The following is a list of notable people who have died from drug-related causes. Deaths caused by alcohol and caffeine are included. (person (age/lifespan) - cause and explanation)
Herb Abrams (1954–1996) - American professional wrestling promoter, heart complications brought on by drug abuse.
Nick Adams (1931-1968) - actor, drug overdose.
David Allen Adkisson (1958-1984) - American professional wrestler, death speculated upon as drugs overdose.
Kerry Gene Adkisson (1960-1993) - American professional wrestler, suicide, after arrest for cocaine possession and drug problems.
Michael Brent Adkisson (1964-1987) - American professional wrestler, suicide, overdosed on tranquilizers.
Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) - Japanese writer, committed suicide by overdosing on barbiturates.
Dennis Allen (1951-1987) - Australian infamous drug dealer, drug induced heart failure.
GG Allin (1956-1993) - punk musician, heroin overdose.
Bridgette Andersen (1975-1997) former child actress, alcohol and heroin overdose.
Pier Angeli (1932-1971) Italian-born actress, died of anaphylactic shock after being given a tranquilizer by her doctor.
Howard Arkley (1951-1999) - painter.
Chet Baker (58) - jazz trumpeter and singer.
John Balance (42) - musician, Coil, fell over a banister while drunk.
Florence Ballard (32) - musician, The Supremes, cardiac arrest strongly exacerbated by long-term drug abuse.
Honoré de Balzac (51) - caffeine poisoning from drinking over forty cups of coffee per day.
Lester Bangs (33) - musician, writer, overdose of painkillers, possibly accidental.
Jean-Michel Basquiat (27) - painter, heroin overdose.
Scotty Beckett (38) - American former child actor, suicide, barbiturate overdose.
Bix Beiderbecke (28) - jazz musician, alcoholism.
John Belushi (33) - of the Blues Brothers, actor, and comedian, heroin and cocaine overdose (speedball).
Bunny Berigan (33) - musician, trumpet, liver cirrhosis from alcoholism.
Wes Berggren - musician, Tripping Daisy.
George Best (59) - ex-footballer with Manchester United, multiple organ failure exacerbated by chronic long-standing alcoholism.
Leah Betts (18) - British schoolgirl, ecstasy related.
Len Bias (22) - basketball star; died of cocaine overdose before ever playing in the NBA.
Dave Bidwell - musician, the Pink Fairies, Chicken Shack, Savoy Brown, Mungo Jerry.
Count Gottfried von Bismarck (44) - German Aristocrat, suspected drug overdose.
Matty Blagg (real name Matthew Roberts) - musician, Blaggers I.T.A., heart attack due to ketamine / ecstacy OD.
Mike Bloomfield (36) - blues guitarist, heroin overdose.
Tommy Bolin (25) - musician, Deep Purple, drugs overdose and/or alcohol poisoning.
John Bonham (32) - musician Led Zeppelin, alcohol related asphyxiation caused by choking on his own vomit.
James Booker (44) - musician, liver failure.
Elisa Bridges (29) - model, acute intoxication - combined effects of heroin, methamphetamine, meperidine and Alprazolam.
Erik Brødreskift (30) - musician, Borknagar,Gorgoroth,and Immortal, suicide - pill overdose.
Herman Brood (55) - musician, suicide after long-term substance abuse issues.
Dennis Brown (42) - musician, Jamacian Reggae singer, believed to be AIDS related but strong rumours of chronic drug abuse.
Lenny Bruce (40) - comedian, morphine overdose.
Robert Buck (42) - musician, 10,000 Maniacs, liver disease.
Tim Buckley (28) - rock and roll musician, heroin overdose.
Paul Butterfield (44) - musician, drug and alcohol overdose.
Andrés Caicedo (25) - Columbian writer, drugs overdose (suicide).
Toy Caldwell - musician, Marshall Tucker Band.
Casey Calvert - guitarist of Hawthorne Heights, accidental drug overdose through mixture of medications.
Ken Caminiti (41) - former Major League Baseball player; acute cocaine and opiates intoxication.
Skip Candelori - musician, Turning Point.
Max Cantor - journalist, actor, heroin overdose, he became an addict while researching addicts in New York.
Gia Carangi - supermodel, heroin abuse led to a death from AIDS.
Leroy Carr - blues musician, cirrhosis of the liver as a result of alcoholism.
