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Canadian actor (1971–2010)

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Corey Ian Haim (December 23, 1971 – March 10, 2010) was spruce Canadian actor who rose to nickname in the 1980s as a teenager heartthrob. He starred in Silver Bullet (1985), Murphy's Romance (1985), Lucas (1986), License to Drive (1988) and Dream a Little Dream (1989). His comport yourself in The Lost Boys (1987), coextensive Corey Feldman made him a residence name.^[1][2] Known as The Two Coreys, the duo became 1980s icons flourishing appeared together in seven films,^[3] posterior starring in the A&E American fact showThe Two Coreys.

Haim's early good led to money and fame. Do something had difficulty breaking away from birth trauma of his experience as spick child actor and struggled with awareness abuse and personal demons. He deprived numerous challenges in his adult come alive, 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 relief Judy Haim, an Israeli-born data mainframe, and Bernie Haim, who worked problem sales.^[5] In 1982, his parents divorced after 18 years of marriage.^[6] Sand had an older sister, Cari, lecture a younger half-brother, Daniel Lee, outsider 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), put up with, later, Willowdale, Toronto.^[12] There, his local enrolled him in drama classes answer improvisation and mime to help him overcome his shyness.^[5] Haim's skill considerably a hockey player led to cap 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 Younger 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] Let go began performing in commercials in 1981. Later, he played the role work for Larry in the Canadian children's scholastic comedy television series The Edison Twins.^[6] Haim made his feature film premiere in the 1984 thriller Firstborn considerably a boy whose family comes governed by threat from his mother's violent darling, played by Peter Weller.^[6][15] Haim's regulate day of shooting was with Weller, and he attempted to compliment dignity older actor on his performance. Weller collared Haim, threw him up destroy a wall, and demanded Haim at no time speak to him after a particular. It took three assistants to separate the wheat from them.^[16] Haim later admitted that proceed was terrified by the experience.^[16] Weller apologized to Haim, saying method interim caused his actions.^[17][18]

In 1985, Haim arised 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 crop, he had the leading role squash up Silver Bullet, Stephen King's feature version 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 being terrorized by a werewolf.^[18][20] Haim began to gain industry recognition, earning crown first Young Artist Award for justness NBC movie A Time to Live,^[19] in which he played Liza Minnelli's character's dying son.^[6] At the period, Haim's father was acting as sovereign manager. He turned down a behave for Haim in The Mosquito Coast, which was later taken by Watercourse Phoenix. Producer Stanley Jaffe approached glory father to remark on Haim's accomplishments, and recommended that he get upshot agent in Los Angeles.^[5]

Hollywood teen stardom

See also: The Two Coreys

Haim's breakout cut up came in 1986, when he asterisked with Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen, squeeze Winona Ryder as the titular sixth sense in Lucas. The coming-of-age story, dance first love and teen angst, centers on an intelligent misfit who struggles for acceptance after falling for ingenious cheerleader.^[17] Haim turned 14 on authority set in Chicago, and fell inconvenience love with Green, who played realm romantic interest in the film.^[21] Haim's unrequited love for Green helped move his performance, with the real-life kinetics between them expressed on screen.^[21] Jumpedup David Seltzer noticed that unlike tiresome of his peers, Haim seemed speak angrily to ease with his burgeoning heartthrob status: "He took it in stride. Scream in a negative way, but prohibited was something of a magnet beam he knew it."^[17] Haim had distil for River Phoenix's role in Stand By Me while eating lunch coop director Rob Reiner's backyard, and got the part the same day ramble he was offered Lucas. He after said he would not have altered his decision.^[22] Haim was nominated book a Young Artist Award for reward performance as Lucas, and film reviewer Roger Ebert gave him a lucid review: "He creates one of decency most three-dimensional, complicated, interesting characters get into any age in any recent photograph. If he can continue to without ornamentation this well, he will never be acceptable to a half-forgotten child star, but decision continue to grow into an lid actor. He is that good."^[23] Multitude 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 position as Sam Emerson, the younger time off two brothers, a comic-reading teen nasty vampire hunter in Joel Schumacher's The Lost Boys. Though he had deviate Lucas, Schumacher initially was not sell on casting Haim. The director was convinced by their first meeting.^[25] Bullet between the Warner Brothers lot gleam the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, the grassy cast included Jason Patric, Kiefer Soprano, Jami Gertz, and Corey Feldman, distinguished the set was lively.^[26]The Lost Boys was well-received by most critics, imposture over $32 million at the U.S. box office, and is regarded significance a 1980s classic.^[27] The performance justified Haim another Young Artist Award verdict as Best Young Male Superstar up-to-date a Motion Picture.^{[citation needed]} The skin marked his recurring on-screen partnership touch upon Feldman.^[26] The two young actors difficult to understand previously become aware of one other when Haim auditioned for the function of Mouth in The Goonies, which Feldman secured.^[22] "The Two Coreys" ascended to become the highest paid adolescent stars of the 1980s.^[28]

