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- Herb Abrams (42) - American professional wrestling promoter, heart complications brought on by drug abuse.
- Nick Adams (36) - actor, drug overdose.
- David Allen Adkisson (25) - American professional wrestler, death speculated upon as drugs overdose.
- Kerry Gene Adkisson (33) - American professional wrestler, suicide, after arrest for cocaine possession and drug problems.
- Michael Brent Adkisson (23) - American professional wrestler, suicide, overdosed on tranquilizers.
- Dave Alexander (27) - musician, The Stooges.
- Dennis Allen (36) - Australian infamous drug dealer, drug induced heart failure.
- GG Allin (36) - punk musician, heroin overdose.
- Bridgette Andersen (21) former child actress, alcohol and heroin overdose.
- Howard Arkley (48) - painter.
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- Chet Baker (58) - jazz trumpeter and singer.
- Florence Ballard (32) - musician, The Supremes, cardiac arrest strongly exacerbated by long-term drug abuse.
- Honoré de Balzac (51) - caffeine poisoning from drinking over forty cups of coffee a day.
- Lester Bangs (33) - musician, writer, overdose of painkillers, possibly accidental.
- Jean-Michel Basquiat (27) - painter, heroin overdose.
- Scotty Beckett (38) - American former child actor, suicide, barbiturate overdose.
- Bix Beiderbecke (28) - jazz musician, alcoholism.
- John Belushi (33) - of the Blues Brothers, actor, and comedian, heroin and cocaine overdose (speedball).
- Bunny Berigan (33) - musician, trumpet, liver cirrhosis from alcoholism.
- Wes Berggren - musician, Tripping Daisy.
- George Best (59) - ex-footballer with Manchester United, multiple organ failure, long standing alcoholism.
- Leah Betts (18) - British schoolgirl, ecstasy related.
- Len Bias (22) - basketball star; died of cocaine overdose before ever playing in the NBA.
- Dave Bidwell - musician, the Pink Fairies, Chicken Shack, Savoy Brown, Mungo Jerry.
- Matty Blagg (real name Matthew Roberts) - musician, Blaggers I.T.A., heroin overdose.
- Mike Bloomfield - blues guitarist, heroin overdose.
- Tommy Bolin (25) - musician, Deep Purple, drugs overdose and/or alcohol poisoning.
- John Bonham (32) - musician Led Zeppelin, inhalation of own vomit; believed to be alcohol-related.
- James Booker (44) - musician, liver failure.
- Elisa Bridges (29) - model, acute intoxication - combined effects of heroin, methamphetamine, meperidine and Alprazolam.
- Erik Brødreskift (30) - musician, Borknagar,Gorgoroth,and Immortal, suicide - pill overdose.
- Herman Brood (55) - musician, suicide after long-term substance abuse issues.
- Dennis Brown (42) - musician, Jamacian Reggae singer, believed to be AIDS related but strong rumours of chronic drug abuse.
- Lenny Bruce (40) - comedian, morphine overdose.
- Robert Buck (42) - musician, 10,000 Maniacs, liver disease.
- Tim Buckley (28) - rock and roll musician, heroin overdose.
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- Andrés Caicedo (25) - Columbian writer, drugs overdose (suicide).
- Toy Caldwell - musician, Marshall Tucker Band.
- Ken Caminiti - former Major League Baseball player; acute cocaine and opiates intoxication.
- Skip Candelori - musician, Turning Point.
- Max Cantor - journalist, actor, heroin overdose, he became an addict while researching addicts in New York.
- Gia Carangi - supermodel, heroin abuse led to a death from AIDS.
- Leroy Carr - blues musician, cirrhosis of the Liver as a result of alcoholism.
- Michael Clarke (47) - musician, the Byrds, liver failure due to long term alcoholism.
- Sonny Clark - musician, American hard bop pianist, heroin overdose.
- Steve Clark - musician, Def Leppard, accidential death (anti-depressants, painkillers and alcohol).
- Will Clay - musician, The Toys.
