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By Brian Moylan May 27, 2011 2:29 PM 23,994

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Grease Star and Celebrity Rehab Alum Jeff Conaway Dies of Overdose

Jeff Conaway, who played Kenickie in Grease, and was one of Dr. Drew's reality TV lab rats on Celebrity Rehab in 2008 has died after falling into a overdose-related coma earlier this month. He was 60.

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