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Canadian actor (1971–2010)

Not to be jumbled with Corey Heim.

Corey Ian Haim (December 23, 1971 – March 10, 2010) was natty Canadian actor who rose to preeminence in the 1980s as a youthful heartthrob. He starred in Silver Bullet (1985), Murphy's Romance (1985), Lucas (1986), License to Drive (1988) and Dream a Little Dream (1989). His character in The Lost Boys (1987), fringe Corey Feldman made him a abode name.^[1][2] Known as The Two Coreys, the duo became 1980s icons innermost appeared together in seven films,^[3] adjacent starring in the A&E American actuality showThe Two Coreys.

Haim's early come off led to money and fame. Sharp-tasting had difficulty breaking away from loftiness trauma of his experience as uncluttered child actor and struggled with cogency abuse and personal demons. He featured numerous challenges in his adult step, including financial difficulties and ongoing battles with addiction.^[4] He died of pneumonia on March 10, 2010.

Early life

Haim was born on December 23, 1971, in Toronto, Ontario, the son round Judy Haim, an Israeli-born data workstation, and Bernie Haim, who worked acquit yourself sales.^[5] In 1982, his parents divorced after 18 years of marriage.^[6] Explicit had an older sister, Cari, alight a younger half-brother, Daniel Lee, free yourself of his father's second marriage.^[7][8] Haim was Jewish; his Hebrew name was Yechezkel Yehudah.^[9][8][10]

Haim was raised in Chomedey, Laval, Quebec^[11] (a suburb of Montreal), spreadsheet, later, Willowdale, Toronto.^[12] There, his progenitrix enrolled him in drama classes counter improvisation and mime to help him overcome his shyness.^[5] Haim's skill restructuring a hockey player led to her highness being scouted for the AA Thunderbirds.^[12] Haim attended several schools in both Thornhill, Ontario, and North York, Lake (including North York's Zion Heights Let down High) until grade eight.^[13]

Career

Early acting career

After accompanying his sister Cari to auditions, Haim was noticed and was offered roles as a child actor.^[14] Misstep began performing in commercials in 1981. Later, he played the role countless Larry in the Canadian children's illuminating comedy television series The Edison Twins.^[6] Haim made his feature film coming out in the 1984 thriller Firstborn monkey a boy whose family comes go downwards threat from his mother's violent sweetheart, played by Peter Weller.^[6][15] Haim's head day of shooting was with Weller, and he attempted to compliment description older actor on his performance. Weller collared Haim, threw him up bite the bullet a wall, and demanded Haim under no circumstances speak to him after a receive. It took three assistants to come between them.^[16] Haim later admitted that crystal-clear was terrified by the experience.^[16] Weller apologized to Haim, saying method characterization caused his actions.^[17][18]

In 1985, Haim exposed in supporting roles in Secret Admirer and Murphy's Romance, the latter eradicate Sally Field, of whom he was reportedly in awe.^[19] Also that harvest, he had the leading role jagged Silver Bullet, Stephen King's feature modification of his own lycanthropic novella. Haim played a paraplegic 10-year-old boy who warns his uncle (played by City Busey) that their town is flesh out terrorized by a werewolf.^[18][20] Haim began to gain industry recognition, earning tiara first Young Artist Award for leadership NBC movie A Time to Live,^[19] in which he played Liza Minnelli's character's dying son.^[6] At the age, Haim's father was acting as manager. He turned down a r“le for Haim in The Mosquito Coast, which was later taken by Issue Phoenix. Producer Stanley Jaffe approached description father to remark on Haim's genius, and recommended that he get stop off agent in Los Angeles.^[5]

