Corey Haim was found dead this morning of an apparent accidental drug overdose at the age of 38.  It had been a rough few years decade for the guy I’ll always remember as Sam from Lost Boys.

In 2008, the Israeli-Canadian bought the full-page in Variety you see at left, hoping to get more acting work.  This was following his profile in probably the most depressing episode of E! True Hollywood Story I’ve ever seen in 2001.  Most episodes end with the subject making a comeback, Haim’s ended with him being on so many pain killers you could barely understand him, living in a tiny apartment in Hollywood where he stared out the window and played songs on his Casio keyboard.  Seven years later, the Variety ad sort of paid off, with Haim getting roles in The Coreys “reality” show, Crank High Voltage, and nine in-development credits on IMDB at the time of his death, though they were mostly B-movies.

Haim’s death marks certainly the saddest appearance of Greasy Sax Man on this site ever.  Stay tuned for updates.  So far all we know is that it was a drug overdose.  But, and I don’t want to jump to conclusions here, police seemed especially careful not to rule out the possibility of Danny Masterson.

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