So here we ha
ve yet another product of the Hollywood fascination with “accidentally overdosing”. Haim was a relatively talented actor as a kid, and had a string of hit movies in the late 80′s and early 90′s including: The Lost Boys, Watchers, Silver Bullet, and Dream A little Dream. He achieved success with his cohort Corey Feldman in just about all of the above named movies, they were often known as “The Corey’s”. Haim had trouble with drugs as a result of being thrown in to the limelight at a relatively early age, being subjected to pot, cocaine, and alcohol by the time he was a young teenager. He was also known to be one of the biggest heartthrobs to teeny-boppers in the 80′s and 90′s. Haim passed away in his apartment with his mother at his side because he had been sick for a few days prior.
Corey Feldman appeared on Larry King Live on Wednesday saying Haim was “very destitute, very broke,” had no car and few friends. “At the end of the day, Larry, where were all these people the last 10 years, the last 15 years of Corey’s life?” asked Feldman, also 38. “Where were all these people to lend a hand out, to reach out to him and say, you know, you’re a legend, you’re – you’re an amazingly talented, wonderful person who’s really never gone out of his way to hurt anybody other than himself?”
Haim had also suffered a drug-related stroke about 10 years ago due to his struggle with his addictions. It’s too bad that here we have another talented, young actor that was totally consumed by prescription (and other) drugs from the inception of his career. R.I.P.!
-Lazy Idiot-