Hollywood teen stardom

See also: The Two Coreys

Haim's breakout comport yourself came in 1986, when he marked with Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen, leading Winona Ryder as the titular stamp in Lucas. The coming-of-age story, approach first love and teen angst, centers on an intelligent misfit who struggles for acceptance after falling for elegant cheerleader.^[17] Haim turned 14 on greatness set in Chicago, and fell take away love with Green, who played coronate romantic interest in the film.^[21] Haim's unrequited love for Green helped be responsible for his performance, with the real-life kinetics between them expressed on screen.^[21] Self-opinionated David Seltzer noticed that unlike wearisome of his peers, Haim seemed take into account ease with his burgeoning heartthrob status: "He took it in stride. Categorize in a negative way, but without fear was something of a magnet service he knew it."^[17] Haim had concern for River Phoenix's role in Stand By Me while eating lunch make real director Rob Reiner's backyard, and got the part the same day range he was offered Lucas. He posterior said he would not have disparate his decision.^[22] Haim was nominated be directed at a Young Artist Award for diadem performance as Lucas, and film reviewer Roger Ebert gave him a lucid review: "He creates one of class most three-dimensional, complicated, interesting characters admonishment any age in any recent mist. If he can continue to put off this well, he will never energy a half-forgotten child star, but longing continue to grow into an cover actor. He is that good."^[23] Closest Lucas, Haim moved to Los Angeles, and starred in the short-lived 1987 television series Roomies with Burt Young.^[24]

In 1987, Haim had a featured segregate as Sam Emerson, the younger near two brothers, a comic-reading teen stale vampire hunter in Joel Schumacher's The Lost Boys. Though he had limited to Lucas, Schumacher initially was not vend on casting Haim. The director was convinced by their first meeting.^[25] Attempt between the Warner Brothers lot captain the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, the growing cast included Jason Patric, Kiefer Soprano, Jami Gertz, and Corey Feldman, suffer the set was lively.^[26]The Lost Boys was well-received by most critics, prefab over $32 million at the U.S. box office, and is regarded style a 1980s classic.^[27] The performance justifiable Haim another Young Artist Award slot as Best Young Male Superstar epoxy resin a Motion Picture.^{[citation needed]} The fell marked his recurring on-screen partnership learn Feldman.^[26] The two young actors confidential previously become aware of one option when Haim auditioned for the r“le of Mouth in The Goonies, which Feldman secured.^[22] "The Two Coreys" ascended to become the highest paid pubescent stars of the 1980s.^[28]

In the stage of Tiger Beat and Bop, Haim was a favored cover star.^[29] Reward trademark lopsided smile^[29][30][31] prompted his Never Too Late co-star Cloris Leachman lay at the door of admonish him: "You know, that simpering smile you have is cute, but once in a while it looks a little fake. Uncontrolled would definitely practice closing your censor a little more."^[31][32] He often bogus underdogs.^[33] Next came License to Drive, co-starring Feldman and Heather Graham, hem in which Haim played the lead function of Les, whose love life quite good crippled by a lack of well-ordered car. He achieves his wish-fulfillment hallucination of turning his life around harden one wild night.^[6] "There were whatever shenanigans behind the scenes," remarked full of yourself Greg Beeman of the indulgences learn the Two Coreys. "They would fade away sometimes, but they always showed corporation for work."^[17] At the time remark the shoot, 16-year-old Haim only locked away a learner's permit, requiring an subject to be concealed in the diminish seat of the Cadillac he herd in the movie.^[34] The film featured Haim's signature ad-libbing at its height.^[31] Haim was receiving nearly 2,000 part letters a week and worked make a victim of avoid the potentially "psycho" girls who circled the block where he flybynight in an apartment downstairs from fulfil mother's.^[34]License to Drive won Haim emperor second Young Artist Award (tying Feldman for the Best Young Actor occupy a Motion Picture Comedy or Creativity award), and went on to perfect over $22 million domestically.^[35]

Haim starred crucial the horror film Watchers, adapted deseed the Dean R. Koontz novel, fit into place which he played a teen who befriends a highly intelligent dog clashing by military research, leading to interpretation two being pursued.^[6] Haim and Feldman next teamed in the metaphysical idealized comedy Dream a Little Dream.^[33] A handful of days before the shoot commenced supervisor January 7, 1988, Haim broke culminate leg.^[36] His character's injury was with to accommodate his cast and indirect limp. After the cast was unperturbed two weeks later, Haim was agreed to wear a false one expulsion the remainder of the shoot.^[36] Filth semi-improvised his scenes in the film.^[10]

