HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — With word spreading over the Internet about Corey Haim’s death, several celebrities took to Twitter Wednesday to express their condolences.
• “Just woke up to the sad, sad news that Corey Haim passed away. RIP sweet boy.” — actress Alyssa Milano, who previously dated Haim.
• “My thoughts go out to Corey’s family and friends today. So sad.” — actress Christina Applegate.
• “Always so sad and disturbing when the addiction and demons prevail. RIP Corey Haim.” — actor Ralph Macchio.
• “Childhood hero.” — actor Ashton Kutcher.
• “So sad! God bless!!!” — TV personality Kim Kardashian.
• “Lost Boy goes home: Corey Haim, dead at 38. G’bye, LUCAS. You gave hope to the weird & unlikely.” — director Kevin Smith.
• “No way! I just saw him last week at a Lupus event!” — actress Melissa Joan Hart.
• “I always dug the young funny corey haim…..wish he could have enjoyed life a little more than he did.” — comedian Sinbad.
• “Wow… One of my favorite movies growing up was License to drive. How many people have to die for us to see that drugs KILL? #RIPCoreyHaim.” — singer Adrienne Bailon.
• “Goodbye Lucus. RIP Corey Haim.” — TV personality Lisa Ling.
Haim, who shot to fame in the 1987 movie The Lost Boys, was pronounced dead at 2:15 a.m. Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Calif. He was 38.
