DJ AM Found Dead in New York

[jefferson_dem]

DJ AM Found Dead in New York
8/28/09, 7:28 pm EST



DJ AM, born Adam Goldstein, has been found dead in his New York apartment, police sources confirm to TMZ. The 36-year-old DJ, mostly known for his work with Blink-182’s Travis Barker and handling the music at big-name celebrity hot-spots, last tweeted some Grandmaster Flash lyrics from “New York, New York” — “New york, new york. Big city of dreams, but everything in new york aint always what it seems” — on August 25th. Sources tell TMZ he hadn’t been heard from in several days, and police broke down the door of his apartment when a friend knocked and got no answer.

The New York Post reports that drug paraphernalia was found in the musician’s Lafayette Street apartment. Goldstein spoke openly about his past struggles with drug and food addiction, telling Glamour in a revealing interview that he started freebasing cocaine when he was 20 years old. “For the next four years, that’s about all I did — with the exception of deejaying, which I’d been obsessed with ever since I saw Herbie Hancock do the song ‘Rockit’ at the Grammy Awards,” he told the magazine.

He revealed his father’s verbal abuse made him turn to food, and he was obese by age 10. He started attending recovery meetings after a suicide attempt at 24, and underwent gastric bypass surgery at 30.

Almost exactly one year ago, Goldstein narrowly survived a Learjet crash in South Carolina that claimed the lives of the two pilots and two passengers. Barker recalled the harrowing moments during the pair’s escape in a recent Rolling Stone profile: “I was lying next to AM as the plane was exploding, and I was screaming, ‘Are we alive?’ ”

In April, Goldstein signed a deal with MTV to host Gone Too Far, an intervention-style reality show where young people with drug addictions would get the chance to turn their lives around. Us Weekly reports that he had begun to promote the series last month.

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[cwydro]

1. Drugs, drugs and more drugs.

Nothing new here. A real shame, but nothing new.

[lightningandsnow]

2. Oh, man.

He lived through a lot, didn't he?

So sad.

:(

[lost-in-nj]

3. I am so sorry to hear this

he went through so much......

:cry:


lost

[RiffRandell]

4. Wow.

Peace to him and his family.

[Swede]

5. RIP

nt