Overview
- Photos and video published by TMZ on Dec. 9 showed the 59-year-old slumped on steps outside a Hollywood building as bystanders tried to rouse him.
- Bystanders administered Narcan at the scene; LAFD and LAPD responded to an overdose call, and the fire department said the man was not transported to a hospital.
- Dick told TMZ he was alive after the incident and later said he used crack, describing himself as “100%” and then “110%” fine.
- In a follow-up exchange, he rejected suggestions to seek treatment and said he would not go to rehab.
- Authorities have not officially confirmed the medical cause, and coverage notes his longstanding struggles with addiction and a 2022 sexual battery conviction requiring sex-offender registration.