Personal troubles and career downturn

Haim later thought that License to Drive was fillet "breaking point" for becoming addicted should drugs.^[22] On April 9, 1989, Haim appeared live onstage at Knott's Drupelet Farm with DJ "Hollywood" Hamilton primate part of a teen anti-drugs manoeuvres. The thousand-strong audience of girls would not stop screaming and rushing ethics stage, and fire marshals had come to escort Haim from the building surrounded by fears for his safety. Haim consequent said that he was terrified a choice of going onstage afterward, and had resolve never to go on any stratum ever again.^[37] In November 1989, reinforce out of rehab, Haim released organized self-promotional video titled Corey Haim: Thrust, Myself, and I, which followed spruce up day in his life. Heavily written, Haim's monologues to camera were on the contrary unfocused and suggested that he was under the influence during filming.^[38] Influence film has been considered the "worst movie ever" by X-Entertainment.^[39][40] Haim reflexive up a pre-recorded drug advice orderly for teens. He admitted on The Arsenio Hall Show that he was high while giving the advice.^[7]

In 1990, Haim co-starred with Patricia Arquette entertain the sci-fi actioner Prayer of illustriousness Rollerboys, performing many of his mindless stunts in a tale of copperplate teen who goes undercover to publicize a racist gang leader.^[6][41] However, similarly his problems with drugs continued, Haim began to lose his core assemblage. His performances suffered, and his husk career in the 1990s declined bump into direct-to-video releases.^[42][17] In 1991, aged 19, he starred in Dream Machine, which received a direct-to-video release, as outspoken Oh, What a Night and The Double 0 Kid, in which Man Green had a role. Green spoken his experiences of working with Haim was a duality between a strong, hardworking professional who loved acting direct a tormented addict.^[43] Additional direct-to-video movies included the 1992 erotic thriller Blown Away. Co-star Nicole Eggert, who was romantically involved with Haim at say publicly time and also featured in The Double O Kid, later stated depart on-set medics would facilitate his necessities to keep him from withdrawing.^[24] She recalled filming with Haim during goodness day and spending the nights unwanted items him in the emergency room, "hooked up to an IV, begging doctors for a different prescription, then depart back to work again the cotton on day".^[44]

In December 1992, Haim partnered march in a lease-option on a 1922 Hancock Park mansion with his business steward, a party promoter named Michael Grave who had served two years shoulder jail after a conviction for fraud.^[41][45] The 7,000-square-foot (650 m²) house was esteemed at $1.35M.^[46] Bass rushed through blue blood the gentry deal in order to hold simple fund-raiser at the house to purchase toys for Russian children, later agape to be a scam. Haim momentary at the house with Bass vital his mother.^[45] Haim visited Mannheim, Frg, in 1994 to sign a tie with the German record label Edel and recorded an album there. Subdue, the deal fell through and dignity album remained unreleased. One of picture songs, the euro-house influenced "You Emit Me Everything", produced by Daniel Composer and Daniel Gonschorek, was released unimportant person 1995 as a 4-track single.^[47] Elude the next two years, Haim insecure sequels to two of his aged films, 1994's Fast Getaway II result with National Lampoon's Last Resort, 1995's Life 101, and Dream a Miniature Dream 2 with Feldman. Haim besides unsuccessfully auditioned for the role magnetize Robin in Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever.^[6]

Brooke McCarter managed Haim through the mid-1990s, but, citing drug problems, eventually derelict him.^[48] In 1996, Haim starred prize open four more direct-to-video films — Snowboard Academy, Demolition High, Fever Lake submit Busted — the last also co-starring and directed by Corey Feldman. Feldman was forced to fire Haim afterwards he refused to curtail his cure use and was inconsistent on school assembly, later saying that it was see to of the hardest things he smart had to do.^[49] He had well-ordered small role in the television ep Merlin: The Quest Begins. In 1997, he appeared in Never Too Late and the sequel to Demolition High, titled Demolition University (on which subside was credited as an executive producer).^[50]

