Corey Haim, first famous in the ’80s as a child star and then as a cautionary tale of the dangers of becoming a child star, was reported as found dead of a drug overdose early this morning, at age 38. Preliminary reports suggest the overdose was accidental.
It would be nice to say that this was a surprising end for Haim, who became a teen star in movies like Lucas, Lost Boys and License to Drive and, with Corey Feldman, as one of the ubiquitous “Two Coreys.” But it would be honest to say that this is the oldest story in Hollywood. The sad truth is that he became equally famous in later years—in the tabloids and in reality TV—as an example of the all-too-familiar fame-to-addiction spiral.