Gene Clark (46) - musician, the Byrds, bleeding ulcer due to long term alcohol abuse.
Sonny Clark - musician, American hard bop pianist, heroin overdose.
Steve Clark (30) - musician, Def Leppard, accidential death (anti-depressants, painkillers and alcohol).
Michael Clarke (47) - musician, the Byrds, liver failure due to long term alcoholism.
Will Clay - musician, The Toys.
Montgomery Clift - actor, heart attack due to severe alcoholism and drug abuse.
Brian Cole - musician, the Association, heroin overdose.
Brian Connolly - musician, Sweet, liver damage caused by long-term substance abuse and chronic alcoholism.
Pamela Courson - common law wife of Jim Morrison of The Doors, heroin overdose.
Cowboy (real name Keith Wiggins) - musician, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, drug overdose.
Carl Crack - musician, Atari Teenage Riot, drug overdose.
Darby Crash (22) - punk musician, of The Germs, suicide by heroin overdose.
Robbin Crosby (42) - musician, ex-Ratt, contracted HIV as a result of long-time heroin addiction and died of a heroin overdose.
Dalida (54) - singer, suicide, barbiturates overdose (sleeping pills).
Nick Dachino (23) Singer, drug overdose.
Dorothy Dandridge (42) - actress, singer, anti-depressant overdose.
Jesse Ed Davis (43) - guitarist, session musician, drug overdose.
Paul Demayo (38) - American professional bodybuilder, heroin overdose.
Ted Demme (38) - film director, heart attack, small amount of cocaine taken may have contributed.
Rick Dey - musician, the Vejtables, February Sunshine, the Wilde Knights and the Merry-Go-Round.
Dimwit - musician, D.O.A., drug overdose.
Teri Diver (29) - pornographic actress, cardiac arrest caused by overdose of migraine medication.
Kiki Djan - Ghanaian musician, Osibisa, drug addiction and AIDS.
DJ Screw (29) - musician, heart attack thought to be result of codeine overdose.
Desmond Donnelly (53) - British politician/ Businessman/ Journalist, suicide under influence of alcohol/ overdose of barbiturates.
Tommy Dorsey (51) - jazz musician and bandleader, choked to death while sleeping with the aid of drugs.
John Dougherty - musician, Flipper, heroin overdose.
Nick Drake (26) - musician, anti-depressant overdose, disputed suicide.
Michael Dransfield (24) - Australian poet, heroin overdose.
Bobby Driscoll (31) - actor, heart failure, long term drug abuse.
Kevin DuBrow (52) - American rock vocalist, cocaine overdose.
Bobby Duncum, Jr. - American professional wrestler, prescription drug overdose.
Anthony Durante - Amesheshenocunadirican professional wrestler, drugs overdose.
Jeanne Eagels (39) - actress, alcohol and/or heroin abuse.
John Entwistle (57) - musician, bassist for the Who, died from heart failure brought upon by cocaine use.
Brian Epstein (32) - Manager of The Beatles, drug overdose.
Howie Epstein (47) - musician, ex-bassist with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, heroin overdose.
Rick Evers - musician, drummer and songwriter, was married to Carole King, heroin overdose.
Chris Farley (33) - comedian, cocaine and heroin overdose (speedball).
Pete Farndon (31) - musician, the Pretenders, drowned/ heroin overdose.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder - playwright, director, cocaine overdose (possible suicide).
Brenda Fassie - South African singer, cocaine overdose.
W.C. Fields (67) - American performer and actor, complications of alcoholism.
Keith Ferguson - musician, the Fabulous Thunderbirds.
Althea Flynt - co-publisher of Hustler magazine, drowned after passing out after drug overdose.
Zac Foley (31) - musician, EMF, heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, barbiturates and alcohol in bloodstream.
Sigmund Freud (83) - Austrian neurologist, long-term cocaine use, physician assisted morphine overdose.
Rory Gallagher - musician, Taste, died of pnemonia and a liver failure, caused by side effects of a combination of doctor-prescribed drugs.
Paul Gardiner - musician, Tubeway Army, drug overdose.
Judy Garland - American singer and actress, disputed drug overdose as cause of death.
Lowell George - musician, Little Feat, heart attack - habitual drug abuse probable cause.
Andy Gibb - singer, younger brother of the Bee Gees; cardiac damage strongly exacerbated by cocaine and alcohol abuse.
