The Surreal Life and WWE star Joanie “Chyna” Laurer is yet another cast member from Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew who has died since appearing on that show.
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VH1’s Celebrity Rehab hasn’t aired for two years, but won’t return, because Dr. Drew Pinsky is tired of taking the blame for deaths of contestants. As always, it’s all about Dr. Drew. “I don’t have any plans to do that again. I’m tired of taking all the heat; it’s just ridiculous,” he told the Zach …
Five cast members of VH1’s Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew have died in the last two years, three of whom appeared on the very same season, including Mindy McCready, who killed herself yesterday. That means one third of a cable reality show’s cast is now dead. One third. That is, of course, awful and tragic, …
Country singer Mindy McCready committed suicide today. She was 37, and the fifth former cast member of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew to die. Dateline NBC reporter Andrea Canning reported that “Mindy McCready’s best friend [said] that she shot and killed herself this evening.” Nashville’s Fox affiliate reported the same thing, and a police statement …
Joey Kovar, who appeared on The Real World Hollywood and Celebrity Rehab, died this morning. He was 29, and the fourth Celebrity Rehab cast member to die. TMZ reports that he “was discovered by a female friend early this morning who noticed blood coming out of Joey’s ears and nose,” and “family members believe drugs …
Rodney King, who became famous after being beaten by LAPD officers and who later appeared on both VH1’s Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew and Sober House because of his addiction to alcohol, has died at age 47. He’s the third cast member from the show to die: Jeff Conaway died in 2011, and Mike Starr …
A report that VH1’s Celebrity Rehab wouldn’t air this year was only sort of accurate, as VH1 announced this morning that it will air Rehab with Dr. Drew this summer, the same show but without celebrities. The eight-hour series will be set at the Pasadena Recovery Center but people who are in their 20s and …