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DJ AM’s death ruled accidental
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 30 September 2009
Adam Goldstein, aka DJ AM, died of an accidental overdose, the New York City medical examiner’s office has ruled. The cause of death was listed as acute intoxication due to the combined effects of prescription drugs and cocaine in his system.
As previously reported, Goldstein’s body was found in his New York apartment on 28 Aug after friends, concerned that they were unable to contact the DJ, alerted police. With “drug paraphernalia”, rumoured to be a crack pipe, found in the apartment, and no sign of foul play, it was announced almost immediately that it was believed Goldstein had died from an overdose, with speculation that his death may have been suicide.
Subsequent reports alleged eight OxyCotin painkiller pills were found in the DJ’s stomach after death, with one additional pill still in his mouth, and it was rumoured that he had been depressed after breaking up with his girlfriend, Hayley Wood, leading some to speculate the overdose was suicide. But Wood later denied that the couple had broken up and called his death a “tragic accident”.
He was buried at was buried at the Hillside Memorial Park And Mortuary in LA on 2 Sep, just less than a year since he and his Blink 182 friend survived that Learjet crash which killed the two pilots and two of the DJ and rockers’ colleagues.