Simon Gipps-Kent - British actor, morphine poisoning, suspected drugs overdose.
Candy Givens - musician, Zephyr, drowned in jacuzzi after passing out from a mix of alcohol and quaaludes.
Trevor Goddard - British former professional boxer turned actor, drugs overdose.
Alexander Godunov (45) - actor, died of alcoholism.
Dwayne Goettel - musician, Skinny Puppy, heroin overdose.
Paul Gonsalves (53) - jazz tenor saxophonist, Duke Ellington, narcotics overdose
Lucy Grealy (39) - American poet, presumed accidental drug overdose.
Sean Greenway - Australian indie musician, member of GOD, heroin overdose
Gribouille - French singer, drugs overdose.
Eddie Guerrero - Professional wrestler, previous drug use led to heart attack.
Stacy Guess - musician, the Squirrel Nut Zippers, heroin overdose. herps.
Paul Hammond - musician, Atomic Rooster, drug overdose (suicide).
Bobby Hatfield - musician, The Righteous Brothers, heart attack triggered by cocaine overdose.
Tim Hardin - folk musician, heroin and morphine overdose.
Brynn Hartman - wife and killer of comedian Phil Hartman, suicide after cocaine and alcohol.
Alex Harvey - musician,The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, liver damage caused by alcohol abuse.
Phyllis Haver - actress, intentional barbiturate overdose
Joey Hawthorne - American professional poker player, drug overdose.
Eddie Hazel - musician, guitarist, of the P-funk collective, liver failure.
Mitch Hedberg - American comedian, multiple drug toxicity (cocaine and heroin).
Helno (real name Noel Rota) - musician, Les Negresses Vertes, died trying to overcome serious drug addiction.
Tim Hemensley - Australian indie musician, member of GOD, heroin overdose
Margaux Hemingway (41) - actress, disputed suicide, overdose of sedatives.
Jimi Hendrix (27) - rock and roll musician, respiratory arrest caused by alcohol and barbiturate overdose and vomit inhalation.
Curt Hennig - professional wrestler, cocaine overdose.
Gregory Herbet - musician, Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Bob Hite - musician, Canned Heat, heart attack.
Randy Jo Hobbs - musician.
Abbie Hoffman - self-identified communo-anarchist, social and political activist in the United States, suicide by overdose of Phenobarbital pills
El Duce Hoke - musician, drummer and singer in the Mentors, hit by train when alcohol intoxicated (disputed murder theories).
Billie Holiday (45) - jazz singer died from cirrhosis of the liver attributed to longtime alcohol and heroin abuse.
Hollywood Fats - musician, heroin overdose.
Gary Holton - actor, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, alcohol and morphine overdose.
James Honeyman-Scott - musician, the Pretenders, cocaine overdose.
Shannon Hoon (28) - musician, singer in Blind Melon, cocaine overdose.
Howard Hughes (70) - aviator, engineer, industrialist, movie producer, playboy, liver failure - autopsy showed lethal amount of codeine and also valium in body.
Elizabeth Hulette (42) - professional wrestling manager, accidential drug medication/alcohol mixing.
Harold Hunter (31) - American professional skateboarder and actor, apparent cocaine overdose.
Phyllis Hyman - singer, suicide involving pills.
Julio Jaramillo (42) - Ecuadorian singer, liver damage caused by alcohol.
Steven Ronald "Stevo" Jensen - musician, The Vandals, prescription drug overdose.
Joëlle, American born French singer, drug overdose.
Anissa Jones - actress (played "Buffy" on American T.V series Family Affair), accidential overdose of cocaine, angel dust, Quaaludes and Seconal.
Bethany Jones - photographer and makeup artist, complications of muscular dystrophy coupled with injection of methamphetamine.
Brian Jones - musician, the Rolling Stones, drowned, very likely due to alcohol and barbiturate intoxication.
Rob Jones (a.k.a. The Bass Thing) - musician - former bassist of The Wonder Stuff, heroin/cocaine/alcohol overdose.
Russell Jones (a.k.a. Ol' Dirty Bastard) - hip hop musician, accidential overdose, cocaine and prescription painkiller.
Janis Joplin (27) - rock and roll and blues musician, heroin overdose.
John Kahn - musician, Jerry Garcia Band, complications of heart disease, heroin, cocaine, and antidepressants found in his body.