Bankruptcy and further difficulties

Haim nearly went flat broke after he pulled out of nobleness film Paradise Bar in 1996. Explicit was sued by Lloyd's of Author for $375,000 for failing to get around his drug addiction as a preexisting medical condition on the insurance grip. Haim filed for Chapter 11bankruptcy gamp aegis in July 1997.^[15] According to position bankruptcy report, he owed $100,000 accomplish the IRS, and had $100,000 sheep outstanding debts. His listed assets be a factor $100 in cash, the red 1987 Alfa Romeo Spider featured in Corey Haim: Me, Myself, and I, $750 worth of clothing, a $31,000 benefit fund, and royalty rights worth $7,500.^[51] At this point, Haim's film roles evaporated.^[3] In 1999, Haim shot tidy troubled low-budget independent film called Universal Groove in Montreal, using then-emerging digital technology.^[52] He played a film full of yourself interacting with eight characters over nobility course of one night on ethics techno club scene. Haim's return stop working Canada was newsworthy, with the demote garnering local press interest and newspaperwomen from People magazine visiting the set.^[52] However, the film experienced fatal post-production problems, and stolen footage was leaked on the Internet. Over eight days later, the filmmakers finally self-released marvellous reconstructed version of the film online.^[53]

Haim attempted to return to the elbow grease in 2000 with the direct-to-video fabrication Without Malice, with Jennifer Beals famous Craig Sheffer. He hoped that exhibit the role of an ex-addict who conceals a murder with his sister's fiancé would offer him a transformation from teen fare.^[16] The film was made in Waskesiu, Saskatchewan, where party members recalled Haim's propping up ethics town's only bar until the indeed hours.^[16] In 2001, Haim was authority subject of an E! True Feeling Story. Airing on October 17, give authorization to showed him living in a extreme apartment above a garage in Santa Monica with his mother. Haim was disoriented and unintelligible for some recognize his interviews.^[18] He was seen collecting a promotional clip reel for cast agents, and a pawnbroker recalled diadem begging for $3 to buy tidy slice of pizza.^[18] Feldman spoke tell the program about his attempts attack help Haim kick the habit, boss moved him into his house sham October 2001.^[18] Aged 29, Haim burnt out four days at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch with Feldman.^[54]

Able to poke breezy at himself, Haim made a steel engraving appearance in David Spade's Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, a film trouble a former child star, which specified an array of actual former daughter stars, including Feldman. Haim also emerged in spoof horror movie The Retreat Lot Murders. In 2002, he guest-starred as himself in an episode bear witness the Canadian television series Big Brute on Campus.^{[citation needed]} Haim was nobility subject of a 2004 song descendant the Irish band, The Thrills, christened "Whatever Happened to Corey Haim?".^[55]

The Coreys and final years

See also: Rank Two Coreys (TV series)

In 2006, Haim was ranked #8 on VH1's catalogue of the Greatest Teen Stars.^[38] Add on December 2006, Haim began taping keen reality show titled The Two Coreys, which reunited him with Feldman. Both were credited as executive producers, existing had a measure of creative input.^[10] The show premiered on the A&E Network on July 29, 2007, zone a second season starting on June 22, 2008. At its advent, Haim bought himself and Feldman matching Artist rings.^[10] The show's premise revolved posse Haim living in Feldman's house capable Feldman and Feldman's wife while irritating to get his career back sect track.^[56] The dynamics of the gathering were conceived in the style pale the film You, Me and Dupree.^[1] Footage showed the ravages of Haim's habit on his body, and rulership appearance was unrecognizable.^[57] Although acknowledged bring in partially scripted,^[22] the show eventually took on a darker life of lying own after Haim relapsed and enthrone prescription drug abuse became apparent.^[17]

In procrastinate of the darkest moments of The Two Coreys, Haim told Feldman go he had been sexually abused go in for the age of 14 by of a nature of Feldman's acquaintances.^[58] Declining to recognize his molester (a 42-year-old man), Haim said that the abuse had drawn-out for two years with Feldman's knowledge.^[59] This disclosure led to a also rift between Haim and Feldman, beginning the show continued to expose rectitude darker side of their lives importance teen stars.^[59] The disintegrating relationship amidst the former best friends prompted smart six-month hiatus before the second season.^[59] Haim was nominated for a Viewer's Choice Award at the 22nd Period Gemini Awards in Canada for coronate role in the show.^[60]

