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* [[Chet Baker]] (58) - [[jazz]] [[trumpet]]er and singer.
* [[Chet Baker]] (58) - [[jazz]] [[trumpet]]er and singer.
* [[Florence Ballard]] (32) - musician, [[The Supremes]], [[cardiac arrest]] strongly exacerbated by long-term drug abuse.
* [[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.<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>.
* [[Lester Bangs]] (33) - musician, writer, overdose of painkillers, possibly accidental.
* [[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>
* [[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.

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