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The death of DJ AM, a.k.a. Adam Goldstein, is going to the courts in a bizarre twist of events that links it with the plane crash DJ AM survived  in Sept. 2008, according to TMZ.

The estate of Adam Goldstein is filing a ‘wrongful death’ suit against Clay Lacy Aviation, the airline responsible for the jet that crashed with both DJ AM and Travis Barker (of Blink 182) on board. The claim is that Goldstein was terrified of flying, and used drugs to calm his nerves.

The suit in the L.A. County Superior Court notes Goldstein was prescribed a number of drugs to cope with the burns he suffered as well as the distress following the crash. The travel service, Goodyear Tire, Learjet and the estates of the two pilots who were killed in the crash are also being sued by Goldstein’s estate.

Goldstein’s death in August was caused by a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs as well as cocaine.

DJ AM, also known as Adam Goldstein, was found dead in his NYC apartment earlier today, according to TMZ. Early reports say that drug paraphernalia was found around his body when he was discovered. Last year, Goldstein and Travis Barker survived a plane crash that killed four others on board.

Once the news broke about his death, Shanna Moakler tweeted “My deepest condolences for DJ AM, you were a great artist and will be severely missed. My thoughts and Prayers to his family and friends.”

Story developing…

Though Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie are still at it like yappy miniature dogs, Fox has a show to put on.

Both Hilton and Richie are under contract for a fourth season of their reality show, The Simple Life, and Fox wants the show to go on, whether the girls are talking or not.

People magazine is reporting that Fox’s latest idea is to have The Simple Life 4 focus on each girls wedding preparations and first weeks as a newlywed. Hilton is marrying Greek shipping heir Paris Latsis and Richie is engaged to celebrity DJ Adam Goldstein – neither coming from a very simple lifestyle.
The genius of this terrible plot is that Hilton and Richie would never have to come into contact. Each girl would shoot scenes seperately and Fox would package the whole thing as a neat series.

Another possibility would be to shoot their reconciliation, should such a thing actually happen.

US Weekly quoted a source as saying, “Nicole is into the idea – she really wants this.”

Publicists for Hilton and Richie have said no decisions have been made regarding The Simple Life 4.

Hilton has made it very clear that she wants a replacement for Richie on The Simple Life, though she remains tight-lipped about the reasons for their feud.
“I will not go into the details of what happened,” Hilton said. “All I will say is that Nicole knows what she did, and that’s all I am ever going to say about it.”
While Fox hasn’t found a replacement for Richie, Hilton has been very public about wanting new best gal pal Kimberly Stewart, daughter of Rod, to be Richie’s replacement.

“Kim is hysterical and crazy fun, and I love that about her,” Hilton said.

So, Fox gave Stewart a screen test and determined she’s got the “personality of a block of wood,” says an insider. Paris was asked to recommend another girlfriend ? to which she replied, ?I do not have any, for some reason, women don’t like me.”

The third edition, The Simple Life 3: Interns debuted with the series’ best-ever ratings – 13.3 million viewers. The reality series finished its run averaging 9.6 million viewers.