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DJ AM Buried in Los Angeles

By Will McCahill, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 2, 2009 9:12 PM CDT

(Newser) – Friends and celebrity mourners including Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker attended a funeral for DJ AM today in Los Angeles, Us Weekly reports. The disc jockey, also known as Adam Goldstein, died last week at age 36, of an apparent drug overdose. The ceremony at Hillside... Read full story »

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