As if enough people haven’t kicked the bucket this year, Adam Goldstein, AKA DJ AM, was found dead this afternoon from an apparent drug overdose, as Travis Barker’s babymama Shanna Moakler first reported via Twitter and Facebook (TMZ has since followed with a confirmation).
Goldstein miraculously survived a plane crash in South Carolina with Travis Barker (in which everyone else on board died), and then narrowly cheated death again about five months later when he “had a bad feeling” about a Continental flight to Buffalo he was booked on. He stayed on the ground while that plane crashed too, killing everyone on board.
We’re afraid this isn’t a promotional stunt for the new Final Destination movie (out today, no shit). The grim reaper really had it in for this poor guy. Our hearts go out to his family and fans.
Minor update: Reader Seth has informed us that the story about the Continental crash that we originally read on TMZ, has since been proven false by MTV News. Which I suppose makes this all just a little less creepy.
This is about as close to real-life “Final Destination” shit as I’ve ever seen.
I’d put flying around blind turns on the cliffs of Big Sur at 90mph in a pickup truck with a rear wheel literally falling off right up there with surviving a plane crash. We should not have survived. But goddamn, it was a good show we caught.
That’s Adam Goldstein, not Goldberg. Methinks I should be hired as an Editor ;)
oh duh… i even knew that. was rushing. fixed.
This is genuinely sad news for music.. His shows with Travis Barker were amazing (I managed to catch one a while back)and his overall skill as a DJ over the years has been incredible. I’ve not always been into his style of music (I’ve always been centered in punk etc) but he did put on a goddamn good show, and he will be sorely missed I’m sure. As for the Final Destination comments, Word.
The next night blink played in Hartford, CT, and they held a moment of silence of DJ AM during the show. They then dedicated a song (Down) to him, during which a friend of mine attending the show saw tears rolling down bass player Mark Hoppus’ face. It shows that he meant a lot to some people, and he will be missed.