‘Lost Boys’ star Corey Haim Dead at 38

With all the problems with fake tweets on celebrity deaths, the first question would be “Is Corey Haim really dead?”  Unfortunately, the answer is yes.

Corey Haim, a former teen heartthrob who struggled with drug abuse, has died.  He was 38, and the cause of death is unknown.

Police say an autopsy on Corey Haim will be conducted.  While thoughts will naturally gravitate toward drug overdoes, it will take time for any drug testing results to come back.  Normally, that process will take weeks, as we’ve seen with celebrity deaths such as Michael Jackson’s last year.

The report indicated that Corey Haim died at 2:15 a.m. Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank.  Police Sgt. William Mann said that Corey Haim had flulike symptoms before he died and was using over-the-counter and prescription medications. “He could have succumbed to whatever (illness) he had or it could have been drugs. Who knows? He has had a drug problem in the past.”

Corey Haim made it big with such movies as “Lucas” and “The Lost Boys.”  However, he fell hard, and in 1997 he filed for Ch. 11 bankruptcy.  Recently, he appeared in the A&E reality TV show “The Two Coreys” with his friend Corey Feldman. After two seasons, the show was cancelled in 2008, with Feldman later saying Haim’s drug abuse strained their relationship.

by Michael S.