Turns out that 8 OxyContins in your stomach at once is really really bad for you. From People:
Authorities investigating the death of DJ AM have found that he had eight undigested OxyContin pills in his stomach and a ninth in his mouth, a law enforcement source tells PEOPLE.
The finding suggests that DJ AM - real name Adam Goldstein - swallowed the powerful painkillers quickly. "He wanted to die," says the source, who says the suicide theory is supported by the pills and other evidence. "He was going unconscious when he took the last one. He didn't even swallow it."
In addition to the OxyContin, the source says, authorities who entered Goldstein's New York apartment Aug. 28 found a Valentine's Day card in the next room from Haley Wood. The pair had recently split. Dated Feb. 14, 2009, the card read, "Thank God you're in my life. I love you." Next to the card were six or seven photos of Wood and Goldstein.
He killed himself over a woman? How cliched. If you're gonna kill yourself over a woman, at least make it look cool so everyone's lasting memory of you isn't that you're a total pussy. "Dude, did you hear what happened to DJ AM? He was killed on a safari in Africa yesterday. He actually got out of the guide's SUV and rode one of the male lions for a good fifteen seconds before it mauled him to death . . . Now that I think about it, he was a pretty cool dude."
Adam Goldstein (aka DJ AM) was found dead today in his New York City apartment. He was just 36. Holy shit. From TMZ:
Sources tell TMZ prescription pill bottles were found near DJ AM's body this afternoon.
We're told his body was found at around 5 PM at his apartment in New York City -- he was shirtless and wearing sweatpants. He was face down.
UPDATE 9:15 PM ET: Law enforcement sources say the call came in at 5:24 PM -- the FDNY responded at 5:27 PM. We're told DJ AM was pronounced dead on the scene at 6:00 PM.
UPDATE 8:35 PM ET: A law enforcement source on scene tells TMZ a glass "crack pipe" was found in his bedroom. The pill bottles were found in the kitchen.
How many upwardly mobile Jewish men will crack claim before we recognize we have a problem in this country? RIP Adam.
DJ AM at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio, CA (4/18)
Get it? Get it? Being a 36-year-old male, DJ AM does not fit into the normal Britney Spears fan demographic -- yet he's wearing one of her shirts! Get it? LOL! I just hope for the sake of my funny bone that he doesn't throw a pie in someone's face or tell a knock-knock joke because I may literally die laughing.
TMZ is claiming that DJ AM -- who already survived a plane crash last September -- was supposed to be on the ill-fated Continental Airlines flight that crashed in Buffalo in mid-February, killing 49 on the plane and one on the ground:
DJ AM, in an incredible sequence of events, was scheduled to fly on the doomed Continental flight that crashed in Buffalo and killed 49 people -- it would have been his second plane crash in six months.
He was booked on the flight but had a bad feeling about it and canceled and drove instead. DJ AM now says his flying days are over. He will only book gigs if he can drive to them. (Source)
So basically DJ AM's life has turned into my favorite gruesome movie, Final Destination. Cool: He gets to hook up with Ali Larter. Not cool: He's going to die soon. DJ, you might as well live like there's no tomorrow. Drain your bank account to buy ungodly amounts of heroin and blow, share needles, eat all the trans fats your stomach can handle, hook up with Paris Hilton. The world is your oyster . . . at least until you're randomly decapitated by a flying lawnmower blade.
DJ AM leaving Foxtail nightclub in Hollywood last night
DJ AM (aka Adam Goldstein) filed a lawsuit yesterday against the estates of the two pilots involved in the September plane crash that killed four and left him and friend Travis Barker with severe burns. Goldstein has also named Clay Lacy Aviation, Global Exec Aviation, Inter Travel & Services Inc, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co, and Learjet, in the lawsuit. From TMZ:
In the lawsuit filed this afternoon in L.A. County Superior Court, Adam
Goldstein, aka DJ AM, claims as the jet reached takeoff speed the
pilots became aware one or more of the tires had blown. The suit
contends, "Rather than proceed to takeoff, they decided to abort and/or
reject the takeoff in a negligent manner."
DJ AM is suing for pain and suffering, lost earnings, property damage,
past and future medical and health-related expenses, and punitive
damages. (Source)
So AM is pissed that the pilots didn't take off?! Call me crazy, but if I'm taking off in a plane and one of its tires blows out, I want to get off that motherfucking plane as soon as possible. Taking off would be the last thing on my mind. I guess AM and I just see things differently. For example, if I had a huge zit on my nose, I would definitely pop it.
Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein and Mandy Moore are dating again (the couple dated for a few months last year). A source told Us Weekly:
"It's back on. Since the accident, it's blossomed into something again. Mandy said, 'I like this guy a lot and I want to see where it can go again. Life is too short to not be with someone you really care about.'"
The pair haven’t been shy about PDA, either. A witness who saw the two at the October 18 Friendly House event in Beverly Hills says, "He was holding her hand, and they were rubbing each other's backs."
Says a second DJ A.M. source, "When you go through what Adam went through, you need people you love and people who love you. He will never stop loving her." (Source)
Besides the horrific plane crash he was in last month, everything's coming up Goldstein!
Travis Barker and DJ AM crash aftermath caught on tape
There's video of the aftermath of the Saturday morning plane crash that claimed four lives and critically injured Travis Barker and DJ AM. You can hear Barker pleading with a police officer to call an ambulance. He's actually pretty composed for a guy whose jet just exploded. If I had been in the same situation as Barker, I'm sure I wouldn't have been able to get a word out other than "Mommy."
DJ AM and Travis Barker at the MTV Video Music Awards (9/7)
Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM are both in critical condition after the Learjet they were traveling in crashed shortly after take off from a Columbia, South Carolina, airport early Saturday morning. Four others -- the two pilots, a security guard, and Barker's assistant -- were killed. From Us Weekly:
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen tells the Associated Press the plane, carrying six people, was departing shortly before midnight Friday when air traffic controllers reporting seeing sparks. It appears the plane was attempting to take off, ran off the runway through a fence and hit an embankment, according to initial reports. The plane then caught fire.
Sources tell TMZ.com that Barker and DJ AM saved their own lives by jumping out the door of the burning plane, almost immediately after the small jet came to a halt. (Source)
I think the only proper response here is: HOLY SHIT.
The National Enquirer is reporting this week that Joel Madden may not be the father of Nicole Richie's unborn child. The mag says there were four men "in Richie's life" when she found out she was pregnant, which sounds way better than "she was getting plugged by a different guy Monday-Thursday." Entertainmentwise.com says:
[The National Enquirer's] report says that Nicole will not know for sure who fathered her child until the potential baby-daddies undergo paternity tests. A source tells the Enquirer: "Nicole recently underwent a series of tests, including blood and urine screenings, which confirmed she is pregnant." (Source)
ichael K over at Dlisted.com is reporting the four lucky guys are current boyfriend Joel Madden, ex-boyfriends DJ AM and Brody Jenner, and--get ready for this--Jeff Goldblum. Richie briefly dated the 54-year-old actor last year after she broke up with DJ AM. By the way, Jeff's 6'5" and Richie is 5'1". One can only hope they made a sex tape. I imagine it would look a lot like a basketball player trying to smother a fifth grader.
