Grease Star in Coma After OD

Jeff Conaway in critical condition
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted May 19, 2011 3:42 AM CDT
Grease Star Jeff Conaway in Coma After Overdose
In this Oct. 13, 2009 photo, Jeff Conaway arrives at the 2009 Fox Reality Channel Really Awards in Los Angeles.    (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Former Celebrity Rehab patient Jeff Conaway is in critical condition in a California hospital after an apparent drug overdose. The 60-year-old actor, who starred as bad-boy Kenickie in Grease and as wisecracking Bobby Wheeler in the sitcom Taxi, "is in a coma and unresponsive at this time," his rep tells E! Online. Conaway, who opened up on reality shows about his addictions to cocaine, painkillers, and alcohol, has struggled with health problems in recent years. (More Jeff Conaway stories.)

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