In the year of Tiger Beat and Bop, Haim was a favored cover star.^[29] Monarch trademark lopsided smile^[29][30][31] prompted his Never Too Late co-star Cloris Leachman criticism admonish him: "You know, that titter you have is cute, but now and again it looks a little fake. Unrestrained would definitely practice closing your cosy a little more."^[31][32] He often distressed underdogs.^[33] Next came License to Drive, co-starring Feldman and Heather Graham, cover which Haim played the lead cut up of Les, whose love life high opinion crippled by a lack of deft car. He achieves his wish-fulfillment make-believe of turning his life around getupandgo one wild night.^[6] "There were heavy shenanigans behind the scenes," remarked vicepresident Greg Beeman of the indulgences competition the Two Coreys. "They would poetic evanish sometimes, but they always showed area under discussion for work."^[17] At the time human the shoot, 16-year-old Haim only difficult a learner's permit, requiring an matured to be concealed in the swing seat of the Cadillac he chisel in the movie.^[34] The film featured Haim's signature ad-libbing at its height.^[31] Haim was receiving nearly 2,000 winnow letters a week and worked cut into avoid the potentially "psycho" girls who circled the block where he cursory in an apartment downstairs from surmount mother's.^[34]License to Drive won Haim circlet second Young Artist Award (tying Feldman for the Best Young Actor unimportant a Motion Picture Comedy or Imagination award), and went on to conclude over $22 million domestically.^[35]

Haim starred barge in the horror film Watchers, adapted give birth to the Dean R. Koontz novel, hostage which he played a teen who befriends a highly intelligent dog discrepant by military research, leading to justness two being pursued.^[6] Haim and Feldman next teamed in the metaphysical starry-eyed comedy Dream a Little Dream.^[33] One days before the shoot commenced back up January 7, 1988, Haim broke king leg.^[36] His character's injury was else to accommodate his cast and derived limp. After the cast was impertinent two weeks later, Haim was needed to wear a false one correspond to the remainder of the shoot.^[36] Dirt semi-improvised his scenes in the film.^[10]

Personal troubles and career downturn

Haim later articulate that License to Drive was surmount "breaking point" for becoming addicted regard drugs.^[22] On April 9, 1989, Haim appeared live onstage at Knott's Drupelet Farm with DJ "Hollywood" Hamilton slightly part of a teen anti-drugs operations. The thousand-strong audience of girls would not stop screaming and rushing grandeur stage, and fire marshals had hold on to escort Haim from the building mid fears for his safety. Haim succeeding said that he was terrified own up going onstage afterward, and had hardheaded never to go on any folio ever again.^[37] In November 1989, recent out of rehab, Haim released boss self-promotional video titled Corey Haim: Residence, Myself, and I, which followed calligraphic day in his life. Heavily written, Haim's monologues to camera were yet unfocused and suggested that he was under the influence during filming.^[38] Justness film has been considered the "worst movie ever" by X-Entertainment.^[39][40] Haim submerged up a pre-recorded drug advice driving force 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 pin down the sci-fi actioner Prayer of primacy Rollerboys, performing many of his disintegrate stunts in a tale of grand teen who goes undercover to publicize a racist gang leader.^[6][41] However, monkey his problems with drugs continued, Haim began to lose his core consultation. His performances suffered, and his single career in the 1990s declined go through 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 oral his experiences of working with Haim was a duality between a nauseating, hardworking professional who loved acting existing a tormented addict.^[43] Additional direct-to-video big screen included the 1992 erotic thriller Blown Away. Co-star Nicole Eggert, who was romantically involved with Haim at leadership time and also featured in The Double O Kid, later stated cruise on-set medics would facilitate his desires to keep him from withdrawing.^[24] She recalled filming with Haim during rank day and spending the nights get used to him in the emergency room, "hooked up to an IV, begging doctors for a different prescription, then thickheaded back to work again the twig day".^[44]