Wells Kelly - musician, Orleans, heroin overdose.
David Kennedy - fourth child of Robert F. Kennedy, cocaine and Demerol overdose.
Jack Kerouac - writer/poet, complications due to alcoholism.
Bernard Kettlewell - British lepidopterist and medical doctor, drugs overdose.
Dorothy Kilgallen, Irish-American journalist and television game show panelist, fatal combination of alcohol and Seconal, perhaps concurrent with a heart attack
John Kordic - Canadian hockey player, died during struggle with police after cocaine overdose.
Paul Kossoff - musician, Free, drug-related heart problems.
Eddie Kurdziel - musician, Redd Kross, drug overdose.
Arcadia Lake - American pornographic actress, drug overdose.
Barbara La Marr - actress, drug-related death in Hollywood.
Karen Lancaume - French pornographic actress, overdose of medication (suicide).
Carole Landis - actress, overdose of barbiturates (suicide).
Peter Laughner - musician, Pere Ubu, acute pancreatitis.
Rudy Lewis - musician, the Drifters.
Ruan Lingyu - Chinese silent film actress, overdose of barbiturates
Mike Lockwood - American professional wrestler, choked on his own vomit after overdose of painkillers and alcohol.
Trinity Loren (real name: Joyce Evelyn McPherson) - American porn star, model, and stripper, accidental overdose of prescription painkillers.
Bela Lugosi (73) - actor, drug-related heart attack.
Zoe Tamerlis Lund - former child American musical prodigy turned model, actress, and writer, heart failure due to heroin use.
Frankie Lymon - musician, doo wop singer, heroin overdose.
Aaron Lynch - writer on memetics, opiate-based painkiller overdose (coroner ruled accidental death)
Phil Lynott (37) - musician, Thin Lizzy, health breakdown caused by a heroin overdose. (speedball)
Billy Mackenzie - musician, the Associates, overdosed on prescription drugs (suicide).
Chris Mainwaring - Australian Footballer, alleged accidental overdose
Steve Marriott - musician, The Small Faces and Humble Pie, drug related fire.
Billy Martin - Major League Baseball player and manager, alcohol-related auto accident.
James McCallum Bronson - stepson of actor Charles Bronson, drug overdose.
David McComb (36) - musician, The Triffids, heroin overdose.
Jimmy McCulloch musician with Wings, guitarist, heroin overdose.
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - musician, the Grateful Dead, gastrointestinal hemorrhage linked to alcohol abuse.
Robbie McIntosh - musician, Average White Band, heroin overdose.
Clyde McPhatter - singer.
Aimee Semple McPherson - Canadian-born evangelist and media sensation in the 1920s and 1930s, overdose of prescription barbiturates.
Jonathan Melvoin - touring keyboardist for the Smashing Pumpkins, heroin overdose.
Big Maceo Merriweather (47) - blues pianist, chronic alcoholism
Mighty Spoiler - calypso music singer, alcohol-related illness.
Miss Christine - musician, The GTOs, heroin overdose.
Amedeo Modigliani - painter, alcohol poisoning.
Marilyn Monroe - actress, overdose of sleeping pills.
Ken Montgomery - musician, D.O.A.
Keith Moon - musician, the Who, overdosed on anti-seizure medication prescribed for alcoholism.
Chester Morris - actor, drug overdose.
Jim Morrison (27) - musician, The Doors, heroin and alcohol (cause and fact of death disputed).
Billy Murcia - musician, the New York Dolls, accidental suffocation after drugs and alcohol.
Brent Mydland - musician, keyboardist, of the Grateful Dead, cocaine/morphine overdose.
Modest Mussorgsky - classical composer, alcohol.
Daniel Christopher Murray - Died of a heroin overdose. Lead singer in a band called, Murray and the Shaggy Dogs.
Dave Murray - Porn Star. Fell from a balcony after a crack overdose.
Delphine Neid - musician, The Nuns, drugs overdose.
Joachim Nielsen (36) - Norwegian rock musician in the band Jokke og Valentinerne, drug overdose
Bradley Nowell - musician, Sublime, heroin overdose.
Jack Nance - actor, alcohol addiction.
Hugh O'Connor - actor, of In the Heat of the Night TV series, suicide under influence of cocaine.
Lani O'Grady - actress, of Eight Is Enough.
