Music Stars We Lost to Overdoses

A$AP Yams, O.D.B., Michael Jackson, Whitney and others.

Amy Winehouse - Amy Winehouse battled with drug and alcohol addiction heavily during her short life and her death in 2011 at age 27 was attributed to accidental alcohol poisoning. Autopsy reports revealed that Winehouse's blood alcohol content was more than five times the legal drink-drive limit at the time of her death.(Photo: Getty Images/Getty Images for MTV)
David Ruffin - David Ruffin, the former lead singer of The Temptations, passed on June 1, 1991, of "an adverse reaction to drugs" and cocaine was found in his system. He was 50 years old. (Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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David Ruffin - David Ruffin, the former lead singer of The Temptations, passed on June 1, 1991, of "an adverse reaction to drugs" and cocaine was found in his system. He was 50 years old. (Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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