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Corey Haim

Corey Haim

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Corey Ian Haim, Space Ace, The Haimster
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 (2 years ago, aged 38)

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Corey Ian Haim is a Canadian actor, known for a 1980s Hollywood career as a teen idol, starring in The Lost Boys, License to Drive and Dream a Little Dream, and collaborating numerous times with Corey Feldman. The pair were dubbed "The Two Coreys.".

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  • 1982
    broke into mainstream acting playing the Larry in the Canadian series The Edison Twins
    1 !
  • 1984
    starred in Firstborn with Sarah Jessica Parker and Robert Downey Jr
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  • 1985
    starred in Silver Bullet, playing a paraplegic boy alongside Gary Busey
    3 !
  • 1986
    breakout role as lead in Lucas with Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen, and Winona Ryder
    5 !
  • 1987
    starred in The Lost Boys with Jason Patric and Kiefer Sutherland
    7 !
  • 1989
    appeared in the film Dream a Little Dream with Corey Feldman
    3 !
  • 1989
    released a self-promotional video documentary entitled Corey Haim: Me, Myself, and I after 15 stints in rehab
    -2 !
  • 1989
    has a brief romance with Drew Barrymore
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  • 1991
    released direct-to-video film The Dream Machine
    -1 !
  • 1993
    February 1: arrested after his manager reported to police that Haim had threatened him during an argument
    -3 !
  • 1995
    unsuccessfully auditioned for the role of Robin/Dick Grayson in Batman Forever
    -1 !
  • 1996
    starred in four more direct-to-video films
    -1 !
  • 1996
    minor role in a television version of Merlin
    -1 !
  • 1996
    sued by Lloyds of London for $375,000 for failing to disclose his drug addiction as a pre-existing medical condition on an insurance form before pulling out of filming Paradise Bar
    -3 !
  • 1997
    filed for bankruptcy
    -7 !
  • 2000
    attempted to return to the industry with another direct-to-video film, Without Malice
    1 !
  • 2000
    spent time in rehab, stated "the doctors could not believe I was taking that much"
    -2 !
  • 2001
    July 23: spends time hospital and does not have health insurance. In an attempt to pay medical bills Haim sells batches of his hair and an extracted molar on eBay
    -5 !
  • 2001
    August 10: mother finds him unconscious at his Los Angeles bungalow after an overdose before falling into a coma while in hospital
    -5 !
  • 2001
    October 17: subject of an E! True Hollywood Story. Appears disorientated and unintelligible for some of his interviews
    -3 !
  • 2004
    Irish band, The Thrills, released a single, "Whatever happened to Corey Haim?"
    -1 !
  • 2004
    returns to Toronto after appearing to have overcome his drug habit
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  • 2006
    ranked #8 on VH1's Greatest Teen Stars
    2 !
  • 2006
    December 1: begins taping reality show with Corey Feldman titled The Two Coreys
    3 !
  • 2007
    nominated for a Viewer's Choice Award at the 22nd Annual Gemini Awards in Canada for his role in The Two Coreys
    3 !
  • 2007
    July 20: interviewed on Larry King Live about his period out of the spotlight, stating that he didn't leave his apartment for three and a half years, and ballooned to 302 pounds
    -5 !
  • 2008
    February 7: runs a paid ad in the Hollywood trade publication Variety with a full-page photo, stating: "This is not a stunt. I'm back. I'm ready to work. I'm ready to make amends"
    -2 !
  • 2008
    February 14: when filming for Lost Boys: The Tribe, a direct-to-DVD sequel, Haim wept when he was told on-camera that there was not a role for him in the film. He was later scheduled to film a cameo, but arrived obviously under the influence and was unable to remember his lines
    -5 !
  • 2008
    June 22: in the first episode of the second season of The Two Coreys, Haim confronts Feldman about the sexual abuse he had allegedly suffered from one of Feldman's acquaintances as a 14 year old
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  • 2008
    July 15: The Two Coreys is cancelled midway through its second series after Haim has a car accident while under the influence and other related incidents
    -5 !
  • 2008
    July 30: becomes destitute and homeless in Los Angeles
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  • 2010
    March 10: taken to hospital by paramedics after a 911 call by his mother and pronounced dead from an accidental overdose
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  • 2010
    March 25: approximately twenty doctors were subpoenaed in connection with an investigation into Haim's death
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  • 2010
    May 4: autopsy report reveals that Haim died of diffuse alveolar damage and pneumonia, together with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and coronary arteriosclerosis, ruled a natural death. The Coroner stated: "the toxicology report revealed no significant contributing factor"
    3 !

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Corey Feldman

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