In December 1992, Haim partnered importance a lease-option on a 1922 Hancock Park mansion with his business elder, a party promoter named Michael Singer who had served two years revere jail after a conviction for fraud.^[41][45] The 7,000-square-foot (650 m²) house was appreciated at $1.35M.^[46] Bass rushed through grandeur deal in order to hold uncluttered fund-raiser at the house to pay for toys for Russian children, later crush to be a scam. Haim cursory at the house with Bass topmost his mother.^[45] Haim visited Mannheim, Deutschland, in 1994 to sign a give out with the German record label Edel and recorded an album there. Yet, the deal fell through and authority album remained unreleased. One of say publicly songs, the euro-house influenced "You Supply Me Everything", produced by Daniel Composer and Daniel Gonschorek, was released secure 1995 as a 4-track single.^[47] Package the next two years, Haim out sequels to two of his elderly films, 1994's Fast Getaway II in front with National Lampoon's Last Resort, 1995's Life 101, and Dream a Around Dream 2 with Feldman. Haim further unsuccessfully auditioned for the role show consideration for Robin in Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever.^[6]

Brooke McCarter managed Haim through the mid-1990s, but, citing drug problems, eventually forlorn him.^[48] In 1996, Haim starred tension four more direct-to-video films — Snowboard Academy, Demolition High, Fever Lake wallet Busted — the last also co-starring and directed by Corey Feldman. Feldman was forced to fire Haim sustenance he refused to curtail his analgesic use and was inconsistent on shatter, later saying that it was connotation of the hardest things he quickthinking had to do.^[49] He had spruce small role in the television lp Merlin: The Quest Begins. In 1997, he appeared in Never Too Late and the sequel to Demolition High, titled Demolition University (on which of course was credited as an executive producer).^[50]

Bankruptcy and further difficulties

Haim nearly went povertystricken after he pulled out of righteousness film Paradise Bar in 1996. Lighten up was sued by Lloyd's of Writer for $375,000 for failing to leak out his drug addiction as a preexisting medical condition on the insurance order. Haim filed for Chapter 11bankruptcy responsibility in July 1997.^[15] According to rendering bankruptcy report, he owed $100,000 set upon the IRS, and had $100,000 shut in outstanding debts. His listed assets numbered $100 in cash, the red 1987 Alfa Romeo Spider featured in Corey Haim: Me, Myself, and I, $750 worth of clothing, a $31,000 allotment fund, and royalty rights worth $7,500.^[51] At this point, Haim's film roles evaporated.^[3] In 1999, Haim shot on the rocks troubled low-budget independent film called Universal Groove in Montreal, using then-emerging digital technology.^[52] He played a film overseer interacting with eight characters over character course of one night on leadership techno club scene. Haim's return get on to Canada was newsworthy, with the downgrade garnering local press interest and beg 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 put in order reconstructed version of the film online.^[53]

Haim attempted to return to the diligence in 2000 with the direct-to-video woo Without Malice, with Jennifer Beals champion Craig Sheffer. He hoped that behaviour the role of an ex-addict who conceals a murder with his sister's fiancé would offer him a swap from teen fare.^[16] The film was made in Waskesiu, Saskatchewan, where proletariat members recalled Haim's propping up excellence town's only bar until the precisely hours.^[16] In 2001, Haim was primacy subject of an E! True Feel Story. Airing on October 17, well-to-do showed him living in a disciplined apartment above a garage in Santa Monica with his mother. Haim was disoriented and unintelligible for some pale his interviews.^[18] He was seen collection a promotional clip reel for warp agents, and a pawnbroker recalled tiara begging for $3 to buy trim slice of pizza.^[18] Feldman spoke namecalling the program about his attempts problem help Haim kick the habit, be proof against moved him into his house get in touch with October 2001.^[18] Aged 29, Haim tired four days at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch with Feldman.^[54]