Frank O'Keefe - musician, the Outlaws, uncle of prodigy in the making William O'Keefe ( http://youtube.com/watch?v=bYYM-9R3QBg ), died of being too damn cool.
Johnny O'Keefe - Australian musician, singer, heart attack after prescription drugs addiction.
Christina Onassis - daughter of the billionaire Aristotle Onassis, pulmonary edema, caused by constant drug abuse and dramatic weight changes.
Charlie Ondras - musician, Unsane.
Bryan Ottoson - musician, American Head Charge, accidental prescription-drug overdose.
Malcolm Owen - singer, lyricist of the Ruts, heroin overdose.
Marco Pantani - cyclist, Tour de France winner; acute cocaine intoxication.
Charlie Parker - jazz musician; the official cause of death was (lobar) pneumonia and a bleeding ulcer, his death was hastened by his drug and alcohol abuse
Robert Pastorelli - American television actor, heroin overdose.
Gram Parsons - country musician, of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, overdose, purportedly of morphine and tequila.
Joe Pass - jazz musician. ( was clean and sober at time of death.)
Jon-Jon Paulos - musician, the Buckinghams.
Chris Penn (40) - actor (Reservoir Dogs), brother of Sean Penn, heart disease and prescription drugs.
Art Pepper - jazz musician.
Chris Pettiet (24) - American actor, accidential drug overdose.
Jack Pickford (36) - American actor, syphilis & alcohol and drug abuse.
Kristen Pfaff - musician, ex-member of Hole, heroin overdose.
Esther Phillips - musician, singer, liver and kidney failue due to alcohol and heroin dependency.
John Phillips - musician, of the Mamas and the Papas, heart failure due to lifetime of alcohol and narcotics abuse.
River Phoenix (23) - actor, overdose of heroin and cocaine (speedball).
Jeffrey Lee Pierce (37) - musician, the Gun Club.
Rob Pilatus (32) - musician, Milli Vanilli, drug overdose.
Dana Plato (34) - actress, of Diff'rent Strokes, suicide - overdose of Vanadom and Vicodin.
Jackson Pollock (44) - American painter; killed in a single-car accident while driving drunk.
Elvis Presley (42) - singer, heart attack brought on by overdose of barbiturates.
Freddie Prinze (22) - comic, actor (Chico and the Man), self-inflicted gunshot wound while under the influence of Quaaludes.
John Panozzo (47) - musician, drummer, Styx, complications of alcohol abuse.
Carl Radle (37) - bass guitarist, Derek and the Dominos, Eric Clapton, kidney disease due to long term narcotics and alcohol abuse
Dee Dee Ramone - musician, the Ramones, heroin overdose.
James Ray - singer, drug overdose.
Johnnie Ray - musician, liver failure caused by alcoholism.
Michael Reeves - English film director, barbiturate overdose.
Wallace Reid - actor, flu caused by morphine addiction.
Jimmy Reilly (17) - musician, Watertower West and Tony And The Tigers, heroin and alcohol overdose.
Elis Regina (36) - Brazilian singer, drug interaction.
Brad Renfro (25) - actor, death yet to be determined, but had history of drug and alcohol abuse
Rob Graves Ritter - musician, Thelonius Monster, Gun Club, the Bags, 45 Grave.
Rachel Roberts - British actress - barbiturate overdose (suicide).
Andy Rogers - musician, bassist with Johnny Cash, heroin overdose.
Peter Rosen - musician, War.
Alma Rubens - actress, flu caused by heroin addiction.
Michael Rudetsky - musician, keyboardist, Culture Club, heroin overdose.
David Ruffin - musician, the Temptations, drug overdose.
George Sanders - British actor, barbiturates overdose (suicide).
Joe Schermie - musician, Three Dog Night, heart attack resulting from long-term drug abuse
Bon Scott - musician, AC/DC, aspiration brought on by alcohol intoxication.
Jean Seberg - actress, barbiturate and alcohol overdose (suicide).
Jason Sears - musician, Rich Kids on LSD, treatment with natural drugs.
Edie Sedgwick - actress.
Nerine Shatner - wife of actor William Shatner, drowned in swimming pool while intoxicated and with traces of valium in bloodstream.
Will Shatter - musician, Flipper, heroin overdose.
Bobby Sheehan - musician, Blues Traveler, drug overdose.
