and phencyclidine intoxication thomas kinkade 1958 2012 54 painter diazepam and ethanol unknown ben klassen 1918 1993 75 white supremacist sleeping pills suicide fletcher knebel 1911 1993 81 author sleeping pills suicide arthur koestler 1905 1983 77 author tuinal and alcohol suicide hannelore kohl 1933 2001 68 wife unspecified painkillers and sleeping pills suicide john kordic 1965 1992 27 hockey player unspecified unknown joey kovar 1983 2012 29 reality tv star opiates unknown seymour krim 1922 1989 67 writer unspecified unknown deborah laake 1953 2000 46–47 writer unspecified pills suicide alan ladd 1913 1964 50 actor unspecified drugs and alcohol accidental karen lancaume 1973 2005 32 pornographic actress temazepam suicide carole landis 1919 1948 29 actress secobarbital suicide jani lane 1964 2011 47 singer alcohol unknown guttman landau 1877c. 1877 1942 63–65 community leader morphine unknown heath ledger 1979 2008 28 actor multiple accidental oxycodone, hydrocodone, alprazolam, diazepam, temazepam and doxylamine david lerner 1951 1997 45 poet unspecified unknown gerald levert 1966 2006 40 singer multiple accidental oxycodone/paracetamol, hydrocodone/paracetamol, dextropropoxyphene, alprazolam and two antihistamines ronald lewis 1928 1982 53 actor sleeping pills unknown rudy lewis 1936 1964 27 singer unspecified disputed some sources state he died from an unspecified drug overdose while others state he choked frank xavier leyendecker 1877 1924 48 illustrator unspecified suicide suspected only lil peep 1996 2017 21 musician fentanyl and xanax accidental hydrocodone, hydromorphone (dilaudid), oxycodone and oxymorphone debbie linden 1961 1997 36 model, actress heroin unknown max linder 1883 1925 41 actor barbital and morphine suicide linder and his wife both took the drugs then cut open veins in their arms ruan lingyu 1910 1935 24 actress sleeping pills disputed suicide gene lipscomb 1931 1963 31 american football player heroin unknown athina livanos 1929 1974 45 socialite barbiturates undetermined eugenia livanos 1927 1970 42–43 wife barbiturates unknown kevin lloyd 1949 1998 49 actor alcohol accidental lloyd was heavily intoxicated when he choked on his own vomit david lochary 1944 1977 32 actor phencyclidine unknown lochary bled to death while intoxicated philip loeb 1891 1955 64 actor sleeping pills suicide suspected overdose malcolm lowry 1909 1957 47 poet, novelist barbiturates and alcohol suicide (suspected) zoe lund 1962 1999 37 model, actress unspecified unknown donyale luna 1945 1979 33 model, actress heroin accidental frankie lymon 1942 1968 25 singer heroin unknown phil lynott 1949 1986 36 musician disputed unknown conflicting sources report various causes of death, including heart and liver failure, heart failure and pneumonia after a drug overdose, and blood poisoning from heroin addiction billy mackenzie 1957 1997 39 musician unspecified unknown jim magnuson 1946 1991 44 baseball pitcher alcohol unknown jesse mahelona 1983 2009 26 american football player alcohol accidental motor-vehicle collision while intoxicated chris mainwaring 1965 2007 41 australian football player cocaine accidental bibek maitra 1965 2006 40 politician unspecified unknown thomas manby 1769 1834 65 british naval officer opium unknown klaus mann 1906 1949 42 writer sleeping pills unknown sherri martel 1958 2007 49 wrestler oxycodone accidental other unspecified drugs were involved j. sella martin 1832 1876 43 abolitionist laudanum suicide virginia maskell 1936 1968 31 actress barbiturates unknown thalia massie 1911 1963 52 wife barbiturates unknown lisa matsumoto 1964 2007 43 author alcohol accidental motor-vehicle collision while intoxicated john matuszak 1950 1989 38 american football player dextropropoxyphene accidental billy mays 1958 2009 50 salesperson cocaine heart disease cocaine use was listed as a contributory cause of death david mccomb 1962 1999 36 musician heroin unknown kid mccoy 1872 1940 67 boxer sleeping pills suicide jimmy mcculloch 1953 1979 26 musician heroin unknown marie mcdonald 1923 1965 42 actress unspecified multiple drugs unknown jim mcelroy 1862 1889 26 baseball player morphine suicide robbie mcintosh 1950 1974 24 musician heroin unknown stephen mckeag 1970 2000 30 ulster defence association member cocaine and unspecified painkillers unknown maggie mcnamara 1928 1978 49 actress sleeping pills suicide lance mcnaught 1981 2010 29 wrestler unspecified accidental intoxication from mixed drugs complicated a cardiomyopathy aimee semple mcpherson 1890 1944 53 evangelist sleeping pills unknown jonathan melvoin 1961 1996 34 keyboardist heroin unknown mayo methot 1904 1951 47 actress alcohol unknown