Corey Haim was "Broke And Destitute"
Corey Haim Haim was declared dead upon arrival at St Joseph’s hospital in Burbank, California, at 2.15am yesterday morning. The Los Angeles Assistant Chief Coroner said police suspected he died of a prescription drug overdose.
Fellow 80s star Feldman, who befriended Haim when they shared the screen in 1987 hit The Lost Boys, says his pal had “nobody to turn to” in the last weeks of his life.
“When he died, Corey was living in the Oakwood Apartments with his mom, very broke, very destitute," Feldman told US chat show Larry King Live. “Oakwood is month-to-month living. He didn’t even have a car. He had nobody to turn to.”
Feldman was “devastated” when he learned of Haim’s death. He is now furious with all the celebrities who have gone public with their grief, insisting none of them were there for Haim when he really needed them.
"I appreciate the fact that everybody really cares and, and is trying to show their expression of sorrow right now, but at the end of the day, where were all these people the last ten years, the last 15 years of Corey's life?" Feldman said.
"Where were all these people to lend a hand out, to reach out to him and say, you know, you're a legend... you're an amazingly talented, wonderful person who's really never gone out of his way to hurt anybody other than himself.”
Feldman revealed he stopped speaking to Haim in 2008 because the actor refused to seek help for his substance abuse problems. They started speaking again this year, and Feldman says Haim was doing “so much better” in the months before his death. Feldman claims Haim’s mother’s breast cancer diagnosis had forced the star to “grow up” and take responsibility for his life.
“He got his act together. He was doing so much better,” Feldman said. “It was the first time I ever saw Corey grow up. He was grown up. He was responsible. He was there with her every day for the chemotherapy.
“He was there with her everyday getting the radiation. I actually picked them both up from the hospital and drove them back to their apartment, because he didn't have a car. It was the first time in my life that I had ever seen Corey really be that responsible, stand-up guy.”