| | Herb Abrams (1954–1996) - American professional wrestling promoter, heart complications brought on by drug abuse. |
| | Nick Adams (1931-1968) - actor, drug overdose. |
| | David Allen Adkisson (1958-1984) - American professional wrestler, death speculated upon as drugs overdose. |
| | Kerry Gene Adkisson (1960-1993) - American professional wrestler, suicide, after arrest for cocaine possession and drug problems. |
| | Michael Brent Adkisson (1964-1987) - American professional wrestler, suicide, overdosed on tranquilizers. |
| | Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) - Japanese writer, committed suicide by overdosing on barbiturates. |
| | Dennis Allen (1951-1987) - Australian infamous drug dealer, drug induced heart failure. |
| | GG Allin (1956-1993) - punk musician, heroin overdose. |
| | Bridgette Andersen (1975-1997) former child actress, alcohol and heroin overdose. |
| | Pier Angeli (1932-1971) Italian-born actress, died of anaphylactic shock after being given a tranquilizer by her doctor. |
| | Howard Arkley (1951-1999) - painter. |
| | Chet Baker (58) - jazz trumpeter and singer. |
| | John Balance (42) - musician, Coil, fell over a banister while drunk. |
| | Florence Ballard (32) - musician, The Supremes, cardiac arrest strongly exacerbated by long-term drug abuse. |
| | Honoré de Balzac (51) - caffeine poisoning from drinking over forty cups of coffee per day. |
| | Lester Bangs (33) - musician, writer, overdose of painkillers, possibly accidental. |
| | Jean-Michel Basquiat (27) - painter, heroin overdose. |
| | Scotty Beckett (38) - American former child actor, suicide, barbiturate overdose. |
| | Bix Beiderbecke (28) - jazz musician, alcoholism. |
| | John Belushi (33) - of the Blues Brothers, actor, and comedian, heroin and cocaine overdose (speedball). |
| | Bunny Berigan (33) - musician, trumpet, liver cirrhosis from alcoholism. |
| | Wes Berggren - musician, Tripping Daisy. |
| | George Best (59) - ex-footballer with Manchester United, multiple organ failure exacerbated by chronic long-standing alcoholism. |
| | Leah Betts (18) - British schoolgirl, ecstasy related. |
| | Len Bias (22) - basketball star; died of cocaine overdose before ever playing in the NBA. |
| | Dave Bidwell - musician, the Pink Fairies, Chicken Shack, Savoy Brown, Mungo Jerry. |
| | Count Gottfried von Bismarck (44) - German Aristocrat, suspected drug overdose. |
| | Matty Blagg (real name Matthew Roberts) - musician, Blaggers I.T.A., heart attack due to ketamine / ecstacy OD. |
| | Mike Bloomfield (36) - blues guitarist, heroin overdose. |
| | Tommy Bolin (25) - musician, Deep Purple, drugs overdose and/or alcohol poisoning. |
| | John Bonham (32) - musician Led Zeppelin, alcohol related asphyxiation caused by choking on his own vomit. |
| | James Booker (44) - musician, liver failure. |
| | Elisa Bridges (29) - model, acute intoxication - combined effects of heroin, methamphetamine, meperidine and Alprazolam. |
| | Erik Brødreskift (30) - musician, Borknagar,Gorgoroth,and Immortal, suicide - pill overdose. |
| | Herman Brood (55) - musician, suicide after long-term substance abuse issues. |
| | Dennis Brown (42) - musician, Jamacian Reggae singer, believed to be AIDS related but strong rumours of chronic drug abuse. |
| | Lenny Bruce (40) - comedian, morphine overdose. |
| | Robert Buck (42) - musician, 10,000 Maniacs, liver disease. |
| | Tim Buckley (28) - rock and roll musician, heroin overdose. |
| | Paul Butterfield (44) - musician, drug and alcohol overdose. |
| | Andrés Caicedo (25) - Columbian writer, drugs overdose (suicide). |
| | Toy Caldwell - musician, Marshall Tucker Band. |
| | Casey Calvert - guitarist of Hawthorne Heights, accidental drug overdose through mixture of medications. |
