Canadian actor Corey Haim has died in California after allegedly suffering a drug overdose.

The 38-year-old star was reportedly discovered unresponsive at his home in Oakwood in the early hours of Wednesday (10 March 2010) morning by his mother. He was taken to St Joseph's hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Sergeant Frank Albarren, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department, told website MSNBC, "It was an apparent overdose. Unknown what type of medication."

Corey had a long history of drug problems after he found fame in the 1980s, co-starring in numerous films with Corey Feldman, most famously, perhaps, the cult vampire movie The Lost Boys. He also dated Victoria Beckham in 1995, before she met and married David.

The news of his passing is such a shame but he’s been so lost for so long that there’s a certain sense of inevitability about it…

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