Friday, October 16, 2015

21 Celebrities Who Died from an Overdose


It"s both tragic and true:


Far too many celebrities have lost their lives to a drug overdose.


We send our best wishes to the loved ones of these late stars and we hope they are resting in peace…




1. Whitney Houston


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Whitney Houston passed away from a cocaine overdose and drowning on February 11, 2012. The legendary singer was 49 years old.



2. Philip Seymour Hoffman


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Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead by a friend on Super Bowl Sunday in 2014. The Oscar-winning star was 46 at the time and a medical examiner declared that Hoffman died from a mixture of heroin, cocaine and amphetamines.



3. Peaches Geldof


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Peaches Geldof, 25, died in April 7 at her home in Wrotham, England. A few months later, a British coroner officially ruled that Geldof had died of a heroin overdose.



4. Lisa Robin Kelly


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Lisa Robin Kelly died in her sleep from multiple drug intoxification on August 14, 2013. She was 43 years old at the time.



5. Cory Monteith


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Rest in peace, Cory Monteith. The Glee star died from a mixture of heroin and champagne on July 13, 2013. The incident followed a night out with friends in Vancouver. He was 31.



6. Amy Winehouse


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We still remember where we were when Amy Winehouse died from alcohol intoxication on July 23, 2011, at her home in England. She was just 27 at the time.


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