alfred métraux 1902 1963 60 anthropologist unspecified suicide robin milford 1903 1959 56 composer aspirin suicide mac miller 1992 2018 26 rapper fentanyl, cocaine, and ethanol accidental mary millington 1945 1979 33 model, pornographic actress paracetamol suicide miss elizabeth 1960 2003 42 wrestling manager multiple unknown painkillers, nausea medication, tranquilizers and alcohol marilyn monroe 1926 1962 36 actress barbiturates suicide (suspected) officially ruled as a probable suicide though several conspiracy theories exist haoui montaug 1952 1991 38–39 bouncer secobarbital suicide cory monteith 1982 2013 31 actor, musician heroin and alcohol accidental (suspected) alain montpetit 1950 1987 36 media personality unspecified unknown teresa wilms montt 1893 1921 28 writer barbital suicide keith moon 1946 1978 32 musician anti-seizure medication accidental the medication had been prescribed for alcoholism ashleigh aston moore 1981 2007 26 actress unspecified unknown suspected overdose perry moore 1971 2011 39 director multiple accidental methadone, morphine and benzodiazaprine dennis moran 1982 2013 30 security hacker heroin unknown erick morillo 1971 2020 49 disk jockey ketamine accidental cause of death was "acute ketamine toxicity" with mdma and cocaine listed as contributing causes chester morris 1901 1970 69 actor barbiturates unknown jim morrison 1943 1971 27 musician heroin heart failure official cause of death was heart failure, though no autopsy was performed; strongly suspected to have been a heroin overdose chuck mosley 1959 2017 57 musician heroin unknown suspected david james mossman 1926 1971 44 journalist sleeping pills suicide billy murcia 1951 1972 21 musician methaqualone and alcohol unknown ona munson 1903 1955 51 actress sleeping pills suicide brittany murphy 1977 2009 32 actress unspecified multiple cause of death was a combination of pneumonia, an iron deficiency and combined drug intoxication of legal drugs for influenza treatment brent mydland 1952 1990 37 musician cocaine and morphine unknown valerie grosvenor myer 1935 2007 72 writer sleeping pills suicide yves navarre 1940 1994 53 writer barbiturates suicide scott newman 1950 1978 28 actor multiple accidental diazepam, alcohol and other unspecified drugs tina onassis niarchos 1929 1974 45 wife unspecified unknown ruth rowland nichols 1901 1960 59 aviator barbiturates suicide joachim nielsen 1964 2000 36 musician, poet unspecified unknown filip nikolic 1974 2009 35 singer sleeping pills undetermined cranford nix 1969 2002 33 musician unspecified unknown mary nolan 1902 1948 45 actress secobarbital unknown bradley nowell 1968 1996 28 musician heroin unknown john odom 1982 2008 26 baseball player multiple accidental heroin, methamphetamines, benzylpiperazine and alcohol lani o'grady 1954 2001 46 actress fluoxetine and hydrocodone/paracetamol unknown johnny o'keefe 1935 1978 43 singer unspecified suicide pascale ogier 1958 1984 25 actress unspecified unknown ol' dirty bastard 1968 2004 35 musician cocaine and tramadol accidental charlie ondras 1966 1992 25 musician heroin unknown dolores o'riordan 1971 2018 46 singer alcohol accidental drowned as a result of alcohol intoxication alice ormsby-gore 1952 1995 42 socialite heroin misadventure matt osborne 1957 2013 55 wrestler hydrocodone and morphine accidental liam o'sullivan 1981 2002 20 football player unspecified unknown leila pahlavi 1970 2001 31 princess, model secobarbital unknown helen palmer 1898 1967 69 writer barbiturates suicide marco pantani 1970 2004 34 cyclist cocaine accidental fran papasedero 1969 2003 34 american football coach alcohol accidental motor-vehicle collision while intoxicated gram parsons 1946 1973 26 singer morphine and alcohol unknown robert pastorelli 1954 2004 49 actor heroin unknown jenny pat 1981 2014 33 art dealer unspecified prescription drugs unknown cesare pavese 1908 1950 41 poet, novelist barbiturates suicide andrea pazienza 1956 1988 32 comics artist heroin unknown harvey pekar 1939 2010 70 comic writer bupropion and fluoxetine accidental carl perkins 1928 1958 29 pianist heroin unknown suspected overdose amanda peterson 1971 2015 43 actress morphine accidental christopher pettiet 1976 2000 24 actor unspecified accidental tom petty 1950 2017 66 musician, actor multiple accidental fentanyl, oxycodone, temazepam, alprazolam, citalopram, acetyl fentanyl, and despropionyl fentanyl william petzäll 1988 2012 24 politician benzodiazepine and pregabalin unknown kristen pfaff 1967 1994 27 musician heroin unknown river phoenix 1970 1993 23 actor cocaine and heroin accidental rob pilatus 1965 1998 32 musician unspecified prescription drugs and alcohol