What Happened the Night Corey Haim Died
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Before he stumbled in front of his mother at her Los Angeles apartment early Wednesday morning, Corey Haim "was running a fever" of 99 to 101, his agent Mark Heaslip said on CBS' The Early Show Thursday.
"He was laying in bed. And that night, he went to sleep, and he asked his mom to come into the room because he was having breathing problems," Heaslip said.
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Haim, 38, then asked his mom, "'Would you lie next to me in bed?'" Heaslip said. "So she laid next to him in the bed, and she told Corey to roll on your side to see if it would help you breathe better, and Corey said he started feeling better. So they both went to sleep."
Between midnight and 1 a.m., "she heard someone walking around the room, and she opened her eyes, and it was Corey," said Heaslip. "He just fell right to the ground."
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She dialed 911.
Haim was pronounced dead at 2:15 a.m. at Providence St. Joseph's Medical Center in Burbank, Calif.
Though the cause of death has been ruled inconclusive pending an autopsy and toxicology test, police say the actor -- who long struggled with substance-abuse problems -- likely died of an accidental drug overdose.
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At the time of his death, Haim "didn't look like he was overdosed at all," Heaslip said. Heaslip told UsMagazine.com he knew that Haim was taking prescription medications, but when asked what kind, he told Us, "I don't want to say." (When he last spoke to Haim Monday, the actor seemed to be "doing really well," Heaslip told Us.)
In an interview on CNN's Larry King Live Wednesday, Haim's longtime pal Corey Feldman said Haim had been talking to "a treatment specialist" for the past two weeks.
"That treatment specialist put him on a new line of medications, which were special medications," Feldman, 38, said. "I'm not going to go into what they were, but let's just say that they may not have corresponded properly with the medications that he was currently taking."
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But Feldman urged people "to stop saying it's a drug overdose. They need to stop saying, you know, their theories of what they think it is or isn't. Because at the end of the day, until the coroner's report comes out, until we have specific evidence, until we know exactly what the toxicology reports say, nobody knows. And nobody is going to know."
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36I am so saddened by his death! I remember being a little girl and so in love with him! I am so heartbroken. My heart goes out to his family! RIP Corey.
I am saddened to hear about the loss of an amazing actor, son, brother, friend. However, I agree that our society is screwed up in that we give more attention to actors, et al. Lets mourn the loss of our troops fighting for our right to mourn the loss of our actors. RIP Corey. God Bless America
Kelly, I was beyond obsessed with this guy back in the day! I used to save up all my money to by those Teen Beat magazines, and I live in Australia so they were imported magazines and SO expensive! But it was worth it to have pictures and posters of him. I watched his movies over and over...he was the biggest thing. I have always had a soft spot in my heart for him, and I am in my mid-thirties! I wish someone was able to help him, but you can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped. Sadly, he spent more of his life on drugs than not on them. He had so much potential and made a lot of bad choices but he was just a kid.
r.i.p. corey haim
For all those who are bashing him - let's see how well adjusted you are after being molested as a teen by a person you trusted and had faith in. Then add stardom - money and loss - none of you would have made it to 38. Careful casting stones when you have not even tried on his shoes (much less walk in them). For all those that care - We all will miss him - let those you love know it - and as hard as it is...help others. Corey - I'm so sorry...I hope you are at peace.
Rachel, you said it in one! I first got a crush on Corey when I saw Lost Boys in 1989 when I was 10 years old. Although I remember being 13 or 14 and having posters all over my walls of him and my friend Hayley and I used to watch all of his movies - Prayer of the Roller Boys, Licence to Drive, etc... I often wondered what happened to him and looked him up on You Tube the end of last year and saw there was a show "The Two Corey's" which had been on in America. Strangely I remembered my first crush and my fiance started going on about my still liking him! Isn't it strange how you can remember how you felt? I am actually so upset he has died and my eyes are welling up as I type this. I feel so stupid being a 31 year old woman that never met him, but he really impacted on my life. It is so sad that so many people turned their backs on him as an adult and left him to it, when he probably needed all the support he could get. Poor, poor guy...
The 14 year old inside of me is heartbroken by this news. Like many women in their thirties, we all had massive crushes on Corey back in the 80s. I was only just talking about him this past weekend with an old school friend, laughing how we used to fight over who was going to mary him. We also mentioned that we couldn't believe he was still alive after all his drug problems. He was dead 5 days later. I don't know if it really matters if he was clean in the end or not, I think the damage was done and his body gave in. So sad. What 16 year old kid would have handled all that money and fame and drugs back in the day? RIP Corey. You were my first teenage crush.
His looks really went downhill in the last 15 years. So sad.
Tricia:"We are constantly putting the men and women fighting for our freedom to read trash and support trash that we so forget about them, but yet we read about this crap."- Look, you annoying b!tch, this is a gossip/celebrity magazine which, oh suprise, writes about the celebs. If you think that it is crap, then why do you read it? And comment? If you want "serious" writing, go to the NY Post, Daly Mail web pages and comment there and leave us alone. Moronic b!tch.
Let's wait and see what the autopsy and toxicology results are before we start making accusations. Even if he did die as a result of an overdose, let's try to remember him for the gifted actor he was instead of the personal struggles he endured
other websites are saying he died from some kind of heart problem
I bet Lindsey Lohan is next on the list for a drug-related death...these people are all idiots.
Regardless about what anybody thinks about Corey Haim, he was special to his family and friends. Quit bad mouthing him! He didn't deserve to die!!
Why do all these D-list "celebrities" take so many drugs? They must have really miserable lives.
Hollywood eats up the young stars and spits them out. Part of this is Hollywoods fault. We all put too much pressure on our young stars and they can not cope. RIP Corey I know your family, friends, and fans will miss you.
Vera.... Thank you THANK YOU I could not have said it better. We are constantly putting the men and women fighting for our freedom to read trash and support trash that we so forget about them, but yet we read about this crap. It still amazes me that we over look the ones keeping us safe for the one that don't deserve a tear.
Sounds to me the same BS line we've heard before. Britaney, Corey, and so many others the line normally reads around the same. "Oh they had a fever, they had a cough and oh then just fell over dead." Ok why not state the truth "this is hollywood on drugs! This will be you on drugs! Any questions?"
The first thing people were saying when they found out Corey Haim died was that Corey Feldman would be making the most of it. I don't care what you think of Corey Feldman, but he was the one who remained friends with him through all the crap, stuff that many people would have dumped him for many years ago. Corey Feldman tried to help him, so lay off Corey Feldman. Nobody can say he didn't truly care about Corey Haim.
I had a fever and flu like symptoms and I was afraid to take any meds because of all the celebs that have died recently. I will not mix meds and it drives my husband crazy. I am talking over the counter type stuff though nothing prescribed or illegal,but ya never know. RIP Corey, you didn't deserve this.
100 degrees is NOT a high fever. Unless you have 100.4, it's not really considered a fever in the medical world. And if he wasn't forthcoming about what he was taking to his new dr. then he could have easily contributed to his own death. Most addicts have taken so many drugs and combinations of that they don't ever think this would happen to them. Unfortunately, as we get older the body doesn't metabolize things as it used to and what used to be tolerable is not deadly. Very sad. There are many treatment options for addiction these days. But you must first believe that you CAN overcome it and then you have to DO it.