist for the Who, died from heart failure brought upon by cocaine use.[70]
- Brian Epstein (32) - Manager of The Beatles, accidental sleeping pill overdose.[71]
- Howie Epstein (47) - musician, ex-bassist with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, heroin overdose.[72]
F
- Chris Farley (33) - comedian, cocaine and morphine overdose (speedball).[73]
- Pete Farndon (31) - musician, the Pretenders, drowned/ heroin overdose.[74]
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder (37) - playwright, director, cocaine overdose (possible suicide).[75]
- Brenda Fassie (39) - singer, initial press reports cited complications of asthma attack while a later autopsy "mentioned cocaine overdose".[76]
- Althea Flynt - co-publisher of Hustler magazine, drowned after passing out after drug overdose.[77]
- Zac Foley (31) - musician, EMF, heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, barbiturates and alcohol in bloodstream.[78][79]
- Katy French (24) - model and socialite, cocaine use.[80]
- Sigmund Freud (83) - neurologist, long-term cocaine use, physician assisted morphine overdose (euthanasia).[81]
G
- Danny Gans (52) - Impressionist, Las Vegas entertainer. Accidental prescription drug overdose.[82]
- Paul Gardiner (25) - musician, Tubeway Army, heroin overdose.[83]
- Judy Garland (47) - singer and actress, overdose of sleeping pills[84] which has been disputed.[85]
- Lowell George (34) - musician, Little Feat, drug overdose.[86]
- Talitha Getty (30) - actress, heroin overdose in Rome 1971.[87]
- Trevor Goddard (40) - actor, accidental overdose of heroin, cocaine, valium and vicodin.[88]
- Dwayne Goettel (31) - musician, Skinny Puppy, heroin overdose.[89]
- Adam Goldstein (36) - AKA DJ AM, American club DJ, accidental drug overdose— cocaine, Levamisole, oxycodone, hydrocodone, Ativan, Klonapin and Xanax.[90]
H
- Clinton Haines - (21) computer hacker, heroin overdose.[91][92]
- Bobby Hatfield (63) - musician, The Righteous Brothers, heart attack triggered by cocaine overdose.[93]
- Tim Hardin (39) - folk musician, heroin overdose.[94]
- Brynn Hartman (49) - wife and murderer of comedian Phil Hartman, suicide after cocaine, alcohol and Zoloft.[95]
- Phyllis Haver (60) - actress, barbiturate overdose, suspected suicide [96]
- James Hayden (29) - actor, heroin overdose.[97]
- Paul Hayward - rugby league player, heroin overdose in prison while serving time for drug smuggling.[98]
- Mitch Hedberg (37) - comedian, multiple drug toxicity (cocaine and heroin).[99][100]
- Tim Hemensley - indie musician, member of GOD, heroin overdose.[101]
- Margaux Hemingway (41) - actress, disputed suicide, overdose of phenobarbital.[102]
- Jimi Hendrix (27) - rock and roll musician, respiratory arrest caused by alcohol and barbiturate overdose and vomit inhalation.[103]
- Curt Hennig (44) - professional wrestler, cocaine overdose.[104]
- Gino Hernandez (28) - wrestler, cocaine overdose.[105]
- Abbie Hoffman (52) - social and political activist in the United States, suicide by overdose of Phenobarbital pills.[106]
- Gary Holton (33) - actor and musician, heroin overdose.[107]
- James Honeyman-Scott (25) - musician, the Pretenders, drug overdose.[108]
- Shannon Hoon (28) - musician, singer in Blind Melon, cocaine overdose.[109]
- Howard Hughes (70) - aviator, engineer, industrialist, movie producer, liver failure - physician administered overdose of codeine at "the highest clinical level ever recorded".[110]
