BURBANK, CALIF. – The Los Angeles coroner’s office says Canadian actor Corey Haim, known best for his role in the 1987 hit The Lost Boy” has died. He was 38.
Coroner’s Lt. Cheryl MacWillie said today that Haim died at 2:15 a.m. at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank.
She said an autopsy will determine the cause of death and there are no other details.
The Toronto native became a teen heartthrob with the 1986 film Lucas and 1987’s The Lost Boys.
His first role was in the 1984 hit Firstborn, in which he played a young child caught up in a family war.
He then appeared in the 1985 television movie A Time to Live.
In recent years, he appeared in the A&E reality TV show The Two Coreys with his friend Corey Feldman. It was cancelled in 2008 after two seasons.
The Canadian Press
