Corey Haim was a teen star who often appeared 1980s/1990s films along with Corey Feldman. Haim, who had a long history of prescription drug abuse, died of an apparent drug overdose at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center, Burbank on March 10, 2010.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35794872/ns/entertainment-celebrities/
On March 11, 2010, the coroner's office determined that Haim's death was caused by a combination of an enlarged heart, pulmonary congestion and water in his lungs. The coroner's office won't comment on the findings, and will not be releasing an official cause of death until toxicology test results are in.http://www.actressarchives.com/news.php?id=21661
He first appeared on television on “The Edison Twins” serial from 1982 to 1986. He appeared on a movie in the movie “Firstborn” in 1984. He won Award for the Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor category from the Motion Picture for the movie. His next movies continued to be successful and he had been nominated and won several awards from 1984 to 1990.
He often worked together with Corey Feldman. Both Corey Haim and Corey Feldman appeared in License to Drive, Dream A Little Dream and The Lost Boys. In 2006 they had a reality show together called The Two Coreys. Haim was working on several films at the time of his death, including a thriller titled American Sunset. Although he was well known as an actor, Haim was also a producer and director for several movies such as Fast High, Demolition High, and A Detour in Life which is in pre-production stage.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000433/
Despite his success, Haim filed for bankruptcy in 1997 because of mounting medical bills and unpaid taxes.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35794872/ns/entertainment-celebrities/ In a 2007 interview, Haim said that he started using cocaine in the 1980s which led to using both "uppers" and "downers." He said that at one point he was taking as many as 85 pills a day.http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/03/10/2010-03-10_actor_corey_haim_dead_at_38_overdose_suspected_reports.html
Haim continued to struggle with drugs throughout his life. At one point, his drug abuse problems caused “The Two Coreys” he starred in to be canceled in 2008 after two seasons. In fact he called himself a chronic relapser for the rest of his life.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35794872/ns/entertainment-celebrities/
Notable Roles
- Lucas in Lucas (1986)
- Sam Emerson in The Lost Boys (1987)
- Dinger in Dream a Little Dream (1989)
- Himself in The Two Coreys (2007)
Awards and Nomination
Nomination for Best Performance by a Younger Actor for: The Lost Boys in 1987 for Saturn Award.
Nomination for Best Performance by a Younger Actor for: Watchers in 1988 for Saturn Award.
Nomination for Best Performance by a Younger Actor for: Prayers of the Rollerboys in 1990 for Saturn Award.
Won the Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor by Motion Picture for Firstborn in 1984
Won the Exceptional Young Actor Starring in a Television Special or Movie of the Week for A Time to Leave in 1985
Won the Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Fantasy for License to Drive in 1988
Quotes
"I was working on The Lost Boys when I smoked my first joint. But a year before that, I was starting to drink beer on the set of the film Lucas. I did cocaine for about a year and a half, then it led to crack. I started on the downers which were a hell of a lot better than the uppers because I was a nervous wreck. But one led to two, two led to four, four led to eight, until at the end it was about 85 a day. And that was just the valium - I'm not talking about the other pills I went through."—Corey HaimIMDb: Corey Haim biography
"What does kissing really mean to me? To me, if you feel, when you kiss a girl, that certain feeling of all those dolphins, like, swimming through your blood stream, and you get those good tingles inside your stomach, I don't think there's any better feeling."—Corey HaimBrainyQuote: Corey Haim quotes
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Corey Haim Timeline
Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
December 23, 1971: Born
1982: The Edison Twins
1984: Firstborn
1985: Silver Bullet'
1986: Lucas
1987: The Lost Boys
1988: License to Drive
1989: Dream a Little Dream
1992: Blown Away
1993: Anything for Love
1994: Last Resort
1995: Dream a Little Dream 2
1996: Busted
1998: Merlin
2007: The Two Coreys
2007: Universal Groove