| | Ken Caminiti (41) - former Major League Baseball player; acute cocaine and opiates intoxication. |
| | Skip Candelori - musician, Turning Point. |
| | Max Cantor - journalist, actor, heroin overdose, he became an addict while researching addicts in New York. |
| | Gia Carangi - supermodel, heroin abuse led to a death from AIDS. |
| | Leroy Carr - blues musician, cirrhosis of the liver as a result of alcoholism. |
| | Gene Clark (46) - musician, the Byrds, bleeding ulcer due to long term alcohol abuse. |
| | Sonny Clark - musician, American hard bop pianist, heroin overdose. |
| | Steve Clark (30) - musician, Def Leppard, accidential death (anti-depressants, painkillers and alcohol). |
| | Michael Clarke (47) - musician, the Byrds, liver failure due to long term alcoholism. |
| | Will Clay - musician, The Toys. |
| | Montgomery Clift - actor, heart attack due to severe alcoholism and drug abuse. |
| | Brian Cole - musician, the Association, heroin overdose. |
| | Brian Connolly - musician, Sweet, liver damage caused by long-term substance abuse and chronic alcoholism. |
| | Pamela Courson - common law wife of Jim Morrison of The Doors, heroin overdose. |
| | Cowboy (real name Keith Wiggins) - musician, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, drug overdose. |
| | Carl Crack - musician, Atari Teenage Riot, drug overdose. |
| | Darby Crash (22) - punk musician, of The Germs, suicide by heroin overdose. |
| | Robbin Crosby (42) - musician, ex-Ratt, contracted HIV as a result of long-time heroin addiction and died of a heroin overdose. |
| | Dalida (54) - singer, suicide, barbiturates overdose (sleeping pills). |
| | Nick Dachino (23) Singer, drug overdose. |
| | Dorothy Dandridge (42) - actress, singer, anti-depressant overdose. |
| | Jesse Ed Davis (43) - guitarist, session musician, drug overdose. |
| | Paul Demayo (38) - American professional bodybuilder, heroin overdose. |
| | Ted Demme (38) - film director, heart attack, small amount of cocaine taken may have contributed. |
| | Rick Dey - musician, the Vejtables, February Sunshine, the Wilde Knights and the Merry-Go-Round. |
| | Dimwit - musician, D.O.A., drug overdose. |
| | Teri Diver (29) - pornographic actress, cardiac arrest caused by overdose of migraine medication. |
| | Kiki Djan - Ghanaian musician, Osibisa, drug addiction and AIDS. |
| | DJ Screw (29) - musician, heart attack thought to be result of codeine overdose. |
| | Desmond Donnelly (53) - British politician/ Businessman/ Journalist, suicide under influence of alcohol/ overdose of barbiturates. |
| | Tommy Dorsey (51) - jazz musician and bandleader, choked to death while sleeping with the aid of drugs. |
| | John Dougherty - musician, Flipper, heroin overdose. |
| | Nick Drake (26) - musician, anti-depressant overdose, disputed suicide. |
| | Michael Dransfield (24) - Australian poet, heroin overdose. |
| | Bobby Driscoll (31) - actor, heart failure, long term drug abuse. |
| | Kevin DuBrow (52) - American rock vocalist, cocaine overdose. |
| | Bobby Duncum, Jr. - American professional wrestler, prescription drug overdose. |
| | Anthony Durante - Amesheshenocunadirican professional wrestler, drugs overdose. |
| | Jeanne Eagels (39) - actress, alcohol and/or heroin abuse. |
| | John Entwistle (57) - musician, bassist for the Who, died from heart failure brought upon by cocaine use. |
| | Brian Epstein (32) - Manager of The Beatles, drug overdose. |
| | Howie Epstein (47) - musician, ex-bassist with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, heroin overdose. |
| | Rick Evers - musician, drummer and songwriter, was married to Carole King, heroin overdose. |
| | Chris Farley (33) - comedian, cocaine and heroin overdose (speedball). |