- Montgomery Clift - actor, heart attack due to severe alcoholism and drug abuse.
- Brian Cole - musician, the Association, heroin overdose.
- Brian Connolly - musician, Sweet, liver damage caused by long-term substance abuse.
- Pamela Courson - common law wife of Jim Morrison of The Doors, heroin overdose.
- Cowboy (real name Keith Wiggins) - musician, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, drug overdose.
- Carl Crack - musician, Atari Teenage Riot, drug overdose.
- Darby Crash (22) - punk musician, of The Germs, suicide by heroin overdose.
- Robbin Crosby - musician, ex-Ratt, contracted HIV as a result of long-time heroin addiction and died of AIDS.
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- Dalida (54) - singer, suicide, barbiturates overdose (sleeping pills).
- Dorothy Dandridge (42) - actress, singer, anti-depressant overdose.
- Jesse Ed Davis (43) - guitarist, session musician, drug overdose.
- Sheik Sayed Darwish - Egyptian composer and father of Arab popular music, cocaine overdose.
- Paul Demayo - American professional bodybuilder, heroin overdose.
- Ted Demme (38) - film director, heart attack, small amount of cocaine taken may have contributed.
- Rick Dey - musician, the Vejtables, February Sunshine, the Wilde Knights and the Merry-Go-Round.
- Dimwit - musician, D.O.A., drug overdose.
- Matt DiMorte (16) - ex-lead guitarist in the Band 'Us', solo guitarist, suicide on unknown pills, after severe psychotic
hallucinations and impairments from insomnia.
- Teri Diver (29) - pornographic actress, cardic arrest caused by overdose of migraine medication.
- Kiki Djan - Ghanian musician, Osibisa, drug addiction and AIDS.
- DJ Screw (29) - musician, heart attack thought to be result of codeine overdose.
- Desmond Donnelly (53) - British politician/ Businessman/ Journalist, suicide under influence of alcohol/ overdose of barbiturates.
- Tommy Dorsey (51) - jazz musician and bandleader, choked to death while sleeping with the aid of drugs.
- John Dougherty - musician, Flipper, heroin overdose.
- Nick Drake (26) - musician, anti-depressant overdose, disputed suicide.
- Bobby Driscoll (31) - actor, heart failure, long term drug abuse.
- Bobby Duncum, Jr. - American professional wrestler, prescription drug overdose.
- Anthony Durante - American professional wrestler, drugs overdose.
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- Jeanne Eagels (39) - actress, alcohol and/or heroin abuse.
- John Entwistle (57) - musician, bassist for the Who, died from heart failure brought upon by cocaine use.
- Brian Epstein (32) - Manager of The Beatles, drug overdose.
- Howie Epstein (47) - musician, ex-bassist with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, heroin overdose.
- Rick Evers - musician, drummer and songwriter, was married to Carole King, heroin overdose.
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- Chris Farley (33) - comedian, cocaine and heroin overdose (speedball).
- Pete Farndon (31) - musician, the Pretenders, drowned/ heroin overdose.
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder - playwright, director.
- Brenda Fassie - South African singer, cocaine overdose.
- W.C. Fields (67) - American performer and actor, complications of alcoholism.
- Keith Ferguson - musician, the Fabulous Thunderbirds.
- Althea Flynt - co-publisher of Hustler magazine, drowned after passing out after drug overdose.
- Zac Foley (31) - musician, EMF, heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, barbituates and alcohol in bloodstream.
- Sigmund Freud - Austrian neurologisy, physician assisted morphine overdose.
- Tom Foote - Punk musician, the Devices and the Loco Gringos, drug overdose.
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- Rory Gallagher - musician, Taste, died of complications from a liver transplant from prolonged alcohol use.
- Paul Gardiner - musician, Tubeway Army, drug overdose.
- Judy Garland - American singer and actress, disputed drug overdose as cause of death.
- Lowell George - musician, Little Feat, heart attack - habitual drug abuse probable cause.
- Andy Gibb - singer, younger brother of the Bee Gees; cardiac damage strongly exacerbated by cocaine and alcohol abuse.
