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List of notable drug-related deaths
The following is a list of people who have died from drug-related causes. The list is dominated by artists. Many people believe that artists stand a higher chance of suffering and dying from drug overdoses and related health issues than the rest of the population. Evidence supporting this has been controversial, and many believe that there is little or no connection. Deaths caused by alcohol and caffeine are included.
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- Deford Bailey - country musician
- Chet Baker - jazz trumpeter and singer
- Florence Ballard - of The Supremes, cardiac arrest strongly exacerbated by long-term drug abuse
- Honoré de Balzac - caffeine poisoning from drinking over forty cups of coffee a day
- Lester Bangs - musician, writer, overdose of painkillers, possibly accidental
- Jean-Michel Basquiat - painter
- Ludwig van Beethoven - classical musician, note: alcohol abuse led to the serious health problems that caused his death
- Bix Beiderbecke - jazz musician
- John Belushi - of the Blues Brothers,actor, and comedian - heroin and cocaine
- Bunny Berigan
- Sonny Berman - jazz musician
- Wes Berggren - of Tripping Daisy
- Len Bias - basketball star; died of cocaine overdose before ever playing in the NBA
- Dave Bidwell - of the Pink Fairies, Chicken Shack, Savoy Brown
- Matty Blag - of Blaggers I.T.A.
- Mike Bloomfield - blues guitarist, heroin
- Tommy Bolin - of Deep Purple
- John Bonham - of Led Zeppelin, inhalation of own vomit; believed to be alcohol-related
- James Booker - musician, heroin
- Erik Brodreskift - of Borknagar
- Herman Brood - musician
- Dennis Brown - musician
- Lenny Bruce - comedian, heroin, found dead with a needle in his arm
- Robert Buck - of 10,000 Maniacs
- Tim Buckley - rock and roll musician, heroin
- Lester Butler - harpist, of the Red Devils, heroin
- Paul Butterfield - American blues musician
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- Dalida - singer, barbiturates
- Dorothy Dandridge - actress, singer
- Jesse Ed Davis - guitarist, session musician, heroin
- Jeanine Deckers - the Singing Nun
- Sheik Sayid Darwish, Egyptian composer and father of Arab popular music, cocaine
- Rick Dey - of the Vejtables, February Sunshine, the Wilde Knights and the Merry-Go-Round
- DJ Screw - musician, codeine
- Tommy Dorsey - jazz musician and bandleader, choked to death while sleeping with the aid of drugs
- John Dougherty - of Flipper
- Nick Drake - musician
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