DJ AM (Adam Goldstein) was found dead in a Manhattan apartment on late Friday afternoon of a suspected drug overdose.

The death follows Goldstein’s survival of a plane crash in September 2008 after the Learjet he was in caught fire, killing four people.  Blink 182 drummer, Travis Barker, also survived the same crash.

DJ AM has previously battled a drug addiction and had signed on to star in an “intervention themed reality” show for MTV titled “Gone Too Far.”

Later reports suggest that Goldstein may have been depressed after breaking up with his girlfriend.

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DJ AM’s legal papers claim that “The pilots were either poorly trained and/or failed to follow their training,” also stating that the plane was “defective, not fit for its intended purposes and unreasonably dangerous.” The lawsuit states that the private Lear jet reached takeoff speed when the pilots realized that one or more tires were damaged, and the takeoff was abandoned, which in turn caused the plane to overrun the runway and come to a fiery stop against an embankment.

AM, whose legal name is Adam Goldstein, claims that “pain and suffering, mental anguish, disfigurement and loss of earnings,” reports People.

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