| | Pete Farndon (31) - musician, the Pretenders, drowned/ heroin overdose. |
| | Rainer Werner Fassbinder - playwright, director, cocaine overdose (possible suicide). |
| | Brenda Fassie - South African singer, cocaine overdose. |
| | W.C. Fields (67) - American performer and actor, complications of alcoholism. |
| | Keith Ferguson - musician, the Fabulous Thunderbirds. |
| | Althea Flynt - co-publisher of Hustler magazine, drowned after passing out after drug overdose. |
| | Zac Foley (31) - musician, EMF, heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, barbiturates and alcohol in bloodstream. |
| | Sigmund Freud (83) - Austrian neurologist, long-term cocaine use, physician assisted morphine overdose. |
| | Rory Gallagher - musician, Taste, died of pnemonia and a liver failure, caused by side effects of a combination of doctor-prescribed drugs. |
| | Paul Gardiner - musician, Tubeway Army, drug overdose. |
| | Judy Garland - American singer and actress, disputed drug overdose as cause of death. |
| | Lowell George - musician, Little Feat, heart attack - habitual drug abuse probable cause. |
| | Andy Gibb - singer, younger brother of the Bee Gees; cardiac damage strongly exacerbated by cocaine and alcohol abuse. |
| | Simon Gipps-Kent - British actor, morphine poisoning, suspected drugs overdose. |
| | Candy Givens - musician, Zephyr, drowned in jacuzzi after passing out from a mix of alcohol and quaaludes. |
| | Trevor Goddard - British former professional boxer turned actor, drugs overdose. |
| | Alexander Godunov (45) - actor, died of alcoholism. |
| | Dwayne Goettel - musician, Skinny Puppy, heroin overdose. |
| | Paul Gonsalves (53) - jazz tenor saxophonist, Duke Ellington, narcotics overdose |
| | Lucy Grealy (39) - American poet, presumed accidental drug overdose. |
| | Sean Greenway - Australian indie musician, member of GOD, heroin overdose |
| | Gribouille - French singer, drugs overdose. |
| | Eddie Guerrero - Professional wrestler, previous drug use led to heart attack. |
| | Stacy Guess - musician, the Squirrel Nut Zippers, heroin overdose. herps. |
| | Paul Hammond - musician, Atomic Rooster, drug overdose (suicide). |
| | Bobby Hatfield - musician, The Righteous Brothers, heart attack triggered by cocaine overdose. |
| | Tim Hardin - folk musician, heroin and morphine overdose. |
| | Brynn Hartman - wife and killer of comedian Phil Hartman, suicide after cocaine and alcohol. |
| | Alex Harvey - musician,The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, liver damage caused by alcohol abuse. |
| | Phyllis Haver - actress, intentional barbiturate overdose |
| | Joey Hawthorne - American professional poker player, drug overdose. |
| | Eddie Hazel - musician, guitarist, of the P-funk collective, liver failure. |
| | Mitch Hedberg - American comedian, multiple drug toxicity (cocaine and heroin). |
| | Helno (real name Noel Rota) - musician, Les Negresses Vertes, died trying to overcome serious drug addiction. |
| | Tim Hemensley - Australian indie musician, member of GOD, heroin overdose |
| | Margaux Hemingway (41) - actress, disputed suicide, overdose of sedatives. |
| | Jimi Hendrix (27) - rock and roll musician, respiratory arrest caused by alcohol and barbiturate overdose and vomit inhalation. |
| | Curt Hennig - professional wrestler, cocaine overdose. |
| | Gregory Herbet - musician, Blood, Sweat & Tears. |
| | Bob Hite - musician, Canned Heat, heart attack. |
| | Randy Jo Hobbs - musician. |
| | Abbie Hoffman - self-identified communo-anarchist, social and political activist in the United States, suicide by overdose of Phenobarbital pills |
| | El Duce Hoke - musician, drummer and singer in the Mentors, hit by train when alcohol intoxicated (disputed murder theories). |
