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, musician
Trevor Goddard, actor
Tim Hardin, musician
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
Edgar Allan Poe, American author (possible)
Elvis Presley, musician
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