DJ AM was found dead Friday afternoon in his apartment in SoHo, New York. The circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear.

DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, was found dead by a friend who went to his apartment looking for him and did not get a response and notified authorities who came to the apartment.

According to reports from TMZ prescription pill bottles were found near Goldstein's body.

TMZ also reports the DJ was devastated over a recent breakup with his girlfriend after she ended the relationship.

Goldstein survived a plane crash in September last year that left him seriously burnt.

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