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The regret surrounding the tragic death of Adam ‘DJ YM’ Goldstein will deepen when MTV airs his eight-episode documentary ‘Gone Too Far’ on Monday, October 12th, MTV reports.

The documentary will feature DJ AM’s meetings with addicts, along with their friends and family, discussing the struggles, causes and possible solutions of addiction. The episodes will also reveal the details of his personal addiction, predominantly to crack cocaine.

Goldstein’s mission to blow open the discussion on drug abuse in North America came to a halt when he died of an accidental overdose at his New York City apartment on August 28th. Many suspect that the excessive drug use was linked to the mental and physical trauma he suffered after a plane crash in 2008.

His death may help cement the documentary’s conveyance of the dangerous toll that drugs take on the lives of addicts, and also those around them. He is a living example of that senseless fate.

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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.”

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After former Wilco member Jay Bennett was found dead in his home, an Illinois coroner determined the multi-instrumentalist died of an accidental overdose of painkillers, according to media reports.

Tests show that a drug that is prescribed to treat chronic pain, fentanyl, is what Bennett died from. The coroner’s office is investigating the death as an accident, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Just a month before his death, Bennett put up a post on his MySpace page and mentioned the pain he suffered continuously from a hip injury.

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Amy Winehouse has drug-related brain damage resulting from a series of recent drug binges, claims the UK Sun.

Winehouse first overdosed last year, on a combination of cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, ketamine and crystal meth. She has a fit of convulsions and began displaying “multiple personality traits.”

Winehouse has supposedly also overdosed this past July, after smoking hash for 36 hours straight, leaving her convulsing again.

“She had smoked an inhuman amount of hash which resulted in acute cannabis poisoning,” a friend of Winehouse told the paper. “You have to take a shitload of pot to suffer that severe a reaction. “It’s thought she had been smoking it for 36 hours. Amy’s fits were as bad as the convulsions she had during her overdose in August last year. No one has mentioned her meth use before – but that stuff is truly nasty. She is in need of years of psychiatry and medical treatment if she has a hope.”

Elizabeth Taylor accidentally overdosed on prescription pills and alcohol earlier this month, the National Enquirer claims.

The rag reports that 76 year-old Taylor “began vomiting and couldn’t breathe” at 4 a.m. on April 6.

Taylor woke her assistant for help. “Liz was panicking. She really thought she was going to die!” a source told the Enquirer.

Taylor reportedly was rushed to the hospital, but released later that afternoon.

The lead singer of Quiet Riot, Kevin Dubrow, died of an accidental cocaine overdose.

Toxicologists from Nevada’s Clark County Coroner made the announcement yesterday. Dubrow, 52, was found dead on November 25 in his home in Las Vegas.

Dubrow will be most remembered for his 80’s metal band’s cover, “Cum On Feel The Noize.” Quiet Riot released their newest compilation CD, “New and Improved,” in 2005.