DJ AM Adam Goldstein, Dead at 36.
08/29/2009
I know, it seems totally unrelated, but the one thing I remembered when I heard that DJ AM, Adam Goldstein was found dead, was that he had also had weight loss surgery. He also suffered from drug addiction before and after his weight loss.
People Magazine:
"Drugs became my identity," he said in 2005. "I would deejay until 2
a.m., go get drugs and stay up until 10 in the morning doing drugs
alone in my apartment." During his early 20s, his weight reached 300
lbs.
A critical turning point in his life came in 1997, when Goldstein considered suicide. After a night of doing cocaine, Goldstein, 24 at the time, sat before a mirror and "could not move away from staring at myself," he said. He put a gun in his mouth and, sobbing, said, "God, please help me."
"I pulled the trigger, and it jammed," DJ AM said, recounting the story again at the TCAs last month. "And I remember sitting there thinking, 'You know, I canât even kill myself.' " He said the next morning, a friend, who had managed to kick drugs, stopped to check in on him. "He said, 'Dude, you're coming with me. Let's go." And I just listened for once, and I went and I did everything he told me to do. That was 11 years ago."
After vowing to get off drugs and lose weight, Goldstein underwent gastric bypass surgery and dropped 115 lbs.
A critical turning point in his life came in 1997, when Goldstein considered suicide. After a night of doing cocaine, Goldstein, 24 at the time, sat before a mirror and "could not move away from staring at myself," he said. He put a gun in his mouth and, sobbing, said, "God, please help me."
"I pulled the trigger, and it jammed," DJ AM said, recounting the story again at the TCAs last month. "And I remember sitting there thinking, 'You know, I canât even kill myself.' " He said the next morning, a friend, who had managed to kick drugs, stopped to check in on him. "He said, 'Dude, you're coming with me. Let's go." And I just listened for once, and I went and I did everything he told me to do. That was 11 years ago."
After vowing to get off drugs and lose weight, Goldstein underwent gastric bypass surgery and dropped 115 lbs.
Wikipedia:
Adam Michael Goldstein (March 30, 1973 â August 28, 2009) was an American club disc jockey better known as DJ AM. Goldstein was a former member of the rock band Crazy Town, and scratched on albums for Papa Roach, Madonna, and Will Smith, among others. He collaborated with Travis Barker of Blink-182 at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, and has appeared in several television series. Goldstein's former fiancée was Nicole Richie.
On September 19, 2008, Goldstein was seriously injured when a Learjet he was traveling in crashed on takeoff. His ex-girlfriend, singer Mandy Moore, with whom he was still close, flew to be by his side at the Georgia hospital where he was staying.
He had battled a crack cocaine addiction and later had gastric bypass surgery. Goldstein was found dead at his New York City apartment at around 5:20 p.m. on Friday, August 28, 2009.
On September 19, 2008, Goldstein was seriously injured when a Learjet he was traveling in crashed on takeoff. His ex-girlfriend, singer Mandy Moore, with whom he was still close, flew to be by his side at the Georgia hospital where he was staying.
He had battled a crack cocaine addiction and later had gastric bypass surgery. Goldstein was found dead at his New York City apartment at around 5:20 p.m. on Friday, August 28, 2009.
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