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Post by ICW on May 27, 2011 13:46:09 GMT -5
"Grease" star Jeff Conaway has died today ... several weeks after he was found unconscious in his L.A. area home ... TMZ has confirmed with the actor's family.
Conaway -- a notorious substance abuser -- had reportedly fallen into a coma after suffering an overdose earlier this month ... and doctors were not able to revive him.
Jeff's inner struggles became public when he appeared on "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew" in 2008 and admitted to being addicted to cocaine, alcohol and painkillers.
Conaway -- who played Kenickie during the 1978 film "Grease" -- was 60 years old.
Credit: TMZ
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Post by boomboompoopoo on May 27, 2011 13:47:02 GMT -5
Sad to hear. R.I.P.
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Post by Randolph J 'Hurricane' Spencer on May 27, 2011 13:53:52 GMT -5
prob gonna throw Grease in later tonight. always liked that film.
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Post by MacReady on May 27, 2011 13:54:14 GMT -5
Always sad to lose someone to drugs like that, addiction is a terrible thing.
R I P Kenickie!
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Post by T R W on May 27, 2011 14:11:14 GMT -5
I always liked him a lot on Babylon 5. But honestly, he may be better off. His life for the last 10 years was pretty much a living hell.
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Post by Kenny Powers on May 27, 2011 14:30:57 GMT -5
I remember hearing he was in bad shape a few days ago. I enjoyed him on Taxi and Grease. Alot of the reason he was a bad substance abuser was because he was in so much pain with his back and stuff.
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Post by ß®å¢K$ßâ¢k on May 27, 2011 15:00:22 GMT -5
Man, that's horrible. To watch him on Dr. Drew's show struggle with his substance abuse was sad.
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Post by King Silva on May 27, 2011 15:52:23 GMT -5
Sad but drugs will kill you so don't do them in the first place!..
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Post by spamdfms101 on May 27, 2011 17:08:33 GMT -5
R.I.P. I knew him from Grease but remember him mostly from Celebrity Rehab 1 & 2.
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Post by sean™ on May 27, 2011 17:09:31 GMT -5
Sad to see him go, but glad to see his pain go too.
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Post by Sam on May 27, 2011 17:26:48 GMT -5
Only remember him from Grease as I haven't seen much of his over stuff, but it is still sad to hear.
R.I.P
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Post by mck on May 27, 2011 17:33:08 GMT -5
It's cool that drugs are bad, but I'm sorry that he died from them.
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Post by Lord Ragnarok on May 27, 2011 17:52:29 GMT -5
I'm not surprised really. Dr. Drew must not be too happy about this news.
I liked him. R.I.P.
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Post by Sam Hain on May 28, 2011 2:14:15 GMT -5
Well, that's 2 former cast members of Celebrity Rehab to pass away so far. Good job Dr. Drew!
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Post by sean™ on May 28, 2011 9:44:47 GMT -5
Well, that's 2 former cast members of Celebrity Rehab to pass away so far. Good job Dr. Drew! You can't help people that refuse to help themselves. Each person is given a chance to continue their sober living after the show, and if they make the decision not to continue, that's on them. |
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Post by BladeDJK on May 28, 2011 10:55:20 GMT -5
sad loss. R.I.P
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Post by spamdfms101 on May 28, 2011 13:04:02 GMT -5
Well, that's 2 former cast members of Celebrity Rehab to pass away so far. Good job Dr. Drew! Yeah, because its his fault.  Addicts are addicts. Most of them relapse eventually. Its not his fault, you might as blame every treatment center in the country then. |
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Post by Lord Ragnarok on May 28, 2011 13:29:54 GMT -5
Well, that's 2 former cast members of Celebrity Rehab to pass away so far. Good job Dr. Drew! Dr. Drew did the best he could with his patients and then some, this is hardly his fault. |
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Post by thestongguy on May 28, 2011 14:32:14 GMT -5
i swear to god i was just thinking the other day that he was gonna go any day... so sad. rip.
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