Famous people who died as a result of drug addiction

[The Hammer]

A lot of famous people died either directly or indirectly as a result of drug addiction.

Here's a few of them:

The first supermodel, Gia Marie Carangi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gia_Carangi

Highly-regarded actor Philip Seymour Hoffman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Seymour_Hoffman

Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bonham

Musician and singer Kurt Cobain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Cobain

The Who bassist John Entwistle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Entwistle

Legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix

Singer Whitney Houston

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Houston

Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Jones

Singer Janis Joplin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_Joplin

Actor River Phoenix

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Phoenix

Jazz singer Amy Winehouse

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Winehouse

Actor Chris Penn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Penn

[El-blanco]

Opiates destroy lives famous or not.

[The Hammer]

Opiates destroy lives famous or not.

Very true.

But the famous people make the news media, the common people do not.

[Francis M.]

Michael Jackson....

[El-blanco]

Very true.

But the famous people make the news media, the common people do not.

Oxys, heroin, fentanyl, etc is a major killer, don't ever try that ****. I still don't know why people even try that ****, rich or not, and I've been around it. People gotta understand that trying that will alter your life

[Spartacus Sully]

A lot of famous people died either directly or indirectly as a result of drug addiction.

Here's a few of them:

The first supermodel, Gia Marie Carangi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gia_Carangi

she died of aids, as a supermodel, it is entirely possible she got it sexually.

[WARQUEZ]

she died of aids, as a supermodel, it is entirely possible she got it sexually.

I was just about to say that. In the movie it depicts that she got it from a dirty needle but she could of easily got it sexually.

[The Hammer]

she died of aids, as a supermodel, it is entirely possible she got it sexually.

No.

It's rarely passed from woman to woman, especially at that time when very few women had the HIV virus and it was far from being a widespread disease except for gays and intravenous drug users (she was actually the first famous woman to die of AIDs).

She injected with needles a lot, and at that time people shared needles more than today.

[Spartacus Sully]

No.

It's rarely passed from woman to woman, especially at that time when very few women had the HIV virus and it was far from being a widespread disease except for gays and intravenous drug users (she was actually the first famous woman to die of AIDs).

She injected with needles a lot, and at that time people shared needles more than today.

you say "No." so matter of factly and then go onto explain that you don't and can't know for sure.

She died of aids, while many people like to exploit her so they can teach lessons about drug abuse, we cannot know how she contracted aids for sure.


Though to note, a dirty needle is not the only drug related way, she could have also whored herself out for drugs and contracted it that way.

[The Hammer]

Though to note, a dirty needle is not the only drug related way, she could have also whored herself out for drugs and contracted it that way.

Not impossible, that would mean her death was indirectly a result of her drug addiction.