List of deaths by accidental drug overdose
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Warning: Wikipedia articles of these people may not contain information on specifically how they died — drug-related or otherwise; so it may be "otherwise".
This is a list of famous deaths by accidental drug overdose:
- GG Allin, cult psychopathic punk rock singer and country and western singer who fronted The Jabbers, The Scumfucs, The Murder Junkies among other bands.
- Matthew Ansara, actor, son of Michael Ansara and Barbara Eden
- Bridgette Andersen, child actress, Savannah Smiles
- John Belushi, comedian/actor
- Len Bias, college basketball star
- Tommy Bolin, Deep Purple musician
- Elisa Bridges, Playboy Playmate
- Lenny Bruce, comedian
- Robert Buck, 10,000 Maniacs Musician
- Tim Buckley, musician
- Ken Caminiti, baseball player
- Truman Capote, writer
- Steve Clark, Def Leppard musician
- Montgomery Clift, actor
- Dorothy Dandridge, actress
- Nick Drake, musician
- Bobby Duncum, Jr., professional wrestler
- John Entwistle, musician
- Brian Epstein, Beatles manager
- Chris Farley, comedian/actor
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder, film director
- Keith Ferguson, Fabulous Thunderbirds, musician
- Judy Garland, musician/actress
- Trevor Goddard, actor
- Tim Hardin, musician
- Bobby Hatfield, musician (fatal heart attack was triggered by a cocaine overdose)
- Mitch Hedberg, comedian/actor
- Margaux Hemingway, model/actress
- Jimi Hendrix, musician (sleeping pills)
- Curt Hennig, professional wrestler
- Shannon Hoon, musician
- Anissa Jones, actress
- Janis Joplin, musician
- John Kordic,hockey player
- Eugene "Big Daddy" Lipscomb, American football player
- Sonny Liston, world champion boxer (possible)
- Bela Lugosi, actor
- Phil Lynott, musician
- Frankie Lymon, musician
- David McComb, musician
- Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist
- Keith Moon, musician
- Marilyn Monroe, actress (death of a barbiturate overdose has still not been proven)
- Jim Morrison, musician (fatal heart attack triggered by a heroin overdose)
- Brad Nowell, musician, Sublime
- Hugh O'Connor, actor, In the Heat of the Night, son to actor Carroll O'Connor
- Lani O'Grady, actress, Eight Is Enough
- Brian O'Leary, actor
- Marco Pantani, cyclist
- Gram Parsons, musician
- Robert Pastorelli, actor
- Christopher Pettiet, actor
- Christopher Penn, actor
- Kristen Pfaff, musician
- River Phoenix, actor
- Rob Pilatus, acting singer Milli Vanilli
- Edgar Allan Poe, author (possible)
- Elvis Presley, musician
- Freddie Prinze, comic, actor Chico and the Man, self-inflicted gunshot wound while under the influence of Quaaludes
- Glenn Quinn, actor
- Dee Dee Ramone, musician
- Elis Regina, Brazilian singer
- Don Rogers, American football player
- Bon Scott, singer AC/DC, Aspiration brought on by alcohol intoxication
- Edie Sedgwick, model/actress
- Bobby Sheehan singer/musician, Blues Traveler
- Eric Show baseball player
- Layne Staley, musician
- Sid Vicious, musician
- Andrew Wood, musician and singer
- Paula Yates, TV personality
- Hillel Slovak, musician
- Enrique Urquijo, Spanish musician
- Linda Wong, porn actress
[edit] See also
- Lists of people by cause of death
- List of drug-related deaths
- List of suicides (Includes intentional overdoses)
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
