Celebrities killed under alcohol or drug related circumstances
Celebrities are listed by year of death
1849
Edgar Allan Poe Born: January 19, 1809 Died: October 7, 1849 Cerebral edema following a drinking binge |
1903
"Calamity Jane"
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1955
Charlie "Bird" Parker Born: August 29, 1920 Died: March 12, 1955 Worn out by drugs and alcohol |
1963
Dinah Washington Born: 1924 Died: December 14, 1963 Overdose of sleeping pills and alcohol |
1967
Brian EpsteinBorn: 1935 Died: August 27, 1967 Overdose of sleeping pills and alcohol |
1969
Brian Jones Born: February 28, 1942 Died: July 3, 1969 Drowned in his swimming pool while drunk and on drugs |
1973
Gram Parsons Born: November 5, 1946 Died: September 18, 1973 Heart failure from tequila & morphine overdose |
1978
Terry Kath Born: January 31, 1946 Died: January 23, 1978 Accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound |
1980
John Bonham Born: May 31, 1948 Died: September 25, 1980 Asphyxiated on vomit after 40 shots of vodka |
Bon Scott Born: September 7, 1946 Died: February 18, 1980 Choked on his own vomit while intoxicated |
1983
Dennis Wilson Born: December 4, 1944 Died: December 28, 1983 Accidental drowning while drunk |
1984
Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley Born: December 2, 1963 Died: December 8, 1984 Killed in a head-on collision while riding in a car driven by singer Vince Neil. Neil is charged with drunk driving and vehicular manslaughter |
1986
Phil Lynott Born: ? Died: January 4, 1986 Heart failure after being transferred from a clinic for a drinking and drug addiction |
1987
Jaco Pastorious Born: December 1, 1951 Died: September 21, 1987 Beaten to death by a nightclub bouncer trying to enter a club in a disheveled condition |
1988
Andy Gibb Born: March 4, 1958 Died: March 10, 1988 Myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle)which was weakened by many years of drug and alcohol abuse |
1991
Steve Clark Born: April 23, 1960 Died: January 8, 1991 Alcoholism |
1992
Sam Kinison Born: December 8, 1953 Died: April 10, 1992 Struck head-on by a teenaged drunk driver |
Stefanie Sargent Born: June 8, 1968 Died: June 27, 1992 Alcohol and drug overdose |
1993
River Phoenix Born: August 23, 1970 Died: October 31, 1993 Overdosed outside of the famed Viper Room |
1996
John Panozzo Born: September 20, 1947 Died: July 16, 1996 Gastrointestinal hemmorage and Cirrhosis of the liver |
1997
Townes Van Zandt Born: March 7, 1944 Died: January 1, 1997 Heart attack brought on by years of alcoholism |
Princess Diana Born: July 1, 1961 Died: August 31, 1997 Killed by a drunk driver while fleeing the paparazzi |
1998
Rob Pilatus Born: 1966 Died: April 2, 1988 Drug and alcohol overdose |
1999
David Strickland Born: October 14, 1969 Died: March 23, 1999 Suicide, after drinking a 6 - pack |