There aren't many notable sports drug overdoses, so we ruled that out of the Erica Blasberg death. We the experts would know, of course!
But here they are:
Len Bias-Cocaine overdose the day after he was drafted by Boston
Ken Caminiti-Houston Astro
Darryl Porter-KC Royals catcher
That convo led to a few rock n roll drug overdose mentions, besides the obvious, we talked about these guys.
Phil Lynott-Thin Lizzy
Tommy Bolin-Deep Purple
Pete Farndon/James Honeyman Scott-The Pretenders
Nikki Sixx-declared dead, but they brought him back (or something)
Shannon Hoon-Blind Melon