- Gertrude Hullett (71) - a patient of Dr. John Bodkin Adams who was acquitted of multiple murder charges including Hullett's death, drug overdose.[111]
- Elizabeth Hulette (42) - professional wrestling manager, accidental overdose of alcohol, pain killers, nausea medication and tranquilizers.[112]
- Harold Hunter (31) - professional skateboarder and actor, heart attack due to cocaine overdose.[113]
- Phyllis Hyman (45) - singer, suicide involving pentobarbital and secobarbital.[114]
I
J
- Michael Jackson (50) - musician, died June 25, 2009, lethal dose of propofol along with two sedatives.[115]
- Steven Ronald "Stevo" Jensen - musician, The Vandals, prescription drug overdose.[116]
- Anissa Jones (18) - actress (played "Buffy" on American TV series Family Affair), accidental overdose of quaaludes and alcohol.[117]
- Rob Jones (musician) (a.k.a. The Bass Thing) - musician - former bassist of The Wonder Stuff, sources report contradictory information which include: heart problems,[118] heart attack, potentially caused by heroin[119], drug related causes.[120]
- Russell Jones (better known by his stage name Ol' Dirty Bastard, 35) - hip hop musician, accidental overdose, cocaine and prescription painkiller.[121]
- Janis Joplin (27) - rock and roll and blues musician, heroin overdose.[122]
K
- John Kahn (48) - musician, Jerry Garcia Band, heroin overdose.[123]
- David Kennedy (28) - fourth child of Robert F. Kennedy, cocaine, Demerol, and Mellaril overdose.[124]
- Bernard Kettlewell (72) - lepidopterist and medical doctor, drug overdose.[125]
- Dorothy Kilgallen (52) - journalist and television game show panelist, fatal combination of alcohol and barbiturate[126]
- John Kordic (27) - hockey player, died after struggle with police after drug overdose[127] .
L
- Alan Ladd (50) - actor, accidental overdose of alcohol and three drugs.[128]
- Karen Lancaume (stagename of Karen Bach) (32) - pornographic actress, overdose of medication (suicide).[129]
- Carole Landis (29) - actress, overdose of sleeping pills (suicide).[130]
- Heath Ledger (28) - actor, accidental death Combined Drug Intoxication of various prescription drugs, including oxycodone, hydrocodone, temazepam, and others[131].
- Bruce Lee (32) - actor, martial artist, died of acute cerebral edema due to a reaction to compounds present in the prescription pain killing drug Equagesic.[132]
- Gerald Levert (40) - R&B singer, accidental combination of prescription medications.[133]
- Frank X. Leyendecker - illustrator, suspected morphine overdose.[134]
- Debbie Linden (36) - glamour model & actress, heroin overdose.[135]
- Eugene Lipscomb (31) - American football player, heroin overdose.[136]
- Mike Lockwood (32) - professional wrestler, "A lethal combination of painkillers was found in his system" [137]
- Zoe Tamerlis Lund (37 - model, actress, and writer, heart failure due to cocaine use.[138][139]
- Donyale Luna (34) - supermodel & actress, drug overdose.[140]
- Frankie Lymon (25) - musician, doo wop singer, heroin overdose.[141]
- Phil Lynott (36) - musician, Thin Lizzy, sources report various causes of death, including: heart and liver failure,[142] heart failure and pneumonia after a drugs overdose,[143] and blood poisoning from heroin addiction.[144]
M
- Billy Mackenzie (39) - musician, the Associates, drug overdose (suicide). [145]
- Chris Mainwaring (41) - Australian football player, overdose. [146]
- Bibek Maitra - Indian politician, initial post mortem indicated drug overdose [147]
- Billy Mays (50) - pitchman, heart disease with cocaine being a "contributory cause"[148][149].