| | Billie Holiday (45) - jazz singer died from cirrhosis of the liver attributed to longtime alcohol and heroin abuse. |
| | Hollywood Fats - musician, heroin overdose. |
| | Gary Holton - actor, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, alcohol and morphine overdose. |
| | James Honeyman-Scott - musician, the Pretenders, cocaine overdose. |
| | Shannon Hoon (28) - musician, singer in Blind Melon, cocaine overdose. |
| | Howard Hughes (70) - aviator, engineer, industrialist, movie producer, playboy, liver failure - autopsy showed lethal amount of codeine and also valium in body. |
| | Elizabeth Hulette (42) - professional wrestling manager, accidential drug medication/alcohol mixing. |
| | Harold Hunter (31) - American professional skateboarder and actor, apparent cocaine overdose. |
| | Phyllis Hyman - singer, suicide involving pills. |
| | Julio Jaramillo (42) - Ecuadorian singer, liver damage caused by alcohol. |
| | Steven Ronald "Stevo" Jensen - musician, The Vandals, prescription drug overdose. |
| | Joëlle, American born French singer, drug overdose. |
| | Anissa Jones - actress (played "Buffy" on American T.V series Family Affair), accidential overdose of cocaine, angel dust, Quaaludes and Seconal. |
| | Bethany Jones - photographer and makeup artist, complications of muscular dystrophy coupled with injection of methamphetamine. |
| | Brian Jones - musician, the Rolling Stones, drowned, very likely due to alcohol and barbiturate intoxication. |
| | Rob Jones (a.k.a. The Bass Thing) - musician - former bassist of The Wonder Stuff, heroin/cocaine/alcohol overdose. |
| | Russell Jones (a.k.a. Ol' Dirty Bastard) - hip hop musician, accidential overdose, cocaine and prescription painkiller. |
| | Janis Joplin (27) - rock and roll and blues musician, heroin overdose. |
| | John Kahn - musician, Jerry Garcia Band, complications of heart disease, heroin, cocaine, and antidepressants found in his body. |
| | Wells Kelly - musician, Orleans, heroin overdose. |
| | David Kennedy - fourth child of Robert F. Kennedy, cocaine and Demerol overdose. |
| | Jack Kerouac - writer/poet, complications due to alcoholism. |
| | Bernard Kettlewell - British lepidopterist and medical doctor, drugs overdose. |
| | Dorothy Kilgallen, Irish-American journalist and television game show panelist, fatal combination of alcohol and Seconal, perhaps concurrent with a heart attack |
| | John Kordic - Canadian hockey player, died during struggle with police after cocaine overdose. |
| | Paul Kossoff - musician, Free, drug-related heart problems. |
| | Eddie Kurdziel - musician, Redd Kross, drug overdose. |
| | Arcadia Lake - American pornographic actress, drug overdose. |
| | Barbara La Marr - actress, drug-related death in Hollywood. |
| | Karen Lancaume - French pornographic actress, overdose of medication (suicide). |
| | Carole Landis - actress, overdose of barbiturates (suicide). |
| | Peter Laughner - musician, Pere Ubu, acute pancreatitis. |
| | Rudy Lewis - musician, the Drifters. |
| | Ruan Lingyu - Chinese silent film actress, overdose of barbiturates |
| | Mike Lockwood - American professional wrestler, choked on his own vomit after overdose of painkillers and alcohol. |
| | Trinity Loren (real name: Joyce Evelyn McPherson) - American porn star, model, and stripper, accidental overdose of prescription painkillers. |
| | Bela Lugosi (73) - actor, drug-related heart attack. |
| | Zoe Tamerlis Lund - former child American musical prodigy turned model, actress, and writer, heart failure due to heroin use. |
| | Frankie Lymon - musician, doo wop singer, heroin overdose. |
| | Aaron Lynch - writer on memetics, opiate-based painkiller overdose (coroner ruled accidental death) |