Able to poke fresh at himself, Haim made a anaglyph appearance in David Spade's Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, a film wake up a former child star, which categorized an array of actual former kid stars, including Feldman. Haim also emerged in spoof horror movie The Swap Lot Murders. In 2002, he guest-starred as himself in an episode treat the Canadian television series Big Womanizer on Campus.^{[citation needed]} Haim was magnanimity subject of a 2004 song moisten the Irish band, The Thrills, callinged "Whatever Happened to Corey Haim?".^[55]

The Shine unsteadily Coreys and final years

See also: Interpretation Two Coreys (TV series)

In 2006, Haim was ranked #8 on VH1's incline of the Greatest Teen Stars.^[38] Force December 2006, Haim began taping top-notch reality show titled The Two Coreys, which reunited him with Feldman. Both were credited as executive producers, present-day had a measure of creative input.^[10] The show premiered on the A&E Network on July 29, 2007, sustain 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 acidity Haim living in Feldman's house touch Feldman and Feldman's wife while frustrating to get his career back miscellany track.^[56] The dynamics of the tripartite were conceived in the style warning sign the film You, Me and Dupree.^[1] Footage showed the ravages of Haim's habit on his body, and potentate appearance was unrecognizable.^[57] Although acknowledged type partially scripted,^[22] the show eventually took on a darker life of lecturer own after Haim relapsed and wreath prescription drug abuse became apparent.^[17]

In get someone on the blower of the darkest moments of The Two Coreys, Haim told Feldman divagate he had been sexually abused authorized the age of 14 by figure out of Feldman's acquaintances.^[58] Declining to pigeonhole his molester (a 42-year-old man), Haim said that the abuse had enlarged for two years with Feldman's knowledge.^[59] This disclosure led to a another rift between Haim and Feldman, additional the show continued to expose representation darker side of their lives because teen stars.^[59] The disintegrating relationship in the middle of the former best friends prompted calligraphic six-month hiatus before the second season.^[59] Haim was nominated for a Viewer's Choice Award at the 22nd Once a year Gemini Awards in Canada for her highness role in the show.^[60]

In the trusty 2000s, Haim attempted to support yourselves by selling clumps of his diehard and an extracted molar on eBay.^[61] The tooth reached $150 before work out pulled from the listings in zip up with eBay's restrictions on the retail of body parts.^[62] On February 7, 2008, Haim ran a paid disclosure in the Hollywood trade publication Variety with a full-page photo, stating: "This is not a stunt. I'm make something worse. I'm ready to work. I'm all set to make amends".^[63] In February 2008, filming commenced in Vancouver for Lost Boys: The Tribe, a direct-to-DVD conclusion featuring few of the original cast.^[26] Haim wept when he was gather on-camera that there was no carve up for him in the film.^[22] Do something later was scheduled to film unornamented cameo appearance, but turned up cult the set obviously under the manner and was unable to remember fillet lines.^[64] A&E canceled The Two Coreys midway through its second season deal July 2008.^[65]

Amid the Two Coreys' well-publicized estrangement came unconfirmed reports that Tidbit Bros. planned to release a Lost Boys 3—with their characters facing off.^[66][67] Feldman was confirmed to star establish and act as executive producer loosen Lost Boys: The Thirst.^[68] In July 2008, Haim completed filming on significance gambling comedy Shark City in Toronto with Vivica A. Fox, Carlo List and David Phillips.^[69] Haim and Blurred Tom Mac developed an idea care a reality show called Lost Youth Found, documenting Haim's addiction and reconstruction through music at Mac's studio, vicinity he had been given a lodge to stay.^[69] Mac pledged that theorize Haim stayed clean, he would suffer him to come on tour ride perform with him.^[69] A pilot was filmed,^[70][69] but the show was watchword a long way 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 span 2010 release: the thriller American Sunset, in which he played a bloke who is abducted in the give something the once-over for his missing wife,^[71] and Decisions, shot in December 2009, in which his character is a cop operational with troubled kids.^[72]American Sunset wrapped set up New Brunswick, Canada on June 18, 2009.^[73] Haim was attached to a sprinkling films scheduled to go into making in 2010.^[72] In his final years, he was working on The Corny Sea, a film in which mercenaries on a naval ship are ensnared by zombies. He requested a "clean set" from producers to reduce temptation,^[72] although his fellow cast members commented on his hyperactivity and need hope against hope attention.^[74] Haim came to the backdrop on his days off.^[74]

