Corey Haim, 1971-2010
Corey Haim was found dead this morning of an apparent drug overdose. It is not known at this time if the overdose was accidental or intentional. Haim, along with fellow Corey Corey Feldman, starred in films such as… okay, pretty much Haim’s only claim to nerd fame is Lost Boys, but a lot of people like that movie and it was mentioned in today’s Daily List, which is creepy, so let’s just roll with it. Hopefully this is just an elaborate Hollywood charade and Keifer Sutherland finally turned Haim into a vampire or something.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.