List of deaths by accidental drug overdose
This is a list of famous deaths by accidental drug overdose:
- John Belushi, actor
- Len Bias, college basketball star
- Elisa Bridges, Playboy Playmate
- Lenny Bruce, comedian
- Tim Buckley, musician
- Gia Carangi, supermodel
- Dorothy Dandridge, actress
- Nick Drake, musician
- John Entwistle, musician
- Brian Epstein, Beatles manager
- Chris Farley, actor
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder, film director
- Judy Garland, multihyphenate
- Trevor Goddard, actor
- Bobby Hatfield, musician (fatal heart attack was triggered by a cocaine overdose)
- Margaux Hemingway, actress
- Jimi Hendrix, musician
- Billie Holiday, singer
- Shannon Hoon, musician
- Anissa Jones, actress
- Janis Joplin, musician
- Sonny Liston, world champion boxer (possible)
- Bela Lugosi, actor
- Frankie Lymon, musician
- Aimee Semple McPherson, radio evangelist
- Keith Moon, musician
- Jim Morrison, musician
- Glenn Quinn, actor
- Marco Pantani, cyclist
- Gram Parsons, musician
- Robert Pastorelli, actor
- Christopher Pettiet, actor
- Kristen Pfaff, musician
- River Phoenix, actor
- Dana Plato, actress
- Elvis Presley, multihyphenate
- Dee Dee Ramone, musician
- Elis Regina, Brazilian singer
- Edie Sedgwick, actor and model
- Layne Staley, musician
- Sid Vicious, musician
- Andrew Wood, musician and singer
- Paula Yates, TV personality
See also
- Lists of people by cause of death
- List of notable drug-related deaths
- List of famous suicides (Intentional ODs should go here.)