List of deaths by accidental drug overdose

This is a list of famous deaths by drug overdose:

* GG AllinFact|date=August 2008, cult psychopathic punk rock singer and country and western singer who fronted The Jabbers, The Scumfucs, The Murder Junkies among other bands.
* Matthew AnsaraFact|date=August 2008, actor, son of Michael Ansara and Barbara Eden
* Bridgette AndersenFact|date=August 2008, child actress, Savannah Smiles
* John BelushiFact|date=August 2008, comedian/actor
* Len BiasFact|date=August 2008, college basketball star
* Tommy BolinFact|date=August 2008, Deep Purple musician
* Elisa BridgesFact|date=August 2008, "Playboy" Playmate
* Lenny BruceFact|date=August 2008, comedian
* Tim BuckleyFact|date=August 2008, musician
* Casey CalvertFact|date=August 2008, Hawthorne Heights Musician
* Ken CaminitiFact|date=August 2008, baseball player
* Truman CapoteFact|date=August 2008, writer
* Steve ClarkFact|date=August 2008, Def Leppard musician
* Montgomery Clift,Fact|date=August 2008 actor
* Dorothy DandridgeFact|date=August 2008, actress
* Nick DrakeFact|date=August 2008, musician
* Kevin DuBrowFact|date=August 2008, musician
* Bobby Duncum, Jr.Fact|date=August 2008, professional wrestler
* John Entwistle,Fact|date=August 2008 musician
* Brian Epstein,Fact|date=August 2008 Beatles manager
* Chris Farley,Fact|date=August 2008 comedian/actor
* Rainer Werner Fassbinder,Fact|date=August 2008 film director
* Keith Ferguson,Fact|date=August 2008 The Fabulous Thunderbirds, musician
* Judy Garland,Fact|date=August 2008 musician/actress
* Talitha Getty,Fact|date=August 2008 actress/socialite, heroin, Rome, 1971
* Trevor Goddard,Fact|date=August 2008 actor
* Tim Hardin,Fact|date=August 2008 musician
* Bobby Hatfield,Fact|date=August 2008 musician (fatal heart attack was triggered by a cocaine overdose)
* Mitch Hedberg,Fact|date=August 2008 comedian/actor
* Margaux Hemingway,Fact|date=August 2008 model/actress
* Jimi Hendrix, Fact|date=August 2008 musician (sleeping pills)
* Curt Hennig,Fact|date=August 2008 professional wrestler, also known as Mr. Perfect
* Billie Holiday,Fact|date=August 2008 jazz singer, composer
* Shannon Hoon,Fact|date=August 2008 musician
* Elizabeth Ann Hulette,Fact|date=August 2008 Professional wresting valet, also known as Miss Elizabeth
* Anissa Jones,Fact|date=August 2008 actress
* Russell Jones,Fact|date=August 2008 musician (overdose on cocaine and prescription painkillers)
* Janis Joplin,Fact|date=August 2008 musician
* John Kordic,Fact|date=August 2008 hockey player
* Heath Ledger, actor
* Eugene "Big Daddy" Lipscomb,Fact|date=August 2008 American football player
* Sonny Liston,Fact|date=August 2008 world champion boxer (possible)
* Donyale Luna,Fact|date=August 2008 model
* Phil Lynott,Fact|date=August 2008 musician
* Frankie Lymon,Fact|date=August 2008 musician
* David McComb,Fact|date=August 2008 musician
* Aimee Semple McPherson,Fact|date=August 2008 evangelist
* Jonathan MelvoinFact|date=August 2008, musician
* Keith Moon,Fact|date=August 2008 musician
* Marilyn Monroe,Fact|date=August 2008 actress (death of a barbiturate overdose has still not been proven)
* Jim Morrison,Fact|date=August 2008 musician (fatal heart attack triggered by a heroin overdose)
* Brad Nowell,Fact|date=August 2008 musician, Sublime
* Lani O'Grady,Fact|date=August 2008 actress, Eight Is Enough
* Bryan Ottoson,Fact|date=August 2008 musician
* Marco Pantani,Fact|date=August 2008 cyclist
* Gram Parsons,Fact|date=August 2008 musician
* Robert Pastorelli,Fact|date=August 2008 actor
* Christopher Pettiet,Fact|date=August 2008 actor
* Christopher Penn,Fact|date=August 2008 actor
* Kristen PfaffFact|date=August 2008, musician
* River Phoenix,Fact|date=August 2008 actor
* Rob PilatusFact|date=August 2008, acting singer Milli Vanilli
* Edgar Allan Poe,Fact|date=August 2008 author (one of several possible theories; see Death of Edgar Allan Poe)
* Pola,Fact|date=August 2008 model, heroin, around 1975
* Elvis Presley,Fact|date=August 2008 musician
* Freddie Prinze,Fact|date=August 2008 comic, actor Chico and the Man, self-inflicted gunshot wound while under the influence of Quaaludes
* Glenn Quinn,Fact|date=August 2008 actor
* Dee Dee Ramone,Fact|date=August 2008 musician
* Elis Regina,Fact|date=August 2008 Brazilian singer
* Brad Renfro,Fact|date=August 2008 actor
* Don Rogers,Fact|date=August 2008 American football player
* Bon Scott, singer AC/DC,Fact|date=August 2008 Aspiration brought on by alcohol intoxication
* Edie Sedgwick, Fact|date=August 2008 model/actress
* Bobby SheehanFact|date=August 2008 musician, Blues Traveler
* Eric ShowFact|date=August 2008 baseball player
* Tom Simpson,Fact|date=August 2008 cyclist
* Hillel Slovak Fact|date=August 2008 guitarist, Red Hot Chili Peppers
* Anna Nicole SmithFact|date=August 2008 actress and media celebrity
* Layne StaleyFact|date=August 2008, musician
* Gary Thain,Fact|date=August 2008 bass guitarist Uriah Heep
* Ike Turner,Fact|date=August 2008 musician, bandleader, talent scout
* Enrique Urquijo,Fact|date=August 2008 Spanish musician
* Sid Vicious,Fact|date=August 2008 musician
* Andrew Wood,Fact|date=August 2008 musician and singer
* Paula Yates,Fact|date=August 2008 TV personality
* Linda Wong,Fact|date=August 2008 porn actress

ee also

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

References