Corey Haim Dies at 38

Part of reporting news and events in and surrounding the film industry is always hard when reporting someone has passed away.  It makes the job even harder when it is someone so young and who had so much promise earlier in their career.  Corey Haim is one such tragedy.  The child star has passed away at 38.

According to the Los Angeles Police Department, Haim passed away at 3:30 this morning from an apparent drug overdose.  Haim’s history with substance abuse has been ongoing for years.  According to the LAPD, he was with his mother when he passed away.

Haim made his way into the business at 13, first appearing in the 1984 film FIRSTBORN and the TV series, “The Edison Twins.” He garnered notoriety in 1985 with the Steven King adaptation, SILVER BULLET, and in the 1986 film, LUCAS.  In 1987, he co-starred for the first time with Corey Feldman in Joel Schumacher’s THE LOST BOYS.  It would be the first of several films the two Coreys appeared together in, including LICENSE TO DRIVE and DREAM A LITTLE DREAM.

Due to Haim’s ongoing issue with addiction, he and Feldman became distant.  In 2007, they agreed to the reality series “The Two Coreys.”  In 2008, Haim ran a Variety ad stating: “I’m back. I’m ready to work. I’m ready to make amends.”  He continued to battle with addiction, and, ultimately, A&E canceled the series after two seasons.

Haim was last seen in a cameo appearance in 2008’s LOST BOYS: THE TRIBE, and in a bit part in last year’s CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE.

It’s the crashes we see coming that are oftentimes hardest to take.  It is sad that such a young man has passed away, but the force of it is even more of an impact when the end has been apparent for quite some time.  We at We Are Movie Geeks hope that Corey Haim is finally able to find the peace his life was so without.