- Jimmy McCulloch (26) - musician with Wings, guitarist, heroin overdose.[150]
- Robbie McIntosh (24) - musician, Average White Band, heroin overdose.[151]
- Aimee Semple McPherson (53) - Canadian-born evangelist, shock and respiratory failure due to overdose of prescription barbiturates.[152]
- Jonathan Melvoin (34) - touring keyboardist for the Smashing Pumpkins, heroin overdose.[153]
- Marilyn Monroe (36) - actress, overdose of barbiturate-based sleeping pills.[154]
- Keith Moon (32) - musician, the Who, accidental overdose on anti-seizure medication prescribed for alcoholism.[155]
- Chester Morris (69) - actor, barbiturate overdose.[156]
- Jim Morrison (27) - musician, The Doors, the official cause of death is recorded as heart failure, [157] in his Paris apartment. Sam Bernett claims that Morrison died in Bernett's club, with heroin overdose as the suspected cause. [158]
- Billy Murcia - musician, New York Dolls, sources variously report the death as alcohol related [159], or drowning [160] after a drug overdose [161] or as a drug overdose [162]
- Brent Mydland (37) - musician, keyboardist, of the Grateful Dead, cocaine/morphine overdose.[163]
N
- Bradley Nowell (28) - musician, Sublime, heroin overdose.[164]
O
- Hugh O'Connor (32) - actor, of In the Heat of the Night TV series, suicide under influence of cocaine.[165]
- Lani O'Grady (46) - actress, of Eight Is Enough - "multiple drug intoxication.."[166]
- Johnny O'Keefe (43) - musician / singer, some sources indicate drug overdose [167] [168] while others indicate heart attack [169] [170]
- Bryan Ottoson (27) - musician, American Head Charge, accidental prescription-drug overdose.[171]
P
- Marco Pantani (34) - cyclist, Tour de France winner; cerebral and pulmonary oedema potentially brought on by "tranquillisers, antidepressants and sedatives ... against a background of prolonged cocaine abuse"[172]
- Robert Pastorelli (49) - television actor, heroin overdose.[173]
- Gram Parsons (26) - country musician, of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, morphine overdose. [174]
- Chris Penn (40) - actor, brother of Sean Penn, enlarged heart through drug use and a high level of codeine.[175]
- Christopher Pettiet (24) - actor, drug overdose.[176]
- Kristen Pfaff (27) - musician, ex-member of Hole, heroin overdose.[177]
- Esther Phillips (48) - musician, singer, liver and kidney failure due to drug use [178]
- River Phoenix (23) - actor, overdose of heroin and cocaine [179]
- Rob Pilatus (32) - musician, Milli Vanilli, drug overdose. [180]
- Dana Plato (34) - actress, drug overdose [181]
- Darrell Porter (50) - Major League Baseball catcher, broadcaster, cocaine overdose.[182]
- Freddie Prinze (22) - comic, actor, accidental gunshot wound while under the influence of methaqualone and alcohol[183]
Q
- Glenn Quinn (32) - actor, heroin overdose.[184]
R
- Dee Dee Ramone (50) - musician, the Ramones, drug overdose.[185]
- Michael Reeves (25) - film director, alcohol and barbiturate overdose.[186]
- Wallace Reid (31) - actor, drug overdose [187]
- Elis Regina (36) - singer, cocaine overdose.[188]
- Brad Renfro (25) - actor, overdose of heroin and morphine[189].
- Rachel Roberts (53) - actress - barbiturate overdose (suicide).[190]
- Don Rogers (23) - American football player, cardiac arrest due to cocaine overdose.[191]
- Steve Rogers (rugby league) (51) - rugby player, accidental lethal combination of anti-depressants and alcohol [192]
- Alma Rubens (33) - actress, illness caused by heroin and cocaine addiction.[193]
- David Ruffin (50) - musician, the Temptations, adverse reaction to cocaine.[194]
S
- George Sanders (65) - actor, overdose of sleeping pills (Nembutal) (suicide).[195]
- Catya Sassoon (33) - model and actress, overdose of hydromorphone.[196]
- Ronnie Scott (69) - jazz tenor saxophonist and jazz-club owner, died from an accidental overdose of perscribed barbiturates. [197]
- Jean Seberg (40) - actress, drug overdose (suicide).[198]
- Rod Scurry (36) - Major League Baseball relief pitcher, died of a heart attack in a hospital after a drug related incident with the police[199].
