| RIVERPHOENIX | American actor who died of a drug overdose in 1993 |
| MOON | This outlandish drummer for the British rock band The Who died of an accidental drug overdose in 1978. (4) |
| STAPE | She found her stepgran comatose after a drugs overdose in Corrie (4,5) |
| HOPE | She found her stepgran comatose after a drugs overdose in Corrie (4,5) |
| BASQUIAT | Jean-Michel ___, American artist who died of a heroin overdose in 1988 at the age of 27 |
| MAMACASS | Nickname of the singer born Ellen Naomi Cohen, who died of a heart attack in London aged 32 (4,4) |
| SEVEBALLESTEROS | Three-time British Open golf champion who died of a brain tumour in 2011 (4,11) |
| MALONE | Molly ___, Dublin street seller who died of a fever? (6) |
| LULLY | Jean-Baptiste -; founder of French opera who died of gangrene as a result of stabbing his foot with his conducting stick (5) |
| JILLIRELAND | Actress wife of Charles Bronson who died of cancer in 1990 (4,7) |
| PRINCEALBERT | Consort of Queen Victoria who died of typhoid in 1861 (6,6) |
| CROWD | Bird died of a crush, people say (5) |
| ATTILA | He supposedly died of a nosebleed at his wedding party |
| MADGE | First name of Harold Bishop's wife in Neighbours who died of pancreatic cancer (5) |
| ANNAPAVLOVA | Russian ballerina who died of pleurisy in 1931 (4,7) |
| EAZYE | Rapper who died of complications from AIDS in 1995 |
| COMA | French novelist, born 1840, who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in 1902 (4) |
| WILLS | Explorer who died of starvation, exhaustion and effects of exposure aged 27 during an expedition acr |
| CAMPBELL | Singer Glen who died of Alzheimer's disease on August 8 after over 50 years in the music industry |
| DREWETT | Davis Cup player and ATP chairman who died of motor neurone disease in 2013, Brad ... (7) |