[Deathwatch] Adam Goldstein, disc jockey "DJ AM", 36

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DJ AM found dead in New York apartment
Fri Aug 28

NEW YORK (Reuters) ? DJ AM, the stage name of disc jockey Adam
Goldstein whose music could be heard on albums by Madonna and Will
Smith, was found dead in his New York apartment on Friday, police said.
He was 36.

Police said no foul play was suspected in the death of Goldstein, who
socialized with Hollywood celebrities and in 2008 survived a plane
crash with Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker.

Media reports said Goldstein was found with prescription pill bottles
near his body after he had not been heard from for days.

As a DJ, his work appeared on albums by Madonna, Will Smith, Kenneth
"Babyface" Edmonds and Papa Roach. He performed at clubs in Las Vegas,
Los Angeles and elsewhere.

With the band Crazy Town, Goldstein had the 2001 hit song "Butterfly"
but the group broke up two years later.

He partnered with Barker of punk band Blink 182 last year to create a
live DJ and drum performance and the duo played occasionally at clubs
and other concert venues.

In September 2008, Goldstein and Barker were in a private plane that
crashed while taking off from an airport in South Carolina. The two
pilots and two passengers were killed.

Goldstein and Barker suffered serious burns and were hospitalized in
critical condition.

Goldstein posted his last known public remarks on the social networking
website Twitter on Tuesday when he wrote: "New york, new york. Big city
of dreams, but everything in new york aint always what it seems."

The words were lyrics from a song by Grandmaster Flash, a pioneer of
hip-hop music.

Goldstein dated reality TV star Nicole Richie, to whom he was at one
point engaged, and later went out with singer and actress Mandy Moore.

Many thanks to Deathwatch Central for posting this obituary