Actor Corey Haim, teen star of The Lost Boys, dies of drugs overdose aged 38

ACTOR Corey Haim, who appeared in cult 80s movie The Lost Boys, has died of an apparent drugs overdose in Los Angeles today aged 38.

• Corey Haim pictured last year

Canadian-born Haim became a teenage heartthrob with the 1986 film "Lucas" and 1987's The Lost Boys.

His first role was in the 1984 hit Firstborn, in which he played a young child caught up in a family war.

He then appeared in the 1985 television movie A Time to Live.

In recent years, he appeared in the American A&E reality TV show "The Two Coreys" with his friend Corey Feldman.

It was cancelled in 2008 after two seasons.

Haim dated Victoria Beckham in the mid-90s and was namechecked in indie band The Thrills' song 'Whatever Happened to Corey Haim?' in 2004.