* Kool Pokhrel,singer

    * Matthew Ansara, actor, son of Michael Ansara and Barbara Eden

    * Bridgette Andersen, child actress, Savannah Smiles

    * John Belushi, comedian/actor

    * Len Bias, college basketball star

    * Tommy Bolin, Deep Purple musician

    * Elisa Bridges, Playboy Playmate

    * Lenny Bruce, comedian

    * Tim Buckley, musician

    * Casey Calvert, Hawthorne Heights Musician

    * Ken Caminiti, baseball player

    * Truman Capote, writer

    * Steve Clark, Def Leppard musician

    * Montgomery Clift, actor

    * Dorothy Dandridge, actress

    * Nick Drake, musician

    * Kevin DuBrow, musician

    * Bobby Duncum, Jr., professional wrestler

    * John Entwistle, musician

    * Brian Epstein, Beatles manager

    * Chris Farley, comedian/actor

    * Rainer Werner Fassbinder, film director

    * Keith Ferguson, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, musician

    * Judy Garland, musician/actress

    * Talitha Getty, actress/socialite, heroin, Rome, 1971

    * Trevor Goddard, actor

    * Tim Hardin, musician

    * Bobby Hatfield, musician (fatal heart attack was triggered by a cocaine overdose)

    * Mitch Hedberg, comedian/actor

    * Margaux Hemingway, model/actress

    * Jimi Hendrix, musician (sleeping pills)

    * Curt Hennig, professional wrestler, also known as Mr. Perfect

    * Billie Holiday, jazz singer, composer

    * Shannon Hoon, musician

    * Elizabeth Ann Hulette, Professional wresting valet, also known as Miss Elizabeth

    * Anissa Jones, actress

    * Russell Jones, musician (overdose on cocaine and prescription painkillers)

    * Janis Joplin, musician

    * John Kordic, hockey player

    * Heath Ledger, actor

    * Eugene "Big Daddy" Lipscomb, American football player

    * Sonny Liston, world champion boxer (possible)

    * Donyale Luna, model

    * Phil Lynott, musician

    * Frankie Lymon, musician

    * David McComb, musician

    * Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist

    * Jonathan Melvoin, musician

    * Keith Moon, musician

    * Marilyn Monroe, actress (death of a barbiturate overdose has still not been proven)

    * Jim Morrison, musician (fatal heart attack triggered by a heroin overdose)

    * Brad Nowell, musician, Sublime

    * Lani O'Grady, actress, Eight Is Enough

    * Bryan Ottoson, musician

    * Marco Pantani, cyclist

    * Gram Parsons, musician

    * Robert Pastorelli, actor

    * Christopher Pettiet, actor

    * Christopher Penn, actor

    * Kristen Pfaff, musician

    * River Phoenix, actor

    * Rob Pilatus, acting singer Milli Vanilli

    * Edgar Allan Poe, author (one of several possible theories; see Death of Edgar Allan Poe)

    * Pola, model, heroin, around 1975

    * Elvis Presley, musician

    * Freddie Prinze, comic, actor Chico and the Man, self-inflicted gunshot wound while under the influence of Quaaludes

    * Glenn Quinn, actor

    * Dee Dee Ramone, musician

    * Elis Regina, Brazilian singer

    * Brad Renfro, actor

    * Don Rogers, American football player

    * Bon Scott, singer AC/DC, Aspiration brought on by alcohol intoxication

    * Edie Sedgwick, model/actress

    * Bobby Sheehan musician, Blues Traveler

    * Eric Show baseball player

    * Tom Simpson, cyclist

    * Hillel Slovak guitarist, Red Hot Chili Peppers

    * Anna Nicole Smith actress and media celebrity

    * Layne Staley, musician

    * Gary Thain, bass guitarist Uriah Heep

    * Ike Turner, musician, bandleader, talent scout

    * Enrique Urquijo, Spanish musician

    * Sid Vicious, musician

    * Andrew Wood, musician and singer

    * Paula Yates, TV personality

    * Linda Wong, porn actress