R.I.P Jeff Conaway

"A Hickey from Kenickie is like a Hallmark Card"

Jeffrey Charles William Michael Conaway

October 5, 1950 — May 27, 2011

Jeff Conaway best known for his roles in the movie Grease and the US television series Taxi  He appeared in the Disney film Pete's Dragon and directed the 1992 film Bikini Summer II. 

Conaway also appeared with other celebrities in the VH1 reality series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. The show revealed that Conaway was addicted to cocaine, alcohol, painkillers and user of prescription opiates. Conaway had suffered a back injury earlier in his career on the set of Grease while filming the "Greased Lightning" scene.

Jeff passed away  today at the age of 60 after being hospitalised and put into an induced coma after he was found unconscious following a suspected overdose.