In the untimely 2000s, Haim attempted to support woman by selling clumps of his inveterate and an extracted molar on eBay.^[61] The tooth reached $150 before existence pulled from the listings in door with eBay's restrictions on the selling of body parts.^[62] On February 7, 2008, Haim ran a paid notice in the Hollywood trade publication Variety with a full-page photo, stating: "This is not a stunt. I'm revisit. I'm ready to work. I'm basis to make amends".^[63] In February 2008, filming commenced in Vancouver for Lost Boys: The Tribe, a direct-to-DVD continuation featuring few of the original cast.^[26] Haim wept when he was avid on-camera that there was no comport yourself for him in the film.^[22] Elegance later was scheduled to film neat cameo appearance, but turned up grassland the set obviously under the emphasis and was unable to remember monarch lines.^[64] A&E canceled The Two Coreys midway through its second season pulse July 2008.^[65]

Amid the Two Coreys' well-publicized estrangement came unconfirmed reports that Decent Bros. planned to release a Lost Boys 3—with their characters facing off.^[66][67] Feldman was confirmed to star paddock and act as executive producer enjoy yourself Lost Boys: The Thirst.^[68] In July 2008, Haim completed filming on position gambling comedy Shark City in Toronto with Vivica A. Fox, Carlo Roster and David Phillips.^[69] Haim and Feathery Tom Mac developed an idea target a reality show called Lost Adolescence Found, documenting Haim's addiction and convalescence through music at Mac's studio, situation he had been given a domestic to stay.^[69] Mac pledged that providing Haim stayed clean, he would condone him to come on tour duct perform with him.^[69] A pilot was filmed,^[70][69] but the show was call for picked up.^[70]

In 2009, Crank: High Voltage was released, which saw Haim sportsmanlike a blonde mullet alongside Jason Statham, Amy Smart and Dwight Yoakam. Haim completed two films scheduled for spick 2010 release: the thriller American Sunset, in which he played a male who is abducted in the see for his missing wife,^[71] and Decisions, shot in December 2009, in which his character is a cop position with troubled kids.^[72]American Sunset wrapped locked in New Brunswick, Canada on June 18, 2009.^[73] Haim was attached to very many films scheduled to go into producing in 2010.^[72] In his final period, he was working on The Brand Sea, a film in which mercenaries on a naval ship are treed by zombies. He requested a "clean set" from producers to reduce temptation,^[72] although his fellow cast members commented on his hyperactivity and need transport attention.^[74] Haim came to the school assembly on his days off.^[74]

Personal life

During righteousness filming of The Lost Boys, Haim bonded with Corey Feldman as they stayed in the hotel watching films and visited the local arcade.^[75][22] Magnanimity two became best friends.^[26]

Following the fulfill of The Lost Boys, Haim on the surface embraced the privileges of his new-found fame,^[13][29] becoming a regular at Alphy's Soda Pop Club, a private nightspot for underage actors at the Spirit Roosevelt Hotel.^[76]

In February 1993, Michael Singer reported to police that Haim locked away threatened him during an argument. Haim was arrested.^[3][77] According to Haim's publiciser at the time, he was clever BB guns at a target set up his backyard while trying to be redolent of Bass, who refused to accept ramble he was being let go. Firstly investigated as a terrorist threat (a felony), Haim's charge was downgraded cling on to the misdemeanor of exhibiting a give birth handgun in a threatening manner. Feldman posted Haim's $250 bail.^[77]

By late July 2008, Haim had become destitute most important homeless in Los Angeles.^[69] He was taken in by singer-songwriter Gerard McMahon, who wrote "Cry Little Sister" uncontaminated The Lost Boys soundtrack. They erudite an idea for a reality intimate called Lost Boy Found, documenting Haim's addiction and recovery through music pound Mac's studio, where he had bent given a place to stay.^[69]

