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2008 Brad Renfro, dies in Los Angeles, California, of an overdose, at 25

2007 Ike Turner, dies in California, of a cocaine overdose, at 76

2007 Anna Nicole Smith, dies in Hollywood, Florida, of drug overdose, at 39

1998 Rodney Harvey, actor, model, featured in Life Magazine spread with Madonna, appeared in Fox series, 'The Outsiders', guest on television show 'Twin Peaks', appeared in 'My Own Private Idaho', died at age 30, of a heroin overdose

1998 Daniel Baldwin hospitalized in New York City for cocaine overdose

1997 British model Naomi Campbell, hospitalized on drug overdose

1995 Shannon Hoon, vocalist (Blind Melon), dies of drug overdose at 28

1994 Rocker Billy Idol admitted to the hospital after drug overdose

1994 Model Anna Nicole Smith hospitalized for drug overdose

1993 River Phoenix, actor (Stand By Me), dies of drug overdose at 23

1992 Stefanie Ann Sargent, guitarist (7 Year Bitch), dies of overdose at 24

1991 David Ruffin, rock vocalist (Temptations), dies of drug overdose at 50

1989 Tim Hovey, actor (Slim Carter, Man Afraid), dies of a drug overdose

1989 Hermann Burger, writer, essayist, novelist, poet, wrote 'Tractatus logico-suicidalis' 1988, advocating suicide, dies of suicide, from overdose of sleeping pills, in Brunegg, Switzerland

1986 Phil Lynott, rocker (Thin Lizzy), dies of overdose at 34

1985 Jackie Curtis, actor (Underground USA), dies of a drug overdose at 38

1983 Shawn Lewis, 5th wife of Jerry Lee Lewis, dies of methadone overdose

1982 Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director, dies of drug overdose at 36

1982 John Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 33

1981 Mike Bloomfield, musician, guitarist, composer, number 22 on Rolling Stone's '100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time', dies of drug overdose at 36

1980 Tim Hardin, U.S. singer (Bird on a Wire), dies of a drug overdose at 39

1979 Jimmy McCullough, musician (Wings), dies of a drug overdose

1976 Tommy Bolin, rock guitarist (Deep Purple), dies of heroin overdose

1974 Nick Drake, rocker, dies of a drug overdose at 26

1974 Pam Morrison, wife of Door's vocalist Jim, dies of drug overdose

1974 Vinnie Taylor, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a drug overdose

1972 Danny Whitten, rocker, dies of a drug overdose

1972 Brian Cole, vocalist/bassist (Association), dies of overdose at 29

1971 Edward Sedgwick, director, dies of barbiturate overdose at 28

1971 Pier Angeli, actress (Octaman), dies of barbiturate overdose at 39

1970 Janis Joplin, rock singer (Down on Me), dies of a drug overdose at 27

1970 Jimi Hendrix, rock guitarist (Purple Hayes), dies of an overdose at 27

1969 Judy Garland, singer and actress (Wizard of Oz), dies at 48 of an overdose

1968 Frankie Lymon, rocker, dies of a heroin overdose

1968 Frankie Lymon, rocker (& Teenagers), dies of a drug overdose at 25

1967 Brian Epstein, rock manager (Beatles), dies of drug overdose at 32

1966 Lenny Bruce, comedian, dies of a morphine overdose at 39

1963 Dinah Washington, singer, dies of sleeping pill overdose at 39

1960 Margaret Sullavan, actress (Back Street), overdose at 48

1959 Ray McDonald, dancer, dies of barbituate overdose at 38

1914 Georg Trakl, Austria poet (Totentag, Cocaine Overdose), dies at 27


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