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DJ AM Found Dead at 36

Friends call NYC cops after not seeing Adam Goldstein for several days

By Will McCahill, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 28, 2009 6:43 PM CDT

(Newser) – DJ AM, who less than a year ago survived a plane crash, was found dead this afternoon in a New York apartment, TMZ reports; his real name was Adam Goldstein, and he was 36. Police, called by a friend who hadn’t seen Goldstein in... Read full story »

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