Sunday, March 14, 2010

Donor Steps Up to Help Pay Costs for Haim's Funeral

Corey Haim is to be laid to rest on Tuesday in Toronto, the Toronto Star reports. The owner of a memorabilia company, Startifacts, has stepped forward to donate $20,000 towards the costs of bringing the body home, and the funeral and burial.

I'm sort of sad that it appears that none of the Hollywood stars who are claiming to be friends and admirers are helping. I hear varying things about Haim's family, and perhaps there isn't as much sympathy for them, but still, the cost of a burial is pocket change for some of these people. What about Charlie Sheen, his costar from Lucas, the highest paid sitcom actor on television (not that he doesn't have his own bills to pay right now, but still)? Charlie's problems with substance abuse are beyond well-documented; you would think he might have some sympathy. Haim's problems don't make him less deserving of a proper burial.

I hope that there doesn't end up with some big outcry in Toronto if the city pays for the burial plot. That's next to nothing, and it doesn't deserve some huge backlash. From all reports, Haim was a good guy who, as Corey Feldman put it, never did anything to hurt anyone but himself. Let him rest in peace at home.

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