LOS ANGELES — Former teen idol Corey Haim, who shot to fame in the 1987 movie The Lost Boys, has died. He was 38.
Haim was pronounced dead at 2:15 a.m. Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Calif., a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County coroner's office told the Associated Press.
Haim was rushed to the hospital by ambulance after falling ill at his Los Angeles apartment.
The actor, whose career was sidelined by drug problems, had flulike symptoms that he was treating with prescription medications in the days leading up to his death, authorities said.
"He could have succumbed to whatever (illness) he had or it could have been drugs. Who knows?" Police Sgt. William Mann told AP. "He has had a drug problem in the past."
An autopsy is expected to determine the official cause of death. Police said there were no signs of foul play.
Haim won rave reviews for his title role in the 1986 film Lucas. He followed that with The Lost Boys and License to Drive, in which he appeared alongside his frequent co-star, Corey Feldman.
The pair recently reunited in the A&E reality series The Two Coreys, which was canceled in 2008 after two seasons.
In a 2007 interview with ABC's Nightline, Haim admitted that drugs hurt his career.
"I feel like with myself I ruined myself to the point where I wasn't functional enough to work for anybody, even myself. I wasn't working," he said.
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