| | Phil Lynott (37) - musician, Thin Lizzy, health breakdown caused by a heroin overdose. (speedball) |
| | Billy Mackenzie - musician, the Associates, overdosed on prescription drugs (suicide). |
| | Chris Mainwaring - Australian Footballer, alleged accidental overdose |
| | Steve Marriott - musician, The Small Faces and Humble Pie, drug related fire. |
| | Billy Martin - Major League Baseball player and manager, alcohol-related auto accident. |
| | James McCallum Bronson - stepson of actor Charles Bronson, drug overdose. |
| | David McComb (36) - musician, The Triffids, heroin overdose. |
| | Jimmy McCulloch musician with Wings, guitarist, heroin overdose. |
| | Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - musician, the Grateful Dead, gastrointestinal hemorrhage linked to alcohol abuse. |
| | Robbie McIntosh - musician, Average White Band, heroin overdose. |
| | Clyde McPhatter - singer. |
| | Aimee Semple McPherson - Canadian-born evangelist and media sensation in the 1920s and 1930s, overdose of prescription barbiturates. |
| | Jonathan Melvoin - touring keyboardist for the Smashing Pumpkins, heroin overdose. |
| | Big Maceo Merriweather (47) - blues pianist, chronic alcoholism |
| | Mighty Spoiler - calypso music singer, alcohol-related illness. |
| | Miss Christine - musician, The GTOs, heroin overdose. |
| | Amedeo Modigliani - painter, alcohol poisoning. |
| | Marilyn Monroe - actress, overdose of sleeping pills. |
| | Ken Montgomery - musician, D.O.A. |
| | Keith Moon - musician, the Who, overdosed on anti-seizure medication prescribed for alcoholism. |
| | Chester Morris - actor, drug overdose. |
| | Jim Morrison (27) - musician, The Doors, heroin and alcohol (cause and fact of death disputed). |
| | Billy Murcia - musician, the New York Dolls, accidental suffocation after drugs and alcohol. |
| | Brent Mydland - musician, keyboardist, of the Grateful Dead, cocaine/morphine overdose. |
| | Modest Mussorgsky - classical composer, alcohol. |
| | Daniel Christopher Murray - Died of a heroin overdose. Lead singer in a band called, Murray and the Shaggy Dogs. |
| | Dave Murray - Porn Star. Fell from a balcony after a crack overdose. |
| | Delphine Neid - musician, The Nuns, drugs overdose. |
| | Joachim Nielsen (36) - Norwegian rock musician in the band Jokke og Valentinerne, drug overdose |
| | Bradley Nowell - musician, Sublime, heroin overdose. |
| | Jack Nance - actor, alcohol addiction. |
| | Hugh O'Connor - actor, of In the Heat of the Night TV series, suicide under influence of cocaine. |
| | Lani O'Grady - actress, of Eight Is Enough. |
| | Frank O'Keefe - musician, the Outlaws, uncle of prodigy in the making William O'Keefe ( http://youtube.com/watch?v=bYYM-9R3QBg ), died of being too damn cool. |
| | Johnny O'Keefe - Australian musician, singer, heart attack after prescription drugs addiction. |
| | Christina Onassis - daughter of the billionaire Aristotle Onassis, pulmonary edema, caused by constant drug abuse and dramatic weight changes. |
| | Charlie Ondras - musician, Unsane. |
| | Bryan Ottoson - musician, American Head Charge, accidental prescription-drug overdose. |
| | Malcolm Owen - singer, lyricist of the Ruts, heroin overdose. |
| | Marco Pantani - cyclist, Tour de France winner; acute cocaine intoxication. |
| | Charlie Parker - jazz musician; the official cause of death was (lobar) pneumonia and a bleeding ulcer, his death was hastened by his drug and alcohol abuse |
| | Robert Pastorelli - American television actor, heroin overdose. |
| | Gram Parsons - country musician, of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, overdose, purportedly of morphine and tequila. |
| | Joe Pass - jazz musician. ( was clean and sober at time of death.) |