- Simon Gipps-Kent - British actor, morphine poisoning, suspected drugs overdose.
- Candy Givens - musician, Zephyr, drowned in jacuzzi after passing out from a mix of alcohol and quaaludes.
- Trevor Goddard - British former professional boxer turned actor, drugs overdose.
- Alexander Godunov (45) - actor, died of alcoholism.
- Dwayne Goettel - musician, Skinny Puppy, heroin overdose.
- Lucy Grealy (39) - American poet, presumed accidental drug overdose.
- Sean Greenway - Australian indie musician, member of GOD, heroin overdose
- Gribouille - French singer, drugs overdose.
- Stacy Guess - musician, the Squirrel Nut Zippers, heroin overdose.
- Eddie Guerrero - professional wrestler, died from heart complications caused by past substance abuse
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- Paul Hammond - musician, Atomic Rooster, drug overdose (suicide).
- Primož Habič - vocalist of Slovenian 80`s punk band Niet, heroin overdose in 1991
- Bobby Hatfield - musician, The Righteous Brothers, heart attack triggered by cocaine overdose.
- Tim Hardin - folk musician, heroin and morphine overdose.
- Wynonie Harris - blues singer, alcohol poisoning.
- Brynn Hartman - wife and killer of comedian Phil Hartman, suicide after cocaine and alcohol.
- Alex Harvey - musician,The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, liver damage caused by alcohol abuse.
- Joey Hawthorne - American professional poler player, drug overdose.
- Eddie Hazel - musician, guitarist, of the P-funk collective, liver failure.
- Mitch Hedberg - American comedian, multiple drug toxicity (cocaine and heroin).
- Helno (real name Noel Rota) - musician, Les Negresses Vertes, died trying to overcome serious drug addiction.
- Tim Hemensley - Australian indie musician, member of GOD, heroin overdose
- Margaux Hemingway - actress, disputed suicide, overdose of sedatives.
- Jimi Hendrix (27) - rock and roll musician, respiratory arrest caused by barbiturate overdose and vomit inhalation.
- Curt Hennig - professional wrestler, cocaine overdose.
- Bil Henson - Adult film actor, accidential heroin overdose.
- Gregory Herbet - musician, Blood, Sweat & Tears.
- Bob Hite - musician, Canned Heat, heart attack.
- Randy Jo Hobbs - musician.
- El Duce Hoke - musician, drummer and singer in the Mentors, hit by train when alcohol intoxicated (disputed murder theories).
- Michael Holiday - singer.
- Billie Holiday - jazz singer died from cirrhosis of the liver attributed to longtime alcohol and heroin abuse.
- Hollywood Fats - musician.
- Gary Holton - musician, Heavy Metal Kids, alcohol and morphine overdose.
- James Honeyman-Scott - musician, the Pretenders, heroin overdose.
- Shannon Hoon - musician, singer in Blind Melon, cocaine overdose.
- Tim Hovey - actor.
- Howard Hughes (70) - aviator, an engineer, an industrialist, a movie producer, a playboy, liver failure - autopsy showed
lethal amount of codeine and also valium in body.
- Harold Hunter (31) - American professional skateboarder and actor, apparent cocaine overdose.
- Phyllis Hyman - singer, suicide involving pills.
- Elizabeth Hulette - professional wrestling manager, accidential drug medication/alcohol mixing.
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- Lorri Jackson - musician.
- Steven Ronald "Stevo" Jensen - musician, The Vandals, prescription drug overdose.
- Joëlle, American born French singer, drug overdose.
- Anissa Jones - actress (played "Buffy" on American T.V series Family Affair), accidential overdose of cocaine, angel dust,
Quaaludes and Seconal.
- Brian Jones - musician, the Rolling Stones, drowned, very likely due to alcohol and barbiturate intoxication.
- Rob Jones (a.k.a. The Bass Thing) - musician - former bassist of The Wonder Stuff, heroin overdose.