Eric Show - baseball player, cocaine and heroin overdose (speedball).
Pavlos Sidiropoulos - Greek rock musician, heroin overdose.
Judee Sill - folk musician, heroin overdose.
Don Simpson - film producer, heart attack, reports of 20 drugs in his body at time of death.
Hillel Slovak (26) - musician, Red Hot Chili Peppers, heroin overdose.
Anna Nicole Smith (39) - Playboy playmate, actress, reality show star, lethal combination of chloral hydrate and various benzodiazepines.
Davey Boy Smith (39) - British professional wrestler, heart attack - steroid abuse may have contributed.
Robert "Snoopy" Smith (46) - Saxophonist and husband of jazz and blues singer, Fritzi Presley, died in Biloxi, MS of heart attack after a lifetime of alcohol abuse.
Freddy Soto - comedian, writer and actor, mixture of alcohol, Xanax® and fentanyl.
Epic Soundtracks - musician, Swell Maps.
Louie Spicolli - American professional wrestler, choked on vomit after drugs and alcohol overdose.
Layne Staley (34) - musician, Alice in Chains, cocaine and heroin overdose (speedball).
Joey Stefano (26) - pornographic actor, overdose of cocaine, morphine, heroin and ketamine.
Inger Stevens - American actress, suicide - overdose of sleeping pills.
Rory Storm - musician, suicide - sleeping pills overdose.
Margaret Sullavan (48) - American actress, deliberate barbiturate overdose.
Paige Summers - American pornographic model & actress, drug overdose.
Screaming Lord Sutch - singer and politician, suicide following Prozac overdose.
Vinnie Taylor - musician, Sha Na Na, heroin overdose.
Gary Thain - musician, Uriah Heep, drug overdose.
Jason Thirsk (28) - musician, Pennywise, suicide after depression and alcoholism treatment.
Jotie T'Hooft - poet, drug overdose, suicide.
Johnny Thunders - musician, the New York Dolls, alcohol and methadone poisoning.
Dylan Thomas - poet, chronic alcoholism.
Georg Trakl - playwright, cocaine overdose.
D. M. Turner (34) - author/psychonaut, drowned in a bathtub while on ketamine.
Stu Ungar (45) - Three-time World Series of Poker Main Event winner, heart condition caused by long-term cocaine abuse.
Enrique Urquijo - Spanish singer, drug overdose.
Townes Van Zandt - folk musician.
Lupe Vélez, actress, secobarbital overdose (suicide).
Sid Vicious (21) - musician, the Sex Pistols, heroin overdose, disputed suicide
Gene Vincent - rock and roll musician, liver damage caused by alcohol.
Robert Hudson Walker, actor, died suddenly after being administered sodium amytal by his doctor.
Shelby Walker (31), American female boxer and Martial arts fighter, apparent medicine overdose.
Jeremy Michael Ward, musician, The Mars Volta, apparent heroin overdose.
Dinah Washington, musician, singer, overdose of diet pills and alcohol .
Rachel Whitear, British student, heroin overdose led to large-scale anti-drugs press campaign in Britain.
Brett Whiteley, Australian artist, heroin overdose.
Chris Whitley (45), guitarist, songwriter, complications from lung cancer caused by excessive cigarette smoking
Keith Whitley, country musician, alcohol poisoning.
Danny Whitten, musician, Crazy Horse, drug overdose or drugs with alcohol (disputed).
Alan Wilson, musician, Canned Heat, drug overdose (possible suicide).
Dennis Wilson (39), musician, The Beach Boys, alcohol-related drowning
Hank Williams (29), musician, drugs and probably alcohol.
Kenneth Williams (62), actor, author and comedian of Carry On fame, overdose of barbiturates (accidental or suicide).
Linda Wong, pornographic actress, overdose on Xanax, chlorlhydrate and alcohol.
Andrew Wood, musician, lead singer Mother Love Bone, Malfunkshun, heroin overdose.
Anna Wood (15), Australian schoolgirl, cerebral edema, caused by water intoxication and resultant hyponatremia after taking ecstasy.
Natalie Wood, actress, drowned when intoxicated.
Paula Yates (40) - British TV presenter & author, partner of deceased INXS star, Michael Hutchence, heroin overdose.
Stefan Zweig Austrian writer, suicide with his wife on exile in Brazil during WWII.
