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List of drug-related deaths
The following is a list of notable people who have died from drug-related causes. Deaths caused by alcohol and caffeine are included. See also: Lists of people by cause of death.
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- Nick Adams - actor
- Dave Alexander - of The Stooges
- Rick Allen - of Asylum
- GG Allin - punk musician, heroin
- West Arkeen - of Outpatience , and songwriter, heroin
- Howard Arkley - painter
- Arlus - of the Blunt Stitches
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- Deford Bailey - country musician
- Chet Baker - jazz trumpeter and singer
- Florence Ballard - of The Supremes, cardiac arrest strongly exacerbated by long-term drug abuse
- Honoré de Balzac - caffeine poisoning from drinking over forty cups of coffee a day
- Lester Bangs - musician, writer, overdose of painkillers, possibly accidental
- Jean-Michel Basquiat - painter
- Ludwig van Beethoven - classical musician, note: alcohol abuse led to the serious health problems that caused his death
- Bix Beiderbecke - jazz musician
- John Belushi - of the Blues Brothers, actor, and comedian - heroin and cocaine
- Bunny Berigan
- Sonny Berman - jazz musician
- Wes Berggren - of Tripping Daisy
- Leah Betts - British schoolgirl, ecstasy related
- Len Bias - basketball star; died of cocaine overdose before ever playing in the NBA
- Dave Bidwell - of the Pink Fairies, Chicken Shack , Savoy Brown
- Matty Blag - of Blaggers I.T.A.
- Mike Bloomfield - blues guitarist, heroin
- Tommy Bolin - of Deep Purple
- John Bonham - of Led Zeppelin, inhalation of own vomit; believed to be alcohol-related
- James Booker - musician, heroin
- Erik Brodreskift - of Borknagar
- Herman Brood - musician
- Dennis Brown - musician
- Lenny Bruce - comedian, heroin, found dead with a needle in his arm
- Robert Buck - of 10,000 Maniacs
- Tim Buckley - rock and roll musician, heroin
- Lester Butler - harpist, of t
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- Dalida - singer, barbiturates
- Dorothy Dandridge - actress, singer
- Jesse Ed Davis - guitarist, session musician, heroin
- Jeanine Deckers - the Singing Nun
- Sheik Sayid Darwish , Egyptian composer and father of Arab popular music, cocaine
- Rick Dey - of the Vejtables , February Sunshine , the Wilde Knights and the Merry-Go-Round
- DJ Screw - musician, codeine
- Tommy Dorsey - jazz musician and bandleader, choked to death while sleeping with the aid of drugs
- John Dougherty - of Flipper
- Nick Drake - musician
- Bobby Driscoll - actor
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