'Grease,' 'Taxi' star Jeff Conaway dies at 60 - So Sad!!

BREAKING NEWS

Jeff Conaway, who starred in "Taxi" and played Danny Zuko's buddy Kenickie in 1978's "Grease," has died at a Los Angeles area hospital, TMZ has reported. He was 60.

A representative for Conaway told TODAY.com that he could not confirm or deny the news, however, TMZ reported that Conaway's family had confirmed the death.

The actor had been in a medically induced coma since he was found unconscious in his apartment on May 11. Doctors had said there was no hope for his recovery and his family decided to take him off life support on Thursday, according to E! News.

Conaway's ex-girlfriend, Vikki Lizzi, had gone to court to try and prevent the action. E! reports that Lizzi and Conaway had filed dueling restraining orders against each other earlier this year after their breakup.

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Conaway had publicly battled addiction issues, and was treated by Dr. Drew Pinsky on VH1's "Celebrity Rehab."

After Conaway was discovered unresponsive on May 11, manager Phil Brock first said that an overdose of painkillers was a likely culprit, but that theory was disputed days later by Pinsky, who said that there was no sign of an intentional overdose and instead the actor was suffering from pneumonia and the blood poisoning known as sepsis.

"Not an OD like press is alleging & certainly not dead," Pinsky tweeted late last week after visiting Conaway at Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center.

E! Online quoted some of Conaway's Hollywood friends reacting to the news.

"Yet again another beautiful soul is wasted due to the growing problem of pharmaceutical addiction," Corey Feldman told E! News. "I have lost way too many friends because of irresponsible practices where doctors are overmedicating obvious addicts. It's horriffic and disgusting! My heart goes out to Jeff's family, he was a wonderful human."

E! also reported that former "Munsters" star Butch Patrick, a onetime party pal of Conaways, said he was "devastated" by the loss.

via today.msnbc.msn.com