Death of DJ AM

I can’t believe it – he survived a plane crash with drummer extraordinaire Travis Barker – yet he is found dead, apparently of an accidental drug overdose.

Wow, I am blown away – only last week I was on the truck with Chad, and as we were getting this trailer repaired at a TA truck stop – here comes a truck and trailer all lettered up with Travis Barker and Blink 182. It was carrying Travis’ red 1966 custom vintage Cadillac Coupe de Ville. I went over to the driver who did not want to roll down his window – when I motioned that I wanted to take a pic with the trailer – he gave me the thumbs up – Chad snapped a couple pics. The driver then saw we were harmless; and that I was a Travis Barker and Blink 182 fan – he came out of the truck and asked if I wanted to see the car.

Oh my God! I could not believe it – the driver opened up the side door of the hauler and let me look at it – it has a shine like you would not believe. The driver said that Travis actually drove the Cadillac on a regular basis. If my memory serves me correctly, I recall Travis actually driving this car on his television reality show. The Cadillac is estimated at 80,000$ US; and if can be yours – all you have to do is enter a contest, and State Farm is also throwing in concert tickets, and more.“As much as I enjoy giving [my car] to you, I’m really going to miss it.” -Travis BarkerThe contest is in honor of the Blink 182 reunion tour, and State Farm is one of the tour sponsors; which is why the car was being transported from venue to venue for display.

Now back to DJ AM’s death; whose real name was Adam Goldstein, 36, according to TMZ’s website – he was found dead in his NY City apartment on Friday, August 28.
Again, according to TMZ, law enforcement received a call at 5:24 pm on Friday – and he was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:00 pm by FDNY. TMZ sources said that DJ AM had developed a dependency to Xanax and benzodiazepines – as a direct result of the plane crash a year ago that he and Travis Barker had survived. He had apparently developed a tremendous anxiety over flying – and he had to fly frequently because of his job.

Photos TMZ website

This was DJ AM’s last public appearance was a week ago Sunday when he threw out the first pitch at the Mets game at Citi Field. And for those who followed him on Twitter – his last post August 25, 2009 at 2:57 pm: “New york, new york. Big city of dreams, but everything in new york aint always what it seems.”
These are the lyrics of the opening line of the Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song “New York, New York.” RIP DJ AM you will be missed.