The Guenntertainment Report
DJ AM HAS DIED . . . AND IT LOOKS LIKE A DRUG OVERDOSE:
Monday August 31st, 2009
DJ AM . . . the DJ most famous for dating NICOLE RICHIE and MANDY MOORE, and for getting in a plane crash last year with TRAVIS BARKER from BLINK 182 . . . has died. He was 36.
He was found in his New York apartment a little after 5:00 P.M. on Friday, dead from what looks like an accidental drug overdose. They did an autopsy on Saturday, but so far the results are inconclusive.
His real name was Adam Goldstein and Adam had just finished filming a new reality show for MTV . . . tentatively called "Gone Too Far" . . . where he would intervene in the lives of drug addicts, and set them straight.
Police and paramedics broke into Adam's place because his friends hadn't heard from him, and got worried. He was supposed to be on a flight to Las Vegas for a weekly appearance at a club there, and even Tweeted about the appearance late Thursday night.
When the authorities got into his place on Friday, supposedly they found Adam in bed with a half-filled bag of crack, a crack pipe nearby, and some prescription pill bottles in the kitchen.
While DJ AM was a former crack addict, supposedly he'd been sober for about a decade. Lately he'd been upset over a break-up with a model named Hayley Wood, and some people think he was still suffering from post-traumatic stress from the plane crash last fall.
Either way, something triggered his recent relapse into using drugs. It's more likely it was the effect of the plane crash. TMZ is reporting that DJ AM developed anxiety over flying . . . understandably . . . but that he has to fly constantly for work.
So he got prescriptions for Xanax and other anti-anxiety medications. But since he's a recovering addict, they triggered a relapse into addiction.
On Friday, a representative for DJ AM released a statement that read, "Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein was found deceased this afternoon in his New York City apartment.
"The circumstances surrounding his death are unclear. Out of respect for his family and loved ones, please respect their privacy at this time."
Most people heard about DJ AM for the first time this past September, when he and his frequent collaborator . . . Travis Barker of Blink 182 . . . survived a deadly plane crash in South Carolina.
They had just performed at a free concert near the University of South Carolina, and their private jet was headed back to California. But the plane blew a tire on the runway as it was taking off, ran into some runway lights, and crashed before it got airborne.
The two crewmembers and two other passengers died. Travis suffered second and third degree burns covering about on third of his body, and DJ AM was critically injured with burns on his hands and head.
Other than the plane crash, DJ AM was famous for being a DJ who crossed over and kind of became part of the L.A. celebrity scene. He DJ'd famous clubs and private parties for celebrities, was once engaged to Nicole Richie, and dated Mandy Moore.
He appeared on a few TV shows, like "Punk'd", "The Simple Life" and "Entourage", and he was also part of the band CRAZY TOWN for a while. They're the guys who did that song "Butterfly".
On Tuesday, in one of the last messages he posted on Twitter, he quoted the Grandmaster Flash song "New York, New York". The message read, "New York, New York. Big city of dreams, but everything in New York ain't always what it seems."
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