- Russell Jones (a.k.a. Ol' Dirty Bastard) - hip hop musician, accidential overdose, cocaine and prescription painkiller.
- Janis Joplin - rock and roll and blues musician, heroin overdose.
- Joachim Nielsen - musician, heroin overdose.
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- John Kahn - musician, Jerry Garcia Band, complications of heart disease, heroin, cocaine, and antidepressants found in
his body.
- Jeff Kaplan - musician, Kaleidoscope, drugs overdose.
- Wells Kelly - musician, Orleans, heroin overdose.
- David Kennedy - fourth child of Robert F. Kennedy, cocaine and Demerol overdose.
- Jack Kerouac - writer/poet, complications due to alcoholism.
- Bernard Kettlewell - British lepidopterist and medical doctor, drugs overdose.
- Kenny Kirkland - musician, noted pianist, heroin overdose.
- Hoi Klinskih - musician, Sector Gaza.
- John Kordic - Canadian hockey player, died during struggle with police after cocaine overdose.
- Paul Kossoff - musician, Free, drug-related heart problems.
- Lance Krantz - musician, drummer of Detox.
- Eddie Kurdziel - musician, Redd Kross, drug overdose.
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- Arcadia Lake - American pornographic actress, drug overdose.
- Barbara La Marr - actress, drug-related death in Hollywood.
- Karen Lancaume - French pornographic actress, overdose of medication (suicide).
- Carole Landis - actress, overdose of barbiturates (suicide).
- Peter Laughner - musician, Pere Ubu, acute pancreatitis.
- Rudy Lewis - musician, the Drifters.
- Mike Lockwood - American professional wrestler, choked on his own vomit after overdose of painkillers and alcohol.
- Trinity Loren (real name: Joyce Evelyn McPherson) - American porn star, model, and stripper, accidental overdose of prescription
painkillers.
- Bela Lugosi (73) - actor, drug-related heart attack.
- Zoe Tamerlis Lund - former child American musical prodigy turned model, actress, and writer, heart failure due to heroin
use.
- Frankie Lymon - musician, doo wop singer, heroin overdose.
- Phil Lynott - musician, Thin Lizzy, health breakdown caused by a heroin overdose.
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- Billy Mackenzie - musician, the Associates, overdosed on prescription drugs (suicide).
- Mike MacTavish - musician, the Lost Souls.
- Steve Marriott - musician, The Small Faces and Humble Pie, drug related fire.
- Roger Martin - musician, liver failure from alcohol and drugs.
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- Jad McAdam - musician, Lino.
- James McCallum Bronson - stepson of actor Charles Bronson, drug overdose.
- David McComb, musciian, The Triffids, heroin overdose.
- Jimmy McCulloch musician with Wings, guitarist, heroin overdose.
- Pig Pen McKernan - musician, the Grateful Dead, gastrointestinal hemorrhage linked to alcohol abuse.
- Robbie McIntosh - musician, Average White Band, heroin overdose.
- Clyde McPhatter - singer.
- Joe Meek - record producer.
- Jonathan Melvoin - touring keyboardist for the Smashing Pumpkins, heroin overdose.
- Mighty Spoiler - calypso music singer.
- Miss Christine - musician, the GTO's.
- Amedeo Modigliani - painter, alcohol poisoning.
- Marilyn Monroe - actress, overdose of sleeping pills.
- Matty Luv - musician, Hickey, heroin overdose.
- Ken Montgomery - musician, D.O.A.
- Roy Montrell - session guitarist, heroin overdose.
- Keith Moon - musician, the Who, overdosed on anti-seizure medication.
- Chester Morris - actor, drug overdose.
- Jim Morrison (27) - musician, the Doors, heroin and alcohol (cause and fact of death disputed).
- Billy Murcia - musician, the New York Dolls, accidental suffocation after drugs and alcohol.
- Brent Mydland - musician, keyboardist, of the Grateful Dead, cocaine/morphine overdose.
- Modest Mussorgsky - classical composer, alcohol.
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- Delphine Neid - musician, The Nuns, drugs overdose.
