List of Drug-related Deaths

Name	Life	Profession	Cause of death
George Sanders	1906–1972	Actor	Nembutal overdose. Suicide.
John Saunders	1954–1999	Musician (Mad Season)	Heroin overdose.
Catya Sassoon	1968–2002	Model, actress	Hydromorphone and cocaine overdose.
Sonja Savić	1961–2008	Actress	Unspecified drug overdose.
Sybille Schmitz	1909–1955	Actress	Sleeping pill overdose. Suicide.
Bon Scott	1946–1980	Musician (AC/DC)	Official cause of death listed as "acute alcohol poisoning".
Ronnie Scott	1927–1996	Jazz tenor saxophonist	Prescription barbiturate overdose. Accidental.
Pat Screen	1943–1994	American football player	Unspecified drug overdose.
Rod Scurry	1956–1992	Major League Baseball pitcher	Cocaine-induced heart attack.
Jean Seberg	1938–1979	Actress	Barbiturate and alcohol overdose. Suicide.
Chantal Sébire	1955–2008	Teacher	Pentobarbital overdose. Euthanasia.
Edie Sedgwick	1943–1971	Actress	Barbiturate and alcohol overdose. Undetermined.
Bobby Sheehan	1968–1999	Musician (Blues Traveler)	Unspecified drug overdose.
Eric Show	1956–1994	Baseball player	Cocaine and heroin overdose.
Elizabeth Siddal	1829–1862	Model, poet, artist	Laudanum overdose.
Judee Sill	1944–1979	Musician	Cocaine and heroin overdose.
Don Simpson	1943–1996	Film producer	Cocaine-induced heart attack. Twenty other drugs were found in his blood.
Tom Simpson	1937–1967	Cyclist	Dehydration and exhaustion while cycling exacerbated by amphetamines and alcohol use.
Hillel Slovak	1962–1988	Musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)	Heroin overdose.
Alvim Smith	1798–1823	Carpenter's assistant	Mercury(I) chloride overdose. Officially administered to cure bilious colic; speculated murder.
Daniel Smith	1986–2006	Student, Anna Nicole Smith's son	Cardiac dysrhythmia caused by combination of methadone, Lexapro and Zoloft.
Corey Smoot aka. Flattus Maximus	1977–2011	Guitarist	Coronary artery thrombosis related to cocaine and opiate use.
Dash Snow	1981–2009	Artist	Heroin overdose.
Robert Soblen	1900–1962	Psychiatrist	Barbiturate overdose.
Erin Spanevello	1987–2008	Fashion model	Overdose of MDMA and GHB.
Layne Staley	1967–2002	Musician (Alice in Chains)	Cocaine, heroin and codeine overdose.
Mike Starr	1966–2011	Musician (Alice in Chains)	Suspected drug overdose.
Miroslava Stern	1926–1955	Actress	Overdose of sleeping pills. Suicide.
Inger Stevens	1934–1970	Actress	Barbiturate overdose. Suicide.
Bradley Stewart, aka Gidget Gein	1969–2008	Musician (Marilyn Manson)	Heroin overdose.
Rory Storm	1939–1972	Musician	Alcohol and sleeping pill overdose.
Margaret Sullavan	1909–1960	Actress	Barbiturate overdose. Suicide.
James Owen Sullivan, aka The Rev	1981–2009	Musician (Avenged Sevenfold)	"cute polydrug intoxication due to combined effects of oxycodone, oxymorphone, diazepam, nordiazepam and ethanol."
Royce Surdam	1835–1891	Real-estate agent	Laudanum overdose. Accidental.
Jennifer Syme	1972–2001	Actress	Crashed her car while under the influence of cocaine, clonazepam and cyclobenzaprine.