Corey Haim may have had heart problems
Heaslip said it's possible the heart condition played a role in Haim's death and expressed doubts that the actor was back in the grip of deadly addiction.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Eighties heartthrob Corey Haim had an enlarged heart, pulmonary congestion and water in his lungs when he collapsed and died earlier this week, his mother has told Access Hollywood.
Corey Haim, 38, gained fame as a child actor in the 1980s.
Judy Haim said a Los Angeles County Coroner official called with the report after an autopsy was performed Thursday.
The 38-year-old Haim, who died Wednesday, reportedly had prescriptions for Valium, Vicodin and a muscle relaxant in the Burbank apartment he shared with his mom. But the Los Angeles County coroner’s office has declined to state a cause of death pending the results of toxicology tests.
Haim’s agent told the New York Daily News that his client confided he knew he had a heart condition.
“He told me he had a skip in his heart, nothing major,” Haim’s manager, Mark Heaslip, told the newspaper.
Heaslip said it’s possible the heart condition played a role in Haim’s death and expressed doubts that the actor was back in the grip of deadly addiction.
Haim had weaned himself from serious pill-popping and was working with a new addiction specialist, Heaslip told the Daily News.
No funeral plans have been announced. Haim is expected to be buried in his native Canada.
Tags: Access Hollywood, Corey Haim, Judy Haim, Los Angeles County coroner, SWRNN, Valium, Vicodin
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