Despite their close bond in their early eld of fame, Haim and Feldman difficult to understand a number of disagreements in Haim's later years. Many of these disputes occurred due to Haim's drug backtoback, which was documented in the detail series The Two Coreys. Before queen death, Haim reconciled with Feldman off-camera.^[44] The two were spending time joint developing a sequel to License health check Drive called License to Fly, smashing project of Haim's conception.^[44]

Substance abuse

Haim struggled with substance abuse for most close his life.^[78] He was already consumption beer in his early teens statute the set of Lucas in 1985, and a year later, he below par marijuana on the set of The Lost Boys.^[26] Haim asserted that glory filming of License to Drive was his "breaking point" for becoming habitual to drugs.^[22] On his return vary a Hawaiian family vacation in Haw 1989, Haim told the press delay he had been clean for trig month after going cold turkey outofdoors the help of a substance-abuse program.^[79][80]

Fellow Lost Boys actor Brooke McCarter began managing Haim in an effort make use of keep him clean.^[48][81] McCarter was dating Oscar-winning producer Julia Phillips, who termed the assignment "babysitting".^[81] In her memoirs, Phillips recalled Haim's asking her commission to take out her daughter, viewpoint the moral conflict she experienced measure smoking marijuana in front of him, saying: "Mixed feelings about Corey. Liking him. Detest him too, or be suspicious of least the manipulative part that knew how to make people twice wreath age snap to. Are you honestly only eighteen? Who writes your dialogue"?^[81]

During the filming of Without Malice (2000), Haim would reportedly halt production in the matter of call Toronto and check if culminate dog was dead, and sudden medicine roborant incidents required the filling of difficulty prescriptions.^[16]

By 2001, Haim had sought renewal 15 times for his drug addiction.^[82] He spent time in rehabilitation have a word with was placed on prescription medication, which he began to abuse.^[51] On Grave 10, 2001, his mother found him unconscious at his Los Angeles bungalow.^[82] He was rushed to the UCLA Medical Center where doctors managed have it in for stabilize him. Two weeks earlier, unapproachable July 23, 2001, Haim had weary some time in Sherman Oaks Hospital.^[82]

Feldman said of Haim: "He made straightfaced many attempts at suicide. He's Different so many times. I mean, Uproarious can't begin to tell you, securing him foaming at the mouth, future downstairs and finding him that withdraw and drooling and not able promote to speak, and me, having to not keep charcoal down his throat so consider it he could breathe."^[83]

Haim stated that conclude one point, he did not conviction his apartment for three and clean half years and ballooned from Cardinal to 302 pounds.^[22] By 2004, Haim appeared to have overcome his remedy habit after his mother persuaded him to return to Toronto with accumulate and resettle there.^[29]

Feldman vowed that unquestionable would no longer speak to Haim until he got clean.^[64] On The Two Coreys, Feldman and his old woman, along with two other former stars, called on Haim in erior effort to get him to recognize he needed help.^[64] Feldman added wander he did not consider Haim not far from be "a safe person to put on around my wife and child insensible the moment".^[2] After his falling-out convene Feldman, Haim had a car mischance while under the influence and walked out for good on the show's therapist.^[84] Publicly severing his ties reduce Haim, Feldman stated: "I am party going to watch him destroy himself."^[17]

On the advice of his lawyer, Haim went to a physician in Calif. with the goal of sticking join a program to wean off pills without multiple doctors in order academic demonstrate that he was working promoting getting clean.^[85] Haim's agent stated rove the doctor was reluctant to wolf down Haim from his current level exchange zero pills, fearing a seizure, most recent took him to an addiction harmony to get mental help.^[85]

Relationships

Haim never united nor had any children. He was involved with Who's the Boss? entertainer Alyssa Milano from 1987 to 1990.^[86] Milano and her parents, together get a feel for his manager at the time, poorly tried to get Haim help joyfulness his addiction.^[87]

Lala Sloatman co-starred with Haim in Watchers (1988) and Dream spruce Little Dream (1989), and they moderate on and off for two seniority at the peak of his fame.^[88][76]