- Edie Sedgwick (28) - actress, drug overdose. [200]
- Bobby Sheehan (31) - musician and founding member of Blues Traveler, drug overdose. [201]
- Eric Show (37) - baseball player, cocaine and heroin overdose.[202]
- Judee Sill (35) - folk musician, heroin and cocaine overdose.[203]
- Don Simpson (52) - film producer, heart attack induced by cocaine, 20 other drugs in his body at time of death.[204]
- Tom Simpson (29) - road racing cyclist, dehydration and exhaustion while cycling, amphetamines as a factor[205]
- Hillel Slovak (26) - musician, Red Hot Chili Peppers, heroin overdose.[206]
- Anna Nicole Smith (stagename of Vickie Lynn Marshall) (39) - Playboy playmate, actress, reality show star, lethal combination of chloral hydrate and various benzodiazepines.[207]
- Daniel Smith (20) - Son of Anna Nicole Smith, part-time actor and director, cardiac dysrhythmia caused by combination of methadone, Lexapro and Zoloft.[208]
- Louie Spicolli (stagename of Louis Mucciolo, Jr.) (27) - professional wrestler, some sources indicate drug overdose[209] while some indicate coronary disease that might have been impacted by drug use [210]
- Layne Staley (34) - musician, Alice in Chains, overdose cocaine, heroin, codeine [211]
- Joey Stefano (stagename of Nicholas Anthony Iacona, Jr.) (26) - pornographic actor, overdose of cocaine, morphine, heroin and ketamine.[212]
- Miroslava Stern (29) - actress, suicide - overdose of sleeping pills.[213]
- Inger Stevens (35) - actress, suicide - overdose of barbiturates.[214]
- Rory Storm (33) - musician, overdose of alcohol and medication.[215]
- Margaret Sullavan (48) - actress, deliberate barbiturate overdose.[216]
- Paige Summers (stagename of Nancy Ann Coursey) (27) - pornographic model & actress, a drug overdose from a combination of the painkillers codeine and oxycodone.[217]
T
- Warren Tartaglia (Walid al-Taha) (21) - jazz musician & one of six founders of Moorish Orthodox Church of America, heroin overdose.[218]
- Chase Tatum (34) former wrestler for the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling organization, apparent drug overdose.[219]
- Vinnie Taylor - musician, Sha Na Na, heroin overdose.[220]
- Gary Thain (27) - musician, Uriah Heep, drug overdose.[221]
- Jotie T'Hooft (21) - poet, drug overdose [222]
- Johnny Thunders (38) - musician, the New York Dolls, some sources report heroin overdose[223] or methadone and cocaine poisoning[224] or that the autopsy did not disclose a cause of death [225]
- Georg Trakl (27) - Austrian poet, intentional cocaine overdose.[226]
- D. M. Turner (34) - author of books about psychedelic experiences, drowned in a bathtub while on ketamine.[227]
- Ike Turner (76) - musician/producer, died from cocaine overdose with high blood pressure and emphysema as contributing factors[228].
- Dick Twardzik (24) - bebop jazz pianist, heroin overdose.[229]
- John Tyndall (73) - physicist, accidental overdose of chloral hydrate [230]
U
- Stu Ungar (45) - Three-time World Series of Poker Main Event winner, heart condition caused by long-term cocaine abuse.[231]
- Enrique Urquijo (39) - singer, drug overdose.[232]
V
- Paul Vaessen (40) - former professional footballer with Arsenal, drug overdose.[233]
- Lupe Vélez (36) - actress, secobarbital overdose (suicide).[234]
- Michael VerMeulen (38) - magazine editor, drug overdose.[235]
- Sid Vicious (21) - musician, the Sex Pistols, heroin overdose [236]
W
- Robert Walker (full name Robert Hudson Walker) (32) - actor, a reaction to a sedative administered by his doctor.[237]
- Dinah Washington (39) - musician, singer, overdose of drugs and alcohol.[238]
- Dave Waymer (34) - American football defensive-back, cocaine-induced heart attack.[239][240]
- Rachel Whitear (21) - student, heroin overdose led to anti-drugs campaign in Britain.[241]
- Brett Whiteley (53) - artist, heroin overdose.[242]
- Alan Wilson (27) - musician, Canned Heat, drug overdose.[243]
- Kenneth Williams (62) - actor, author and comedian from Carry On, overdose of barbiturates.[244]
- Linda Wong (36) - pornographic actress, overdose on Xanax, chloral hydrate, and alcohol.[245]
- Anna Wood (15) - Australian schoolgirl, died after taking an ecstasy tablet.[246]
X
Y
- Paula Yates (40) - British TV presenter & author, heroin overdose. [247]
Z
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