List of Drug-related Deaths

Name	Life	Profession	Cause of death
Andrés Caicedo	1951–1977	Writer	Secobarbital overdose. Suicide.
Casey Calvert	1981–2007	Guitarist (Hawthorne Heights)	A rare lethal mixture of hydrocodone/APAP, citalopram, and clonazepam. Accidental.
Ken Caminiti	1963–2004	Former Major League Baseball player.	Cocaine and opiate overdose.
Max Cantor	1959–1991	Actor, journalist	Heroin overdose.
Truman Capote	1924–1984	Writer	Liver disease complicated by phlebitis and multiple drug intoxication.
Leslie Carter	1986-2012	Singer	While not attributing a cause of death, a police incident report stated Carter had suffered an overdose and was taking the prescription medications olanzapine, cyclobenzaprine and alprazolam.
John Cassavetes	1929–1989	Writer, actor, director	Cirrhosis of liver due to alcoholism
Vic Chesnutt	1964–2009	Musician	Overdose of prescription medication. Suicide.
Maria Christina, aka Missy	1967–2008	Pornographic actress	Unspecified prescription drug overdose. Accidental.
Diana Churchill	1909–1963	Naval officer	Barbiturate overdose. Suicide.
Sally Clark	1964–2007	Solicitor	Alcohol poisoning.
Sonny Clark	1931–1963	Pianist	Alcohol abuse; an attempt to conteract his heroin dependency.
Steve Clark	1960–1991	Musician (Def Leppard)	Lethal overdose of codeine, along with valium and morphine and alcohol at more than 3 times the legal British limit. Accidental.
Charmian Clift	1923–1969	Writer	Unspecified drug overdose. Suicide.
Vander Clyde, aka Barbette	1899–1973	Trapeze artist	Unspecified drug overdose. Suicide.
Bob Collins	1946–2007	Politician	Prescription drug and alcohol overdose. Suicide.
Natasha Collins	1973–2008	Actress	Cocaine overdose. Accidental.
Brian Cole	1942–1972	Musician (the Association)	Heroin overdose.
Douglas Glenn Colvin, aka Dee Dee Ramone	1951–2002	Musician (the Ramones)	Heroin overdose.
Michael Cooper	1941–1973	Photographer	Heroin overdose.
Megan Connolly	1974–2001	Actress	Heroin overdose.
Nancy Ann Coursey, aka Paige Summers	1976–2003	Pornographic actress	Codeine and oxycodone overdose.
Pamela Courson	1946–1974	Retail. Wife of Jim Morrison	Heroin overdose.
Nancy Crick	1932–2002	Euthanasia activist	Overdose of nembutal. Euthanasia.
Robbin Crosby	1959–2002	Musician (Ratt)	Reported causes of his death include heroin overdose, and AIDS-related complications, which he admitted to contracting from shooting drugs.
Bartley Crum	1900–1959	Lawyer	Washed down an entire bottle of Seconal with whisky. Suicide.
William Cuppy	1884–1949	Literary critic	Sleeping pill overdose. Suicide.
Patricia Cutts	1926–1974	Actress	Barbiturate overdose. Suicide.