- Papoose Nelson - blues musician.
- Joachim Nielsen (36) - Norwegian rock musician, drug overdose
- Bradley Nowell - musician, Sublime, heroin overdose.
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- Hugh O'Connor - actor, of In the Heat of the Night TV series, suicide under influence of cocaine.
- Lani O'Grady - actress, of Eight Is Enough.
- Frank O'Keefe - musician, the Outlaws.
- Johnny O'Keefe - musician, singer, heart attack after prescription drugs addiction.
- Brian O'Leary - actor.
- Christina Onassis - daughter of the billionaire Aristotle Onassis, pulmonary edema, caused by constant drug abuse and
dramatic weight changes.
- Charlie Ondras - musician, Unsane.
- Bryan Ottoson - musician, American Head Charge, accidental prescription-drug overdose.
- Malcolm Owen - singer, lyricist of the Ruts, heroin overdose.
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- Marco Pantani - cyclist, Tour de France winner; acute cocaine intoxication.
- Charlie Parker - jazz musician.
- Robert Pastorelli - American television actor, heroin overdose.
- Gram Parsons - country musician, of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, overdose, purportedly of morphine and tequila.
- Joe Pass - jazz musician.
- Jon-Jon Paulos - musician, the Buckinghams.
- Chris Penn (40) - Brother of Actor Sean Penn, heart disease and prescription drugs.
- Art Pepper - jazz musician.
- Glenn Pereire (65) - classical composer, alcoholism.
- Chris Pettiet (24) - American actor, accidential drug overdose.
- Jack Pickford (36) - American actor, syphilis & alcohol and drug abuse.
- Kristen Pfaff - musician, ex-member of Hole, heroin overdose.
- Esther Phillips - musician, singer, liver failue due to alcohol and heroin dependency.
- John Phillips - musician, of the Mamas and the Papas.
- River Phoenix (23) - actor, overdose of heroin and cocaine (speedball).
- Jeffrey Lee Pierce (37) - musician, the Gun Club.
- Rob Pilatus (32) - musician, Milli Vanilli, drug overdose.
- Dana Plato (34) - actress, of Diff'rent Strokes, suicide - overdose of Vanadom and Vicodin.
- Elvis Presley (42) - singer, heart attack brought on by overdose of barbituates.
- Freddie Prinze (22) - comic, actor (Chico and the Man), self-inflicted gunshot wound while under the influence of Quaaludes.
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- Robert Quine - musician, guitar player, Richard Hell & the Voidoids, suicide by heroin overdose.
- Glenn Quinn (32) - actor, heroin overdose.
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- Dee Dee Ramone - musician, the Ramones, heroin overdose.
- Alex Ramsdell - jazz pianist.
- Chris Rasmussen - Comedian, hung with lethal amount of cocaine in system (believed to be murder/cops still say suicide).
- James Ray - musician, drug overdose.
- Johnnie Ray - musician, liver failure caused by alcoholism.
- Wallace Reid - actor, flu caused by morphine addiction.
- Jimmy Reilly (17) - musician, Watertower West and Tony And The Tigers, heroin and alcohol overdose.
- Elis Regina (36) - Brazilian singer, drug interaction.
- Rob Graves Ritter - musician, Thelonius Monster, Gun Club, the Bags, 45 Grave.
- Rachel Roberts - British actress - barbituates overdose (suicide).
- Andy Rogers - musician, bassist with Johnny Crash, heroin overdose.
- Peter Rosen - musician, War.
- Perry Ross - porn actor and producer, heroin overdose.
- Alma Rubens - actress, flu caused by heroin addiction.
- Michael Rudetski - musician, keyboardist, Culture Club, heroin overdose.
- David Ruffin - musician, the Temptations, drug overdose.
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- George Sanders - British actor, baribituates overdose (suicide).
- Bon Scott - musician, AC/DC, Aspiration brought on by alcohol intoxication.
- Phil Seaman - musician, singer.
- Jean Seberg - actress.
