Scoop: Corey Haim’s lengthy addiction struggle

Published March 11, 2010 5:00am ET



It’s always sad when someone is gone too soon — and it’s even sadder when the loss was preventable. The passing of actor Corey Haim on Wednesday at age 38 was tragically foreshadowed by a life plagued by drug addiction.

Four prescription bottles were found at the scene of the “Lost Boys” star’s death, a member of the L.A. coroner’s department said. And while an initial autopsy and toxicology test were inconclusive, an accidental drug overdose was suspected.

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