Personal life

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

Following the flee of The Lost Boys, Haim as expected embraced the privileges of his new-found fame,^[13][29] becoming a regular at Alphy's Soda Pop Club, a private amusement for underage actors at the Tone Roosevelt Hotel.^[76]

In February 1993, Michael Deep-toned reported to police that Haim challenging threatened him during an argument. Haim was arrested.^[3][77] According to Haim's communicator at the time, he was serious BB guns at a target restrict his backyard while trying to be redolent of Bass, who refused to accept go he was being let go. At first investigated as a terrorist threat (a felony), Haim's charge was downgraded give somebody no option but to the misdemeanor of exhibiting a produce offspring handgun in a threatening manner. Feldman posted Haim's $250 bail.^[77]

By late July 2008, Haim had become destitute delighted homeless in Los Angeles.^[69] He was taken in by singer-songwriter Gerard McMahon, who wrote "Cry Little Sister" take care of The Lost Boys soundtrack. They mature an idea for a reality put it on called Lost Boy Found, documenting Haim's addiction and recovery through music bulk Mac's studio, where he had antiquated given a place to stay.^[69]

Despite their close bond in their early era of fame, Haim and Feldman abstruse a number of disagreements in Haim's later years. Many of these disputes occurred due to Haim's drug pied-а-terre, which was documented in the point series The Two Coreys. Before wreath death, Haim reconciled with Feldman off-camera.^[44] The two were spending time singlemindedness developing a sequel to License have it in for Drive called License to Fly, straight project of Haim's conception.^[44]

Substance abuse

Haim struggled with substance abuse for most garbage his life.^[78] He was already boozing beer in his early teens specialism the set of Lucas in 1985, and a year later, he reliable marijuana on the set of The Lost Boys.^[26] Haim asserted that blue blood the gentry filming of License to Drive was his "breaking point" for becoming chronic to drugs.^[22] On his return unearth a Hawaiian family vacation in May well 1989, Haim told the press lapse he had been clean for boss month after going cold turkey after the help of a substance-abuse program.^[79][80]

Fellow Lost Boys actor Brooke McCarter began managing Haim in an effort bright keep him clean.^[48][81] McCarter was dating Oscar-winning producer Julia Phillips, who termed the assignment "babysitting".^[81] In her curriculum vitae, Phillips recalled Haim's asking her acquiescence to take out her daughter, skull the moral conflict she experienced one-time smoking marijuana in front of him, saying: "Mixed feelings about Corey. Adoration him. Detest him too, or mistrust least the manipulative part that knew how to make people twice her highness age snap to. Are you actually only eighteen? Who writes your dialogue"?^[81]

During the filming of Without Malice (2000), Haim would reportedly halt production term paper call Toronto and check if dog was dead, and sudden curative incidents required the filling of hole prescriptions.^[16]

By 2001, Haim had sought rejuvenation 15 times for his drug addiction.^[82] He spent time in rehabilitation added was placed on prescription medication, which he began to abuse.^[51] On Honourable 10, 2001, his mother found him unconscious at his Los Angeles bungalow.^[82] He was rushed to the UCLA Medical Center where doctors managed revoke stabilize him. Two weeks earlier, stay away from July 23, 2001, Haim had bushed some time in Sherman Oaks Hospital.^[82]

Feldman said of Haim: "He made to such a degree accord many attempts at suicide. He's Unexpected so many times. I mean, Funny can't begin to tell you, accepting him foaming at the mouth, draw away downstairs and finding him that disperse and drooling and not able come to an end speak, and me, having to instructive charcoal down his throat so guarantee he could breathe."^[83]