- Jason Sears - musician, Rich Kids on LSD, treatment with natural drugs.
- Edie Sedgwick - actress.
- Nerine Shatner - wife of actor William Shatner, drowned in swimming pool while intoxicated and with traces of valium in
bloodstream.
- Bobby Sheehan - musician, Blues Traveler, drug overdose.
- Eric Show - baseball player, cocaine and heroin overdose (speedball).
- Pavlos Sidiropoulos - Greek rock musician, heroin overdose.
- Judee Sill - folk musician, heroin overdose.
- Don Simpson - film producer, heart attack, reports of 20 drugs in his body at time of death.
- Hillel Slovak - musician, Red Hot Chili Peppers, heroin overdose.
- Davey Boy Smith (39) - British professional wrestler, heart attack - steroid abuse may have contributed.
- Freddy Soto - comedian, writer and actor, mixture of alcohol, Xanax® and fentanyl.
- Epic Soundtracks - musician, Swell Maps.
- Louie Spicolli - American professional wrestler, choked on vomit after drugs and alcohol overdose.
- Layne Staley - musician, Alice in Chains, cocaine and heroin overdose (speedball).
- Joey Stefano (26) - pornographic actor, overdose of cocaine, morphine, heroin and ketamine.
- Inger Stevens - Ameirican actress, suicide - overdose of sleeping pills.
- Rory Storm - musician, suicide - sleeping pills overdose.
- Margaret Sullavan (48) - American actress, deliberate barbiturate overdose.
- Paige Summers - American pornographic model & actress, drug overdose.
- Screaming Lord Sutch - singer and politician, suicide following Prozac overdose.
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- Vinnie Taylor - musician, Sha Na Na, heroin overdose.
- Gary Thain - musician, Uriah Heep, drug overdose.
- Jason Thirsk - musician, Pennywise, suicide after depression and alcoholism treatment.
- Johnny Thunders - musician, the New York Dolls, alcohol and methadone poisioning.
- Dylan Thomas - poet, "an alcoholic insult to the brain."
- Georg Trakl - playwright, cocaine overdose.
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- Stu Ungar (45) - Three-time World Series of Poker Main Event winner, heart condition caused by long-term cocaine abuse.
- Enrique Urquijo - Spanish singer, drug overdose.
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- Townes Van Zandt - folk musician.
- Lupe Vélez, actress, secobarbital overdose (suicide).
- Sid Vicious (21) - musician, the Sex Pistols, heroin overdose, disputed suicide
- Gene Vincent - rock and roll musician, liver damage caused by alcohol.
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- Robert Hudson Walker, actor, died suddenly after being administered sodium amytal by his doctor.
- Shelby Walker, (31) - American female boxer and Martial Arts fighter, apparent medicine overdose.
- Jeremy Michael Ward, musician, The Mars Volta, apparent heroin overdose.
- Dinah Washington, musician, overdose of diet pills and alcohol .
- Rachel Whitear - British student, heroin overdose led to large-scale anti-drugs press campaign in Britain.
- Brett Whiteley, artist, heroin overdose.
- Keith Whitley, country musician, alcohol poisoning.
- Danny Whitten - musician, Crazy Horse, drug overdose or drugs with alcohol (disputed).
- Alan Wilson - musician, Canned Heat, drug overdose (possible suicide).
- Hank Williams, musician, drugs and probably alcohol.
- Kenneth Williams - actor, author and comedian of Carry On fame, overdose of barbiturates (accidental or suicide).
- Linda Wong - pornographic actress, overdose on Xanax, chlorlhydrate and alcohol.
- Andrew Wood - musician, Mother Love Bone, heroin overdose.
- Anna Wood (15) - Australian schoolgirl, cerebral edema, caused by water intoxication and resultant hyponatremia after
taking ecstasy.
- Natalie Wood - actress, drowned when intoxicated.
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- Paula Yates (40) - British TV presenter & author, partner of deceased INXS star, Micheal Hutchence, heroin overdose.
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- Philip Van Zandt (53) - Committed suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills.
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