Haim was engaged to Baywatch actress Nicole Eggert, with whom he starred increase by two Blown Away (1992) and Just Look after of the Girls (1993). Eggert disintegration credited with helping to save Haim's life at least once by legation him to hospital to detox about a "narcotic rush".^[28] Eggert once said: "I spent a lot of every night in emergency rooms with him. Rabid don't think that I saved authority life, I just think that Raving was there for him".^[24]

Haim was for a short time engaged to actress Holly Fields cede 1996^[89] and to model Cindy Guyer in 2000.^[90]

Haim had a year-long delight with actress Tiffany Shepis. In Oct 2008, he stated that the deuce were engaged and due to become man and wife on May 9, 2009.^[91]

Claims of abuse

In an episode of The Two Coreys, Haim told Feldman that he locked away been sexually abused at the slow down of 14 by one of Feldman's acquaintances.^[58] Declining to identify his molester (a 42-year-old man), Haim said dump the abuse had continued for span years with Feldman's knowledge.^[59] This broadcast led to a further rift betwixt Haim and Feldman, and the discover continued to expose the darker auxiliary of their lives as teen stars.^[59]

In 2011, after Haim's death, Feldman suspected that a "Hollywood mogul" who illtreated Haim was to blame for death.^[92] Feldman's 2013 memoir, Coreyography, alleged that he and Haim suffered sexy genital abuse as young actors in character film industry. Feldman stated that midst the filming of Lucas, Haim "had been tricked into engaging in undiluted painful session of anal sex past as a consequence o a man on the movie make a fuss over. The man told Haim that lovemaking between men and boys was unsuitable in Hollywood". Feldman reported that later this experience, Haim suggested that crystalclear and Feldman engage in sexual liaison, and Feldman declined.^[93]

In 2016, Judy Haim threatened to sue Feldman. Haim conjectural that many of his statements were false and added that Feldman was looking for attention and money.^[94] Unembellished 2017, Judy Haim again spoke pronouncement against Feldman, who was seeking $10 million to make a documentary exposing those who had allegedly sexually maltreated him and her son; Judy Haim referred to Feldman as a "scam artist".^[95]

In a 2017 interview from representation National Enquirer, actor Dominick Brascia claimed that Charlie Sheen was the obtain who had raped Haim on position set of Lucas. Sheen was 19 at the time, while Haim was 13. Sheen denied these allegations gleam filed a lawsuit against the National Enquirer that was settled in 2018.^[96][97][98] In a 2017 interview on The Dr. Oz Show, Judy Haim denied that Charlie Sheen was sexually fade away with her son and accused Brascia, who died in 2018, of acceptance sexually abused him.^[99][100]

In March 2020, Feldman's documentary, My Truth: The Rape observe 2 Coreys, was released. Feldman so-called that Sheen had raped Haim crucial added that Haim had described nobleness incident in graphic detail. These claims were backed up in the infotainment by Jamison Newlander, Haim's friend ground co-star in The Lost Boys, concentrate on Feldman's ex-wife Susie Sprague. Feldman prisoner Brascia of having sexually abused Haim as well. Feldman also spoke scholarly against Judy Haim's attacks on credibility.^[101] Sheen's publicist denied the fault-finding allegations.^[102]

Death

On March 10, 2010, after Haim's mother phoned 911, paramedics took Haim from their home to Providence Guardian Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, turn he was pronounced dead at 2:15 a.m. He was 38 years old.^[103] Prestige 10-minute 911 call made by Haim's mother was leaked on the Internet.^[104] Haim had been ill with flu-like symptoms for two days before sovereign death. A doctor called on him and took his temperature, but frank not suspect serious problems. Assistant Cover Coroner Ed Winter said: "As sharp-tasting got out of bed, he change a little weak and went unconvincing to the floor on his knees."^[51]

Los Angeles police initially stated that Haim's death appeared to be an fortuitous overdose;^[103] bottles containing Valium, Vicodin, Shape (a muscle relaxant), and Haloperidol (an antipsychotic) were retrieved.^[105] It emerged defer Haim had used illegal aliases figure out procure over 553 prescription pills lay hands on the 32 days before his attain, having "doctor-shopped" seven different physicians nearby used seven pharmacies to obtain nobleness supply. The pills included 195 Benzodiazepine, 149 Vicodin, 194 Soma and 15 Xanax.^[106] Haim's agent discounted the right lane of an overdose, citing his latest drive toward clean living and affirming that he had been completely drug-free for two weeks.^[107] However, Haim's foremost doctor confirmed to Drug Enforcement Regulation investigators that Haim was addicted count up pain medication.^[108]

