List of deaths by accidental drug overdose
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This is a list of famous deaths by drug overdose:

• GG Allin^{citation needed}, cult psychopathic punk rock singer and country and western singer who fronted The Jabbers, The Scumfucs, The Murder Junkies among other bands.
• Matthew Ansara^{citation needed}, actor, son of Michael Ansara and Barbara Eden
• Bridgette Andersen^{citation needed}, child actress, Savannah Smiles
• John Belushi^{citation needed}, comedian/actor
• Len Bias^{citation needed}, college basketball star
• Tommy Bolin^{citation needed}, Deep Purple musician
• Elisa Bridges^{citation needed}, Playboy Playmate
• Lenny Bruce^{citation needed}, comedian
• Tim Buckley^{citation needed}, musician
• Casey Calvert^{citation needed}, Hawthorne Heights Musician
• Ken Caminiti^{citation needed}, baseball player
• Truman Capote^{citation needed}, writer
• Steve Clark^{citation needed}, Def Leppard musician
• Montgomery Clift,^{citation needed} actor
• Dorothy Dandridge^{citation needed}, actress
• Nick Drake^{citation needed}, musician
• Kevin DuBrow^{citation needed}, musician
• Bobby Duncum, Jr.^{citation needed}, professional wrestler
• John Entwistle,^{citation needed} musician
• Brian Epstein,^{citation needed} Beatles manager
• Chris Farley,^{citation needed} comedian/actor
• Rainer Werner Fassbinder,^{citation needed} film director
• Keith Ferguson,^{citation needed} The Fabulous Thunderbirds, musician
• Judy Garland,^{citation needed} musician/actress
• Talitha Getty,^{citation needed} actress/socialite, heroin, Rome, 1971
• Trevor Goddard,^{citation needed} actor
• Tim Hardin,^{citation needed} musician
• Bobby Hatfield,^{citation needed} musician (fatal heart attack was triggered by a cocaine overdose)
• Mitch Hedberg,^{citation needed} comedian/actor
• Margaux Hemingway,^{citation needed} model/actress
• Jimi Hendrix,^{citation needed} musician (sleeping pills)
• Curt Hennig,^{citation needed} professional wrestler, also known as Mr. Perfect
• Billie Holiday,^{citation needed} jazz singer, composer
• Shannon Hoon,^{citation needed} musician
• Elizabeth Ann Hulette,^{citation needed} Professional wresting valet, also known as Miss Elizabeth
• Anissa Jones,^{citation needed} actress
• Russell Jones,^{citation needed} musician (overdose on cocaine and prescription painkillers)
• Janis Joplin,^{citation needed} musician
• John Kordic,^{citation needed} hockey player
• Heath Ledger, actor
• Eugene "Big Daddy" Lipscomb,^{citation needed} American football player
• Sonny Liston,^{citation needed} world champion boxer (possible)
• Donyale Luna,^{citation needed} model
• Phil Lynott,^{citation needed} musician
• Frankie Lymon,^{citation needed} musician
• David McComb,^{citation needed} musician
• Aimee Semple McPherson,^{citation needed} evangelist
• Jonathan Melvoin^{citation needed}, musician
• Keith Moon,^{citation needed} musician
• Marilyn Monroe,^{citation needed} actress (death of a barbiturate overdose has still not been proven)
• Jim Morrison,^{citation needed} musician (fatal heart attack triggered by a heroin overdose)
• Brad Nowell,^{citation needed} musician, Sublime
• Lani O'Grady,^{citation needed} actress, Eight Is Enough
• Bryan Ottoson,^{citation needed} musician
• Marco Pantani,^{citation needed} cyclist
• Gram Parsons,^{citation needed} musician
• Robert Pastorelli,^{citation needed} actor
• Christopher Pettiet,^{citation needed} actor
• Christopher Penn,^{citation needed} actor
• Kristen Pfaff^{citation needed}, musician
• River Phoenix,^{citation needed} actor
• Rob Pilatus^{citation needed}, acting singer Milli Vanilli
• Edgar Allan Poe,^{citation needed} author (one of several possible theories; see Death of Edgar Allan Poe)
• Pola,^{citation needed} model, heroin, around 1975
• Elvis Presley,^{citation needed} musician
• Freddie Prinze,^{citation needed} comic, actor Chico and the Man, self-inflicted gunshot wound while under the influence of Quaaludes
• Glenn Quinn,^{citation needed} actor
• Dee Dee Ramone,^{citation needed} musician
• Elis Regina,^{citation needed} Brazilian singer
• Brad Renfro,^{citation needed} actor
• Don Rogers,^{citation needed} American football player
• Bon Scott, singer AC/DC,^{citation needed} Aspiration brought on by alcohol intoxication
• Edie Sedgwick,^{citation needed} model/actress
• Bobby Sheehan^{citation needed} musician, Blues Traveler
• Eric Show^{citation needed} baseball player
• Tom Simpson,^{citation needed} cyclist
• Hillel Slovak^{citation needed} guitarist, Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Anna Nicole Smith^{citation needed} actress and media celebrity
• Layne Staley^{citation needed}, musician
• Gary Thain,^{citation needed} bass guitarist Uriah Heep
• Ike Turner,^{citation needed} musician, bandleader, talent scout
• Enrique Urquijo,^{citation needed} Spanish musician
• Sid Vicious,^{citation needed} musician
• Andrew Wood,^{citation needed} musician and singer
• Paula Yates,^{citation needed} TV personality
• Linda Wong,^{citation needed} porn actress

See also

• Lists of people by cause of death
  • List of drug-related deaths
  • List of suicides (Includes intentional overdoses)

References