This is a list of famous deaths by accidental drug overdose:

• John Belushi, actor
• Len Bias, college basketball star
• Elisa Bridges , Playboy Playmate
• Lenny Bruce, comedian
• Tim Buckley, musician
• Gia Carangi, supermodel
• Dorothy Dandridge, actress
• Nick Drake, musician
• John Entwistle, musician
• Brian Epstein, Beatles manager
• Chris Farley, actor
• Rainer Werner Fassbinder, film director
• Judy Garland, musician
• Trevor Goddard, actor
• Tim Hardin, musician
• Bobby Hatfield, musician (fatal heart attack was triggered by a cocaine overdose)
• Margaux Hemingway, actress
• Jimi Hendrix, musician
• Billie Holiday, singer
• Shannon Hoon, musician
• Anissa Jones, actress
• Janis Joplin, musician
• Sonny Liston, world champion boxer (possible)
• Bela Lugosi, actor
• Frankie Lymon, musician
• Aimee Semple McPherson, radio evangelist
• Keith Moon, musician
• Jim Morrison, musician
• Glenn Quinn, actor
• Marco Pantani, cyclist
• Gram Parsons, musician
• Robert Pastorelli, actor
• Christopher Pettiet , actor
• Kristen Pfaff, musician
• River Phoenix, actor
• Dana Plato, actress
• Edgar Allan Poe, American author (possible)
• Elvis Presley, musician
• Dee Dee Ramone, musician
• Elis Regina, Brazilian singer
• Edie Sedgwick, actor and model
• Layne Staley, musician
• Sid Vicious, musician
• Andrew Wood, musician and singer
• Paula Yates, TV personality

See also

• Lists of people by cause of death
  • List of notable drug-related deaths
  • List of famous suicides (Intentional ODs should go here.)