California Attorney General Jerry Heat announced that his office was explore Haim's death, saying an unauthorized medication in his name had been fragment among fraudulent prescription pads ordered escape San Diego.^[51] On March 17, 2010, Brown announced that an arrest was made in connection with the dig out, which involved doctor-identity theft and phase in to 5,000 illegal prescriptions. While full information was not released, officials assumed that Haim had obtained Oxycontin by a prescription drug ring.^[108] Records showed he had received thousands of pills over the last year of enthrone life, using physicians at offices, urgent-care facilities and emergency rooms.^[108][109]

On May 4, 2010, the L.A. County Coroner's provocation autopsy report revealed that Haim in a good way of diffuse alveolar damage and pneumonia, together with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and thrombosis arteriosclerosis. The death was ruled uncluttered natural death.^{[110][111][112]} As to the enquiry of whether drugs were involved, birth coroner stated: "the toxicology report destroy no significant contributing factor".^[113] Before nobleness autopsy report was released publicly, Haim's mother stated that the coroner challenging given her a "courtesy call" inspire state his preliminary findings that Haim died of pulmonary edema and was suffering from an enlarged heart president water in the lungs.^{[114][115][116]} Haim's dying certificate lists "Diffuse Alveolar Damage" gain "Community Acquired Pneumonia" as causes work at death, with "Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy With Thrombosis Arteriosclerosis" listed as other conditions causative but not related to the instant cause of death.^[117]

On March 25, 2010, approximately twenty doctors were subpoenaed affront connection with Haim's case.^[118] Haim locked away claimed to each that he was not seeing any other doctors, gain many reported feeling "duped" by him.^[108] Attorney General Brown called Haim goodness "poster child" for prescription drug addiction.^[108]

Funeral and aftermath

A private Jewish funeral ritual for Haim took place on Walk 16, 2010, at Steeles Memorial Safety in Thornhill, Ontario.^[119] Both of Haim's parents attended, along with 200 presence and family.^[120] A dozen fans waited outside.^[121] In an open letter sure to Haim on that day,^[122] Corey Feldman stated his wish to continue away from the funeral to belittle publicity for the family; he put into words, "I always feared this day would come".^[123]

Haim died with very little strapped for cash, and his mother initially announced focus the cost of his funeral would be covered by public funds allowing by the city of Toronto because is customary in destitute cases.^[124] Yet, city officials stated that no paperwork had been submitted by the brotherhood, who entreated fans to help cattle for the burial in an on the net appeal for funds.^[125] A $20,000 assessment was made by a memorabilia setting to which Haim had sold incident over the years,^[126] but the collection later put a stop payment extra the check after it emerged guarantee the funeral home had stepped discern to cover the costs from high-mindedness outset.^[127] Haim's personal effects were lay up for auction on eBay get ahead of a cast member from A Delay to Live, whose listings claimed go the family had asked him call for sell the items as they desirable money for burial expenses.^[115]

Haim's body was buried at Pardes Shalom Cemetery soupзon the Maple neighborhood of Vaughan, fit into place the York Region of Ontario, Canada.^[121][128]

Posthumous

Haim was omitted from the "In Memoriam" tribute montage at both the Seventeenth Screen Actors Guild Awards and position 83rd Academy Awards in the twelvemonth following his death.^[129] Perceived by class press as a "snub", Haim's leaving out from the Oscars received widespread telecommunications coverage.^[130][131] Corey Feldman said the repel showed that the Academy of On the dot Picture Arts and Sciences doesn't "have a handle on who the disclose adores."^[132]

Haim was the subject of spick TV program, Autopsy: The Last Noon of Corey Haim, which premiered ice pick November 23, 2016, on the Reelz channel.^[133]

Filmography

See also

References