I've been trying to write a blog about celebrity death since last year. I don't want to say that its fascinating because its not. It's the fact that you can know someone and care about them and their life without ever meeting them face to face. I first tried when John Hughes passed away, but I was too scared to do it. Then Britney Murphy died and Corinne covered which I was glad for. Recently during the Oscars memorial clip I realized just how much Murphy meant to me. She was a light in the darkness, which sadly went out too soon. Then Alexander McQueen committed suicide, after his moms death this past February. Not to mention that dude that was on Growning Pains, Andrew Koenig's suicide. Frankly I don't know whats going on in Hollywood. I've never seen this much tragedy back to back like this.But this is different.
Corey Haim looking an awful lot like a member of Duran Duran
Corey Haim died Wednesday morning at age 38. Haim's mother claims that he passed of pulmonary congestion, and news reports are saying that he had four prescription drug bottles. Haim had complained of flu-like symptoms in the days before his death. He had battled drug addiction for years.
It's like they don't want you to forget he was troubled.
Personally, I don't care about what they want to say about Corey. He had a lot of problems leaving the 80s and it wasn't entirely his fault. Hollywood chewed him up and spit him out. Just another tragic tale of show biz.
But Corey was never a bad boy, he had a lovable squeaky clean image. He stared in movies like Lucas (1986), The Lost Boys (1987), and Licence to Drive (1988). You could expect that kind of shennantics from Haim's long time friend and co-star Corey Feldman (my other favorite Corey). But it seems like even Feldman has left those days behind him. It just goes to show you that that much success at such a young age is damaging no matter what the circumstance. CBC News goes on to say that Haim, born in Toronto in 1971, was enrolled in acting classes by his mother as a way for him to get over his shyness.
I grew up loving Corey Haim through his movies. It's hard to know that somebody that awesome is gone. Slowly, he was building up his career one movie at a time and even had two movies in post-production this year. So regardless of what's happened, it would be nice to remember Haim for what he gave to the world.
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