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CALIFORNIA

Actor Corey Haim of ‘Lost Boys’ dies

LOS ANGELES | Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38.

Mr. Haim died early Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Los Angeles County coroner’s Lt. Cheryl MacWillie said.

“As he got out of bed, he felt a little weak and went down to the floor on his knees,” Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said. His mother called paramedics.

An autopsy will determine cause of death. There was no evidence of foul play, police Sgt. Michael Kammert said.

Mr. Haim, who gained attention for roles in “Lucas” and “The Lost Boys,” had flulike symptoms before he died and was getting over-the-counter and prescription medications, police Sgt. William Mann said.

Mr. Haim was taken by ambulance to the hospital from an apartment in Los Angeles.

GEORGIA

Claims dismissed in King dispute

ATLANTA | A Georgia judge has dismissed most of the remaining legal claims in a dispute between the children of Martin Luther King, months after the siblings reached a settlement.

A Fulton County judge’s Wednesday order also gives an interim custodian control over the King Center for Nonviolent Change, which has been at the center of a legal feud.

Martin Luther King III, Bernice King and Dexter King had aired their grievances in open court for more than a year. They reached the settlement in October.

Dexter King’s brother and sister sued him in 2008, accusing him of acting improperly as head of their father’s estate, called King Inc. They claimed he shut them out of decisions and refused to hold a shareholders meeting since 2004.

MASSACHUSETTS

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