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DJ AM Has Passed Away

Friday, August 28th, 2009

DJ AM was found dead in his apartment today. This is a man who survived a plane crash with Blink 182’s Travis Barker and was once engaged to Nicole Ritchie has appeared to died of a drug overdose. Reports state that prescription pill bottles and a crack pipe were found at DJ AM’s apartment.

DJ AM had been battling with depression lately. “DJ AM thought the depression was a result of trying to stop taking pain medication since his tragic plane accident.”

The cops say his friends had not heard from him for a few days. When his friends went to check on him, they didn’t get any response after knocking on his door. The police were called and they knocked down the door to his apartment.

Travis Barker Released From Hospital

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Travis Barker was released from the Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Georgia, on Monday morning (September 29), a spokesperson for the hospital confirmed to MTV News.

The drummer spent nine days at the center after the plane crash that took the lives of four people and seriously injured Barker and DJ AM. Barker underwent treatment for severe burns on his torso and lower body. Still spokesperson Beth Frits said Monday that she believed he was heading home to Los Angeles.

“Travis is in good condition and was discharged this morning,” Frits told People.com on Monday. “He has left Augusta.”

Source: MTV

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DJ AM released from burn hospital

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

AUGUSTA, Ga. - A spokeswoman for DJ AM says the celebrity disc jockey has been released from a Georgia hospital after suffering severe burns in a fiery plane crash a week ago.

Jenni Weinman said Friday that DJ AM had been released from the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta.

DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, and former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, were rushed to the burn hospital last week after their Learjet crashed on takeoff from a Columbia, S.C., airport.

Source: MSNBC

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Blink-182’s Barker critically injured in plane crash

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — A hospital spokeswoman says former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and a popular disc jockey have been critically injured in a Learjet crash in South Carolina that killed four people.

The Learjet crashed as it was about to take off Friday night, according to the FAA.

The Learjet crashed as it was about to take off Friday night, according to the FAA.

Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen says the plane carrying six people was departing shortly before midnight Friday when air traffic controllers reporting seeing sparks.

She says the plane went off the runway and crashed on a nearby road.

Hospital spokeswoman Beth Frits says Barker and DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, were at a burn center in Augusta, Georgia.

Federal officials say two crew members and two passengers have been killed.