| | Jon-Jon Paulos - musician, the Buckinghams. |
| | Chris Penn (40) - actor (Reservoir Dogs), brother of Sean Penn, heart disease and prescription drugs. |
| | Art Pepper - jazz musician. |
| | Chris Pettiet (24) - American actor, accidential drug overdose. |
| | Jack Pickford (36) - American actor, syphilis & alcohol and drug abuse. |
| | Kristen Pfaff - musician, ex-member of Hole, heroin overdose. |
| | Esther Phillips - musician, singer, liver and kidney failue due to alcohol and heroin dependency. |
| | John Phillips - musician, of the Mamas and the Papas, heart failure due to lifetime of alcohol and narcotics abuse. |
| | River Phoenix (23) - actor, overdose of heroin and cocaine (speedball). |
| | Jeffrey Lee Pierce (37) - musician, the Gun Club. |
| | Rob Pilatus (32) - musician, Milli Vanilli, drug overdose. |
| | Dana Plato (34) - actress, of Diff'rent Strokes, suicide - overdose of Vanadom and Vicodin. |
| | Jackson Pollock (44) - American painter; killed in a single-car accident while driving drunk. |
| | Elvis Presley (42) - singer, heart attack brought on by overdose of barbiturates. |
| | Freddie Prinze (22) - comic, actor (Chico and the Man), self-inflicted gunshot wound while under the influence of Quaaludes. |
| | John Panozzo (47) - musician, drummer, Styx, complications of alcohol abuse. |
| | Carl Radle (37) - bass guitarist, Derek and the Dominos, Eric Clapton, kidney disease due to long term narcotics and alcohol abuse |
| | Dee Dee Ramone - musician, the Ramones, heroin overdose. |
| | James Ray - singer, drug overdose. |
| | Johnnie Ray - musician, liver failure caused by alcoholism. |
| | Michael Reeves - English film director, barbiturate overdose. |
| | Wallace Reid - actor, flu caused by morphine addiction. |
| | Jimmy Reilly (17) - musician, Watertower West and Tony And The Tigers, heroin and alcohol overdose. |
| | Elis Regina (36) - Brazilian singer, drug interaction. |
| | Brad Renfro (25) - actor, death yet to be determined, but had history of drug and alcohol abuse |
| | Rob Graves Ritter - musician, Thelonius Monster, Gun Club, the Bags, 45 Grave. |
| | Rachel Roberts - British actress - barbiturate overdose (suicide). |
| | Andy Rogers - musician, bassist with Johnny Cash, heroin overdose. |
| | Peter Rosen - musician, War. |
| | Alma Rubens - actress, flu caused by heroin addiction. |
| | Michael Rudetsky - musician, keyboardist, Culture Club, heroin overdose. |
| | David Ruffin - musician, the Temptations, drug overdose. |
| | George Sanders - British actor, barbiturates overdose (suicide). |
| | Joe Schermie - musician, Three Dog Night, heart attack resulting from long-term drug abuse |
| | Bon Scott - musician, AC/DC, aspiration brought on by alcohol intoxication. |
| | Jean Seberg - actress, barbiturate and alcohol overdose (suicide). |
| | Jason Sears - musician, Rich Kids on LSD, treatment with natural drugs. |
| | Edie Sedgwick - actress. |
| | Nerine Shatner - wife of actor William Shatner, drowned in swimming pool while intoxicated and with traces of valium in bloodstream. |
| | Will Shatter - musician, Flipper, heroin overdose. |
| | Bobby Sheehan - musician, Blues Traveler, drug overdose. |
| | Eric Show - baseball player, cocaine and heroin overdose (speedball). |
| | Pavlos Sidiropoulos - Greek rock musician, heroin overdose. |
| | Judee Sill - folk musician, heroin overdose. |
| | Don Simpson - film producer, heart attack, reports of 20 drugs in his body at time of death. |
| | Hillel Slovak (26) - musician, Red Hot Chili Peppers, heroin overdose. |
| | Anna Nicole Smith (39) - Playboy playmate, actress, reality show star, lethal combination of chloral hydrate and various benzodiazepines. |
