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Corey Haim - 1971 - 2010

Former child-actor dies suddenly in L.A. Thursday, March 11th 2010 | 16:22:50

Corey Haim - best known as the star of 80s classic The Lost Boys - has died in L.A. at the age of 38 according to the L.A. coroner's office.

As well as the vampire-classic in which he co-starred with Jason Patric, Dianne Wiest, Kiefer Sutherland and Corey Feldman, the Canadian actor was best remembered for License To Drive which also starred the other Corey and still stands up as one of the best teen movies of the decade.

More recently Haim had battled an addiction to prescription medicine and taken repeated stabs at getting back into the business.

No further details are known about events surrounding his death.

Source: Screenrush