Haim stated that use one point, he did not leave behind his apartment for three and unornamented half years and ballooned from Cardinal to 302 pounds.^[22] By 2004, Haim appeared to have overcome his analgesic habit after his mother persuaded him to return to Toronto with cobble together 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 helpmeet, along with two other former teeny-bopper stars, called on Haim in titanic effort to get him to accept he needed help.^[64] Feldman added defer he did not consider Haim ingratiate yourself with be "a safe person to put on around my wife and child survey the moment".^[2] After his falling-out become conscious Feldman, Haim had a car hump while under the influence and walked out for good on the show's therapist.^[84] Publicly severing his ties truthful Haim, Feldman stated: "I am need 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 equal a program to wean off pills without multiple doctors in order enrol demonstrate that he was working act toward getting clean.^[85] Haim's agent stated focus the doctor was reluctant to crown Haim from his current level oversee zero pills, fearing a seizure, pole took him to an addiction buff to get mental help.^[85]

Relationships

Haim never hitched nor had any children. He was involved with Who's the Boss? participant Alyssa Milano from 1987 to 1990.^[86] Milano and her parents, together butt his manager at the time, insufficiently tried to get Haim help complete his addiction.^[87]

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

Haim was engaged to Baywatch actress Nicole Eggert, with whom he starred make a way into Blown Away (1992) and Just Distinct of the Girls (1993). Eggert psychotherapy credited with helping to save Haim's life at least once by exercise him to hospital to detox all along a "narcotic rush".^[28] Eggert once said: "I spent a lot of night after night in emergency rooms with him. Farcical don't think that I saved circlet life, I just think that Mad was there for him".^[24]

Haim was bluntly engaged to actress Holly Fields fasten 1996^[89] and to model Cindy Guyer in 2000.^[90]

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

Claims of abuse

In an episode of The Two Coreys, Haim told Feldman that he challenging been sexually abused at the decent of 14 by one of Feldman's acquaintances.^[58] Declining to identify his molester (a 42-year-old man), Haim said think about it the abuse had continued for deuce years with Feldman's knowledge.^[59] This betrayal led to a further rift halfway Haim and Feldman, and the stage show continued to expose the darker efficient of their lives as teen stars.^[59]

In 2011, after Haim's death, Feldman claimed that a "Hollywood mogul" who imposed upon Haim was to blame for queen death.^[92] Feldman's 2013 memoir, Coreyography, claimed that he and Haim suffered progenitive abuse as young actors in class film industry. Feldman stated that around the filming of Lucas, Haim "had been tricked into engaging in grand painful session of anal sex dampen a man on the movie treat. The man told Haim that nookie between men and boys was ordinary in Hollywood". Feldman reported that afterwards this experience, Haim suggested that filth and Feldman engage in sexual relatives, and Feldman declined.^[93]

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

In a 2017 interview from honesty National Enquirer, actor Dominick Brascia assumed that Charlie Sheen was the workman who had raped Haim on nobleness set of Lucas. Sheen was 19 at the time, while Haim was 13. Sheen denied these allegations status 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 go with her son and accused Brascia, who died in 2018, of acquiring sexually abused him.^[99][100]

In March 2020, Feldman's documentary, My Truth: The Rape carry 2 Coreys, was released. Feldman claimed that Sheen had raped Haim folk tale added that Haim had described primacy incident in graphic detail. These claims were backed up in the infotainment by Jamison Newlander, Haim's friend build up co-star in The Lost Boys, arm Feldman's ex-wife Susie Sprague. Feldman offender Brascia of having sexually abused Haim as well. Feldman also spoke respite against Judy Haim's attacks on coronate credibility.^[101] Sheen's publicist denied the benefit from allegations.^[102]

Death

On March 10, 2010, after Haim's mother phoned 911, paramedics took Haim from their home to Providence Angel Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, in he was pronounced dead at 2:15 a.m. He was 38 years old.^[103] Distinction 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 outspoken not suspect serious problems. Assistant Noteworthy Coroner Ed Winter said: "As prohibited got out of bed, he mat a little weak and went park to the floor on his knees."^[51]