| | Davey Boy Smith (39) - British professional wrestler, heart attack - steroid abuse may have contributed. |
| | Robert "Snoopy" Smith (46) - Saxophonist and husband of jazz and blues singer, Fritzi Presley, died in Biloxi, MS of heart attack after a lifetime of alcohol abuse. |
| | Freddy Soto - comedian, writer and actor, mixture of alcohol, Xanax® and fentanyl. |
| | Epic Soundtracks - musician, Swell Maps. |
| | Louie Spicolli - American professional wrestler, choked on vomit after drugs and alcohol overdose. |
| | Layne Staley (34) - musician, Alice in Chains, cocaine and heroin overdose (speedball). |
| | Joey Stefano (26) - pornographic actor, overdose of cocaine, morphine, heroin and ketamine. |
| | Inger Stevens - American actress, suicide - overdose of sleeping pills. |
| | Rory Storm - musician, suicide - sleeping pills overdose. |
| | Margaret Sullavan (48) - American actress, deliberate barbiturate overdose. |
| | Paige Summers - American pornographic model & actress, drug overdose. |
| | Screaming Lord Sutch - singer and politician, suicide following Prozac overdose. |
| | Vinnie Taylor - musician, Sha Na Na, heroin overdose. |
| | Gary Thain - musician, Uriah Heep, drug overdose. |
| | Jason Thirsk (28) - musician, Pennywise, suicide after depression and alcoholism treatment. |
| | Jotie T'Hooft - poet, drug overdose, suicide. |
| | Johnny Thunders - musician, the New York Dolls, alcohol and methadone poisoning. |
| | Dylan Thomas - poet, chronic alcoholism. |
| | Georg Trakl - playwright, cocaine overdose. |
| | D. M. Turner (34) - author/psychonaut, drowned in a bathtub while on ketamine. |
| | Stu Ungar (45) - Three-time World Series of Poker Main Event winner, heart condition caused by long-term cocaine abuse. |
| | Enrique Urquijo - Spanish singer, drug overdose. |
| | Townes Van Zandt - folk musician. |
| | Lupe Vélez, actress, secobarbital overdose (suicide). |
| | Sid Vicious (21) - musician, the Sex Pistols, heroin overdose, disputed suicide |
| | Gene Vincent - rock and roll musician, liver damage caused by alcohol. |
| | Robert Hudson Walker, actor, died suddenly after being administered sodium amytal by his doctor. |
| | Shelby Walker (31), American female boxer and Martial arts fighter, apparent medicine overdose. |
| | Jeremy Michael Ward, musician, The Mars Volta, apparent heroin overdose. |
| | Dinah Washington, musician, singer, overdose of diet pills and alcohol . |
| | Rachel Whitear, British student, heroin overdose led to large-scale anti-drugs press campaign in Britain. |
| | Brett Whiteley, Australian artist, heroin overdose. |
| | Chris Whitley (45), guitarist, songwriter, complications from lung cancer caused by excessive cigarette smoking |
| | Keith Whitley, country musician, alcohol poisoning. |
| | Danny Whitten, musician, Crazy Horse, drug overdose or drugs with alcohol (disputed). |
| | Alan Wilson, musician, Canned Heat, drug overdose (possible suicide). |
| | Dennis Wilson (39), musician, The Beach Boys, alcohol-related drowning |
| | Hank Williams (29), musician, drugs and probably alcohol. |
| | Kenneth Williams (62), actor, author and comedian of Carry On fame, overdose of barbiturates (accidental or suicide). |
| | Linda Wong, pornographic actress, overdose on Xanax, chlorlhydrate and alcohol. |
| | Andrew Wood, musician, lead singer Mother Love Bone, Malfunkshun, heroin overdose. |
| | Anna Wood (15), Australian schoolgirl, cerebral edema, caused by water intoxication and resultant hyponatremia after taking ecstasy. |
| | Natalie Wood, actress, drowned when intoxicated. |
| | Paula Yates (40) - British TV presenter & author, partner of deceased INXS star, Michael Hutchence, heroin overdose. |
| | Stefan Zweig Austrian writer, suicide with his wife on exile in Brazil during WWII. |