Corey Haim

Corey Ian Haim (born December 23, 1971 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to a Canadian Jewish father and an Israeli mother) became famous as an actor in Hollywood during the 1980s. His friendship and on-screen collaboration with Corey Feldman was widely publicized during the late 80s, and they were dubbed "the two Coreys". His fall from stardom is considered a textbook case of a child star losing his way when entering adulthood.

Biography

In 1989, amid circulating rumours of a serious drug problem, Haim released a self-promotional video documentary entitled Corey Haim: Me, Myself, and I. In the video he is shown taking part in wholesome family activities and discussing his career and ambitions. However, his incoherent ramblings on the video suggested that he was heavily drugged during filming.http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/251.html

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1989 - Drug problem - Video - Documentary

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Haim dated several high-profile actresses during the 1990s including Alyssa Milano, Nicole Eggert, Holly Fields, Victoria Beckham, and Cindy Guyer. He was briefly engaged to Eggert, Fields, and Guyer. Although he got a steady amount of low-budget work in the early to mid-1990s, drug addiction was beginning to seriously impede his career.

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1990s - Alyssa Milano - Nicole Eggert - Holly Fields - Victoria Beckham - Cindy Guyer

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In 1993 Haim was charged for pulling a fake handgun during a dispute with his business manager. The charges were later reduced from felony to misdemeanor. In 1996, he was sued by Lloyds of London for $375,000 after pulling out of the film Paradise Bar because of drug problems, which he had failed to mention on the insurance form. He filed for bankruptcy in 1997. According to the bankruptcy report, he had $100,000 outstanding to the IRS, $100,000 in debts, and his assets included $100 dollars cash, $750 dollars worth of clothing, a red 1987 BMW (as seen in Corey Haim: Me, Myself, and I), and a $31,000 pension fund. The film roles dried up at this stage.

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1993 - Handgun - Felony - Misdemeanor - 1996 - Lloyds of London - Insurance - Bankruptcy - 1997 - IRS - BMW

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In 2001, he auctioned one of his teeth and clumps of his hair on eBay. eBay stopped the tooth auction, as it is against their regulations to sell body parts, but not before bidding had reached $150. He also stole the engagement ring of his ex-fiancee Cindy Guyer, and was caught selling it in a pawn shop in Los Angeles.

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2001 - EBay - Los Angeles

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He was the subject of E! True Hollywood Story in 2001, which detailed the extent of his drug addiction. Feldman, who had kicked his own drug habit, spoke of how he had tried to intervene with the troubled actor. At this stage, Haim was living with his mother in a sparsely furnished one-bedroom apartment over someone's garage in Santa Monica. In August 2001, Haim suffered a drug induced stroke, and was rushed to the UCLA medical center, where he briefly fell into a coma. He had to leave the hospital early because he had no health insurance.

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E! True Hollywood Story - 2001 - Stroke

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Having been in and out of rehab over fifteen times, he appeared to have finally kicked his drug habit by 2004, after resettling in Toronto. Haim was the subject of the single Whatever Happened to Corey Haim by The Thrills, released in September 2004. In response to an investigation by The Sun newspaper during the single's release, into what exactly had happened to Corey Haim, he responded: "I'm clean, sober, humble and happy". Presently, he is renting an apartment in Toronto, and works part-time at a record store. He did not appear to have any more films in the pipeline in January 2005.

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2004 - The Thrills - The Sun

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Quotations

• "Well, as far as my fans out there, being, and like 'help Corey,' you know, 'where's our Corey,' you know and the whole misconception thing, from the people out there. Um, you know, they have every right to feel the way they do and things are great with me, as you see, I'm very, good shape now and on the ball. Things are happening." (from the video Corey Haim: Me, Myself, and I, 1989)
• "There's no point in making bad movies. That is not my desire" (1980s interview)