unknown pimp c 1973 2007 33 musician codeine and promethazine unknown alejandra pizarnik 1936 1972 36 poet unspecified sedatives unknown dana plato 1964 1999 34 actress carisoprodol and hydrocodone/paracetamol suicide silvo plut 1968 2007 38 serial killer sleeping pills suicide edgar allan poe 1809 1849 40 poet laudanum multiple poe was killed by a combination of the laudanum alongside dipsomania and delerium tremens jackson pollock 1912 1956 44 painter alcohol accidental motor-vehicle collision while intoxicated darrell porter 1952 2002 50 baseball catcher cocaine unknown marin preda 1922 1980 57 writer alcohol unknown elvis presley 1935 1977 42 singer multiple disputed fourteen drugs were involved; it is accepted they played a factor in his death, though to what degree is debated marie prevost 1896 1937 38 actress alcohol unknown dickie pride 1941 1969 27 singer sleeping pills unknown gary primich 1958 2007 49 singer heroin unknown prince 1958 2016 57 musician fentanyl accidental fritz pröll 1915 1944 29 resistance fighter cyanide poisoning suicide geoffrey pyke 1893 1948 54 journalist phenobarbital suicide robert quine 1942 2004 61 musician heroin suicide glenn quinn 1970 2002 32 actor unspecified accidental dee dee ramone 1951 2002 50 musician heroin unknown nicola ann raphael 1985 2001 15 student dextropropoxyphene suicide dj rashad 1979 2014 34 disc jockey multiple accidental heroin, cocaine, and alprazolam james ray 1941 1963c. 1963 21–23 singer unspecified unknown amber rayne 1984 2016 31 pornographic actress cocaine accidental richard realf 1832 1878 46 poet morphine unknown jay reatard 1980 2010 29 musician cocaine and alcohol unknown michael reeves 1943 1969 25 film director barbiturates and alcohol unknown wallace reid 1891 1923 31 actor morphine unknown the morphine was prescribed elis regina 1945 1982 36 singer multiple accidental cocaine, alcohol, and temazepam the rev 1981 2009 28 musician multiple unknown oxycodone, oxymorphone, diazepam, nordiazepam and ethanol willy rey 1949 1973 23 model barbiturates unknown helen richey 1909 1947 37–38 aviator sleeping pills suicide brad renfro 1982 2008 25 actor heroin and morphine accidental lucha reyes 1906 1944 38 singer sleeping pills suicide frank ringo 1860 1889 28 baseball player morphine suicide chynna rogers 1994 2020 25 model, musician unspecified unknown rachel roberts 1927 1980 53 actress barbiturates suicide don rogers 1962 1986 23 american football player cocaine unknown drug-induced heart attack steve rogers 1954 2006 51 rugby league player antidepressants and alcohol accidental giles romilly 1916 1967 50 journalist unspecified unknown monica rose 1948 1994 45 tv show hostess antidepressants and tranquilizers suicide edgar rosenberg 1925 1987 62 film producer diazepam suicide clinton rossiter 1917 1970 52 historian barbiturates suicide mark rothko 1903 1970 66 painter barbiturates suicide rothko also slit his wrists axl rotten 1971 2016 44 wrestler heroin unknown dave rubinstein 1964 1993 28 singer unspecified suicide rick rude 1958 1999 40 wrestler unspecified painkillers unknown david ruffin 1941 1991 50 musician cocaine unknown gerry ryan 1956 2010 53 radio personality cocaine heart attack heart attack was suspected to be triggered by cocaine johanna sällström 1974 2007 32 actress unspecified suicide ananda samarakoon 1911 1962 51 composer, musician sleeping pills unknown george sanders 1906 1972 65 actor pentobarbital suicide tyler sash 1988 2015 27 american football player hydrocodone and methadone accidental john baker saunders 1954 1999 44 musician heroin unknown catya sassoon 1968 2002 33 model, actress cocaine and hydromorphone unknown sonja savić 1961 2008 47 actress unspecified unknown sybille schmitz 1909 1955 45 actress sleeping pills suicide donald sinclair 1911 1995 84 veterinary surgeon barbiturates suicide gia scala 1934 1972 38 actress, model unspecified drugs and alcohol accidental frederick schwatka 1849 1892 43 army officer opiates suicide conflicting sources report morphine or laudanum as causing the overdose bon scott 1946 1980 33 musician alcohol unknown ronnie scott 1927 1996 69 musician barbiturates accidental the barbiturates were prescribed george scott iii 1953 1980 26 bass player unspecified unknown pat screen 1943 1994 51 american football player unspecified unknown dave schulthise 1956 2004 47 musician unspecified pills suicide rod scurry 1956 1992 36 baseball pitcher cocaine unknown drug-induced heart attack william seabrook 1884 1945 61 writer sleeping pills suicide jean seberg 1938 1979 40 actress barbiturates and alcohol suicide edie sedgwick 1943 1971 28 actress barbiturates and alcohol undetermined