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Before DJ AM’s tragic death, he worked on a drug-intervention show with MTV called Gone Too Far. There was enough footage for eight episodes, but it was unclear if the series would get the go-ahead after his death.

Adam Goldstein, 36, aka DJ AM, was found dead in his New York home on Friday. The cause of death was allegedly a drug overdose, according to early reports.

Goldstein, along with Travis Barker, survived a horrific plane crash less than a year ago. He was a drug addict who had been clean for almost a decade before his death.

An inquiry into Michael Jackson's death is now a criminal investigation, with manslaughter officially suspected by authorities.

No suspect has been named, but authorities have closed in on Conrad Murray, Jackson's personal doctor at the time of his death.

The Houston cardiologist, who was at Jackson's side tending to him when he died, has remained close to his Las Vegas home as authorities conducted searches of his Houston office and a storage unit, searching for evidence to explain the pop singer's sudden death at 50.

It's been a bad summer for celebrity mortality.

Walter Cronkite, the face of the CBS Evening News for over 19 years, died in New York yesterday.

In a statement, President Obama praised the iconic TV news anchor,  saying he "was someone we could trust to guide us through the most important issues of the day; a voice of certainty in an uncertain world. He was family. He invited us to believe in him, and he never let us down."

Our hearts go out to his family.

And that's the way it is...

Michael Jackson's dermatologist has been served a subpoena seeking additional medical records by a Los Angeles coroner's official.

Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter visited the Beverly Hills office of Arnold Klein on Tuesday.

It is the second time coroner's investigators have served Klein a subpoena, said Craig Harvey, the coroner's chief of operations.

The Coroner’s officials want to find out if drugs caused Jackson's death.

Hollywood actress Kelly Preston is to speak out publicly for the first time about the death of her son.

Jett Travolta, Preston's son with husband and actor John Travolta, died suddenly of a seizure at the age of 16 while vacationing with his family in the Bahamas in January.

The Travoltas have so far grieved in private but in October Preston, 46, has agreed to speak about her loss at the California Governor's Conference for Women.

Veteran Hollywood actor Karl Malden, 97, an Academy Award winner and died on Wednesday of natural causes.

"Karl lived a rich, full life," said Academy of Arts and Motion Pictures president Sid Ganis. "He has the greatest and most loving family, [and] a career that has spanned the spectrum of the arts from theatre to film and television, to some very famous commercial work."

Late pop legend Michael Jackson requested in his will that his mother Katherine be made guardian of his three children – and nominated fellow music icon, Diana Ross, as his second choice to take care of them.

The Thriller icon wanted diva Diana to look after Prince, 12, Paris, 11, and Blanket, seven, if Katherine died before him or could not serve as their guardian.

George Clooney has been forced to deny reports that he died.

The Ocean's Thirteen hunk, 48, became the latest star to fall victim to Internet pranksters who spread rumors of his death.

Clooney's publicist Stan Rosenfield was reportedly "bombarded" with calls from media outlets after claims of his passing began to surface. He complained to TMZ that "some of Clooney's friends… were genuinely shaken by [the] reports."

Billy Mays, the loud voice behind some of television’s biggest products, OxiClean and Orange Glo, was found dead in his Florida home by his wife on Sunday.

Mays, 50, was flying back to Tampa on Saturday when the plane’s front tires blew out, and he suffered a bump on the head due to a rough landing. But he joked after the plane landed.

"All the things from the ceiling started dropping. It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head," Mays said.