The Tragic Death Of Hillel Slovak

Slovak passed away on June 25, 1988. His body was found two days later, with an autopsy determining that he had died due to a heroin overdose, according to VH1. He was 26.

"Hillel was dead. I crumpled to the floor. No more nothing. No more dancing, no more arguments or petty b*******," bassist Flea later recalled in his autobiography Acid For The Children (per Alternative Nation). "No more supportive discussions. No more yearning. No more discovering ourselves together in funky grooves. No more of the easy laughter at the unsaid jokes. No more chance to fix it ... No more nothing. His inspiration lives in me. I would never be the Flea you all know without him."

Following Slovak's death, frontman Kiedis reportedly left town and refused to attend the funeral, as Inquisitr reports. Although he was in shock from the death of his close friend, he was not "scared straight" and continued to use heroin until another buddy swayed him to check into rehab and visit Slovak's grave. To Kiedis, visiting his deceased bandmate was the trigger that inspired him to get clean.

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