DJ AM Found Dead

On Friday, the club disc jockey known as DJ AM was found dead at his apartment in New York City around 5:20 p.m. Prescription pill bottles and a crack pipe were found in the apartment. He had been saddened by the recent breakup with his girlfriend, named Haley Wood, and was having a hard time dealing with post-traumatic stress stemming from the nearly fatal plane crash he survived in September of last year. He previously had suffered a drug addiction but had been sober for nine years until recently.