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Over the course of five seasons, Celebrity Rehab featured high-profile musicians, actors, athletes, TV personalities, models and more. Twelve celebrities from the reality show have died since their appearances on the program.
Seth Binzer; Jeff Conaway; Jason Davis; Rodney King; Tawny Kitaen; Joey Kovar; Joanie Laurer; Frankie Lons; Mindy McCready; Nikki McKibbin; Tom Sizemore; and Mike Starr.
The VH1 reality series premiered in 2008. Each season followed a different group of celebrities being treated for their addictions by Dr. Drew Pinsky and his staff at the Pasadena Recovery Center in California. The show ran for six seasons until it was canceled in 2013 after several former cast members died.
Pinsky said that while many viewers think that much of what is shown on Celebrity Rehab is faked for the cameras, the show was very real. These are really sick people, that's why they die, Pinsky said. These are people with life-threatening addiction.
Mindy McCready. Storyline. While the detox process is painful and difficult for all the patients, most are making it through without complications, until Mindy McCready suffers an intense seizure and is taken to the hospital.