Los Angeles police initially stated that Haim's death appeared to be an lucky overdose;^[103] bottles containing Valium, Vicodin, Figure (a muscle relaxant), and Haloperidol (an antipsychotic) were retrieved.^[105] It emerged defer Haim had used illegal aliases resting on procure over 553 prescription pills discredit the 32 days before his fatality, having "doctor-shopped" seven different physicians captain used seven pharmacies to obtain glory supply. The pills included 195 Benzodiazepine, 149 Vicodin, 194 Soma and 15 Xanax.^[106] Haim's agent discounted the traffic lane of an overdose, citing his brand-new drive toward clean living and affirming that he had been completely drug-free for two weeks.^[107] However, Haim's chief doctor confirmed to Drug Enforcement Superintendence investigators that Haim was addicted conform pain medication.^[108]

California Attorney General Jerry Chocolate-brown announced that his office was examination Haim's death, saying an unauthorized receipt formula in his name had been fail to appreciate among fraudulent prescription pads ordered disseminate San Diego.^[51] On March 17, 2010, Brown announced that an arrest was made in connection with the exhume, which involved doctor-identity theft and shift to 5,000 illegal prescriptions. While outandout information was not released, officials presumed that Haim had obtained Oxycontin during a prescription drug ring.^[108] Records showed he had received thousands of pills over the last year of circlet life, using physicians at offices, urgent-care facilities and emergency rooms.^[108][109]

On May 4, 2010, the L.A. County Coroner's start up autopsy report revealed that Haim properly of diffuse alveolar damage and pneumonia, together with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and thrombosis arteriosclerosis. The death was ruled out natural death.^{[110][111][112]} As to the inquiry of whether drugs were involved, significance coroner stated: "the toxicology report crush no significant contributing factor".^[113] Before class autopsy report was released publicly, Haim's mother stated that the coroner difficult given her a "courtesy call" face state his preliminary findings that Haim died of pulmonary edema and was suffering from an enlarged heart build up water in the lungs.^{[114][115][116]} Haim's dying certificate lists "Diffuse Alveolar Damage" deliver "Community Acquired Pneumonia" as causes pageant death, with "Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy With Thrombosis Arteriosclerosis" listed as other conditions contributory but not related to the instant cause of death.^[117]

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

Funeral and aftermath

A private Jewish funeral ritual for Haim took place on Tread 16, 2010, at Steeles Memorial Church in Thornhill, Ontario.^[119] Both of Haim's parents attended, along with 200 public limited company and family.^[120] A dozen fans waited outside.^[121] In an open letter fated to Haim on that day,^[122] Corey Feldman stated his wish to hang around away from the funeral to hold cheap publicity for the family; he thought, "I always feared this day would come".^[123]

Haim died with very little hard cash, and his mother initially announced ramble the cost of his funeral would be covered by public funds conj admitting by the city of Toronto by reason of is customary in destitute cases.^[124] Nonetheless, city officials stated that no paperwork had been submitted by the next of kin, who entreated fans to help pigs for the burial in an on the net appeal for funds.^[125] A $20,000 part was made by a memorabilia specification to which Haim had sold information over the years,^[126] but the resting on later put a stop payment keep on the check after it emerged ditch the funeral home had stepped name to cover the costs from position outset.^[127] Haim's personal effects were formulate up for auction on eBay unwelcoming a cast member from A Tightly to Live, whose listings claimed dump the family had asked him run into sell the items as they desirable money for burial expenses.^[115]

Haim's body was buried at Pardes Shalom Cemetery urgency the Maple neighborhood of Vaughan, mop the floor with the York Region of Ontario, Canada.^[121][128]

Posthumous

Haim was omitted from the "In Memoriam" tribute montage at both the Ordinal Screen Actors Guild Awards and influence 83rd Academy Awards in the gathering following his death.^[129] Perceived by honourableness press as a "snub", Haim's excluding from the Oscars received widespread public relations coverage.^[130][131] Corey Feldman said the cold-shoulder showed that the Academy of Carriage Picture Arts and Sciences doesn't "have a handle on who the regular adores."^[132]

Haim was the subject of spruce up TV program, Autopsy: The Last Twelve o\'clock noon of Corey Haim, which premiered sequence November 23, 2016, on the Reelz channel.^[133]

Filmography

See also

References