Autopsy Finds Corey Haim Died Of Pulmonary Congestion, Says His Mom

By PopEater Staff Posted Mar 12th 2010 06:20AM

In an interview with Access Hollywood, Corey Haim's mother, Judy Haim, says an autopsy found the 38-year-old actor had an enlarged heart along with the water in his lungs. Haim said she received a call from the L.A. County Coroner's Office, who told her that an autopsy found her son had an enlarged heart and his lungs were filled with water. His cause of death was due to pulmonary congestion.

The Coroner's Office said that prescription bottles containing four different medications were taken from his room, but would not confirm if the medications were found in his body. Haim will be buried in Toronto, Ontario, where he was born, the late actor's manager, Marc Haislip, confirmed to Us Weekly.

Haim, the former teen idol who rose to fame in 1980s classics 'The Lost Boys' and 'Lucas,' died Wednesday morning of an apparent drug overdose in Burbank, Calif., the LAPD has confirmed. He was 38. Haim collapsed in the Oakwood apartment belonging to his mother, who was at home at the time and called 911.

The final cause of death has been deferred pending toxicology and histopathology testing. The final report is expected in six to eight weeks.

Haim's troubled relationship with fellow '80s teen star Corey Feldman was documented in the A&E reality show 'The Two Coreys.' During the show, Haim's substance abuse was often a recurring problem between the two actors. After taping the show in 2008, Feldman cut ties with Haim over his personal problems. "I don't feel that he's a safe person to have around my wife and child at the moment, for a multitude of reasons," Feldman told PEOPLE at the time.

Recently, they patched up their friendship and, not surprisingly, Feldman is devastated by the news of Haim's death.

"This is a tragic loss of a wonderful, beautiful, tormented soul, who will always be my brother, family and best friend," he writes in a statement, later adding, "I hope the art Corey has left behind will be remembered as the passion of that for which he truly lived."

TMZ reports that four pill bottles were found in the apartment where Haim collapsed and the same doctor prescribed all four medications just days before Haim died. None were illicit drugs. There is no evidence of foul play and the overdose appears to have been accidental.

Law enforcement sources told TMZ the pill bottles retrieved from the apartment of Haim's mother are hydrocodone (Vicodin), diazepam (Valium), haloperidol (an antipsychotic med) and Soma (a muscle relaxer).

Before he stumbled in front of his mother at her Los Angeles apartment early Wednesday morning, Corey Haim "was running a fever" of 99 to 101, his agent Mark Heaslip said on CBS' 'The Early Show' Thursday. "He was laying in bed. And that night, he went to sleep, and he asked his mom to come into the room because he was having breathing problems," Heaslip said.

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Friday 12 March

By jeff

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its too bad that he died so young, 38 is way to early to go. its also too bad that he didnt get help from his friends, or his manager, now, look at it, we show people in haiti,, so we send millions to help them. we show people in iraq, dying of illnesses they put on them selves, so we send millions to help, but we have starving people here in the U.S. NO HELP. why didnt we help mr. haim ?

By jbarr73

he died cause he was JUNKIE GOOD LUCK GETTING HIGH NOW COREY

By Diana

Where I am from, we never speak badly about the dead. Its rude, mean and uncalled for.
My prayers are with Corey, and his family at this sad time.

By JBARR73

good riddance 1 LESS JUNKIE WHAT A LOSER NIGHT NIGHT COREY

By Gina

MAY GOD BLESS YOU, COREY! I PRAY HE HAS TAKEN YOU TO BE WITH HIM IN HEAVEN. YOU BROUGHT HAPPINESS AND SWEETNESS INTO MY LIFE THROUGH YOUR ACTING.. I WISH YOU HAD CONTINUED ACTING AND BEEN A MAJOR STAR.. I CAN STILL REMEMBER THAT AMAZING SMILE OF YOURS FROM "MURPHY'S ROMANCE". YOU LIT UP THE SCREEN, SWEET BOY. GOD BLESS YOUR SWEET SOUL

By GINA

THAT IS WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR WORLD!

NOT THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO DO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL, THEY ARE ONLY HURTING THEMSELVES.

WHAT IS HURTING US, IS THIS ATTITUDE WHERE YOU MUST PUT PEOPLE DOWN INSTEAD OF BUILDING THEM UP. COREY WAS AN EXCELLENT ACTOR,
AND HAD PROBLEMS, SO IT SEEMS, KEEPING HIS CAREER GOING. SO SAD,
HE WAS A GOOD PERSON. I WILL NEVER FORGET HIS BEAUTIFUL SMILE.

TRY TO SEE THE GOOD IN PEOPLE, WILL YOU AMERICA? fOR THERE IS WORTH IN EACH OF US EVEN THOSE WHO CHOSE TO PUT DOWN A PERSON UNABLE TO DEFEND HIMSELF BECAUSE HE IS DEAD.....

By Dave

to rufus .i agree 100/% i am a druggie and drink to.i would be beeter off dead.my dr keeps giving me the pill i keep takeing then.i have panic attacks.and depression.i put a 9mm in my mouth 2 times a week but dont have the balls.to do it.want to do me i have the gun.i did not ask to be sick.but i bet i make more money then you.(lol)you want me dead i am ready willing.i have no friends my family left me no i dont want you to feel sorry for me.just do it for me.it started 20years ago.its time .no i dont work in hollywood.please take me out.

By cinjam83

IF ALL THIS DRUGS KILL TALK IS RIGHT,WHY THEN IS KEITH RICHARDS STILL ALIVE AND KICKIN?

Saturday 13 March

By JpGemini

What is going on with these young actors and actresses, they are just dying so young because of health issues...people take care of yourselfs, exercise often and watch what u eat.

Sunday 14 March

By Carol R.

May you be at peace now Corey. And may GOD be with your MOM and family.

Tuesday 16 March

By Aim

Drug addiction is destroying the United States of America. As people we are not doing anything to respond to the desparate calls for attention of these addiction problems. The people holding licenses to write prescriptions are really the problem. Because of many physicians people are losing their lives everyday. If someone has the slightest little ache they are giving them strong narcotic drug presciptions instead of having them use alternatives like a hot soak in the bathtub or hydratherapy, a massage, or using a milder form of medication such as aspirin. They do not exhaust all of the natural forms of treatment before handing out narcotics and getting people hooked on drugs. The people taking drugs form a resistance to them over time and seek other stronger types of pain medication. I know people who have died because of this problem and others who are following right behind in their footsteps.Something needs to be done about it now because there is no time to lose. Authorities need to challenge when a doctor is giving out to many narcotic drug prescriptions to any single household. This is so heartbreaking people dying due to the irresponsibility of those who should not practice medicine ever.

Whether it's a celebrity or an average person it doesn't matter whose death irresponsibly written prescriptions cause. This is a problem right now that needs to be addressed. We only seem to see this problem if it is a celebrity who diesand that's wrong!

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