List of Famous Deaths by Drug Overdose
“But for the grace of God, there goes I.”
  • GG Allin, cult psychopathic punk rock singer and country and western singer who fronted The Jabbers, The Scumfucs, The Murder Junkies among other bands.
  • Matthew Ansara, actor, son of Michael Ansara and Barbara Eden
  • Bridgette Andersen, child actress, Savannah Smiles
  • John Belushi, comedian/actor
  • Len Bias, college basketball star
  • Tommy Bolin, Deep Purple musician
  • Elisa Bridges, Playboy Playmate
  • Lenny Bruce, comedian
  • Robert Buck, 10,000 Maniacs Musician
  • Tim Buckley, musician
  • Ken Caminiti, baseball player
  • Steve Clark, Def Leppard musician
  • Robby Crosby, Lead Guitarist for RATT
  • Montgomery Clift, actor
  • Dorothy Dandridge, actress
  • Nick Drake, musician
  • Bobby Duncum, Jr., professional wrestler
  • John Entwistle, musician
  • Brian Epstein, Beatles manager
  • Howie Epstein, Bass player for Tom Petty
  • Chris Farley, comedian/actor
  • W.C. Fields, actor/comedian
  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder, film director
  • Keith Ferguson, Fabulous Thunderbirds, musician
  • Jerry Garcia, singer/musician, cardiac arrest induced by longtime heroin use
  • Judy Garland, musician/actress
  • Trevor Goddard, actor
  • Tim Hardin, musician
  • Bobby Hatfield, musician (fatal heart attack was triggered by a cocaine overdose)
  • Margaux Hemingway, model/actress
  • Jimi Hendrix, musician
  • Curt Hennig, professional wrestler
  • Shannon Hoon, musician
  • Anissa Jones, actress
  • Janis Joplin, musician
  • John Kordic,hockey player
  • Eugene (Big Daddy) Lipscomb, American football player
  • Sonny Liston, world champion boxer (possible)
  • Bela Lugosi, actor
  • Phil Lynott,Thin Lizzy, musician & Lead Singer (Man, I loved their music)
  • Frankie Lymon, musician
  • Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist
  • Keith Moon, musician
  • Marilyn Monroe, actress (death of a barbituate overdose has still not been proven)



Fans visit the burial sites of beloved celebrities like Marilyn Monroe and place Avas Flowers on their graves. Too many talented actors, musicians, and artists have died from drug overdoses. Avas Flowers bouquets are a poor consolation for all the films and music those talented people never got to make.

  • Jim Morrison, musician (fatal heart attack triggered by a heroin overdose)
  • Brad Nowell, musician
  • Hugh O’Connor, actor, In the Heat of the Night, son to actor Carroll O’Connor
  • Lani O’Grady, actress, Eight Is Enough
  • Brian O’Leary, actor
  • Marco Pantani, cyclist
  • Gram Parsons, musician
  • Robert Pastorelli, actor
  • Christopher Pettiet, actor
  • Christopher Penn, actor, brother of actor Sean Penn (AKA Spikoli)
  • Kristen Pfaff, musician
  • River Phoenix, actor

  • Rob Pilatus, acting singer Milli Vanilli
  • Edgar Allan Poe, author (possible)
  • Elvis Presley, musician
  • Freddie Prinze, comic, actor Chico and the Man, self-inflicted gunshot wound while under the influence of Quaaludes
  • Glenn Quinn, actor
  • Dee Dee Ramone, musician
  • Elis Regina, Brazilian singer
  • Don Rogers, American football player
  • Bon Scott, singer AC/DC, Aspiration brought on by alcohol intoxication
  • Edie Sedgwick, model/actress
  • Bobby Sheehan singer/musician, Blues Traveler
  • Eric Show baseball player
  • Anna Nicole Smith, model/reality star/playboy centerfold
  • Layne Staley, musician
  • Sid Vicious, musician
  • Andrew Wood, musician and singer
  • Paula Yates, TV personality
  • Hillel Slovak, musician
  • Enrique Urquijo, Spanish musician
  • Linda Wong, porn actress
  • Bradley Nowell, Musician Sublime
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