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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121105071538/http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/entertainment/news/article/20021--list-of-celebrities-taken-by-drug-use-tragic-and-growing "List of celebrities taken by drug use tragic and growing"] (January 23, 2008). City''News'' Toronto website. Retrieved from November 5, 2012 archive at Internet Archive.</ref>
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121105071538/http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/entertainment/news/article/20021--list-of-celebrities-taken-by-drug-use-tragic-and-growing "List of celebrities taken by drug use tragic and growing"] (January 23, 2008). City''News'' Toronto website. Retrieved from November 5, 2012 archive at Internet Archive.</ref>
*Nick Adams, 36, TV actor, died of an overdose from barbiturates.
*Nick Adams, 36, TV actor, died of an overdose from barbiturates.
*Robert Arquette, 47, gender-confused homosexual actor and member of the Arquette acting family who began claiming to be a "woman" and subsequently renamed himself "Alexis" in his later years; became infected with HIV in 1987 due to his immersion in the homosexual lifestyle and died in 2016 from cardiac arrest caused by myocarditis which had developed due to his HIV infection.
*Jeremy Applegate, 24, actor, committed suicide, ironically after saying (in a voiceover scene) in 1989's teen film ''Heathers'' "I hope this never happens to me, because I couldn't handle suicide".
*Jeremy Applegate, 24, actor, committed suicide, ironically after saying (in a voiceover scene) in 1989's teen film ''Heathers'' "I hope this never happens to me, because I couldn't handle suicide".
*[[Howard Ashman]], 40, lyricist and producer, died of AIDS due to his homosexual lifestyle.
*[[Howard Ashman]], 40, lyricist and producer, died of AIDS due to his homosexual lifestyle.
*Divine, 42, transvestite who was also homosexual, died of an enlarged heart.
*Divine, 42, transvestite who was also homosexual, died of an enlarged heart.
*Bobby Driscoll, 31, Disney child actor best know for his role as the voice of Peter Pan in the Disney movie of the same name, whose acting career declined after he became addicted to drugs and encountered related legal trouble after leaving Disney, then moved to New York and became involved with Andy Warhol's Factory; was found dead in 1968 in an abandoned tenement in New York City, and his autopsy revealed he had died of heart failure related to his drug use.
*Bobby Driscoll, 31, Disney child actor best know for his role as the voice of Peter Pan in the Disney movie of the same name, whose acting career declined after he became addicted to drugs and encountered related legal trouble after leaving Disney, then moved to New York and became involved with Andy Warhol's Factory; was found dead in 1968 in an abandoned tenement in New York City, and his autopsy revealed he had died of heart failure related to his drug use.
*Kevin DuBrow, 52, lead singer of 1980's metal band Quiet Riot, died from an overdose of cocaine.
*Kevin DuBrow, 52, lead singer of 1980s metal band Quiet Riot, died from an overdose of cocaine.
*Ryan Dunn, 34, [[MTV]]'s reality star from the series ''[[Jackass]]'', died in a 3:00 AM auto accident after a night of drinking.<ref>[http://www.tmz.com/2011/06/20/jackass-ryan-dunn-dies-dead-car-crash-accident-pennsylvania/ "Ryan Dunn dead: 'Jackass' star dies in car crash"] (June 20, 2011). TMZ website.</ref>
*Ryan Dunn, 34, [[MTV]]'s reality star from the series ''[[Jackass]]'', died in a 3:00 AM auto accident after a night of drinking.<ref>[http://www.tmz.com/2011/06/20/jackass-ryan-dunn-dies-dead-car-crash-accident-pennsylvania/ "Ryan Dunn dead: 'Jackass' star dies in car crash"] (June 20, 2011). TMZ website.</ref>
*Eazy-E, 31, hip hop musician, [[AIDS]] death in 1995 contracted through drug use.
*Eazy-E, 31, hip hop musician, [[AIDS]] death in 1995 contracted through drug use.