The images above are from the program given to all the guests who attended the memorial service for Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein Thursday night at the Palladium nightclub in LA.

The service lasted almost three hours and included speeches from many of AM’s friends. “The one common theme that all the speakers shared was how selfless and generous Adam was and how much he valued his sobriety,” a guest at the service tells Life & Style.

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FROM TMZ:

Law enforcement sources tell us DJ AM — also known as Adam Goldstein — was found dead this afternoon in New York City.

Sources tell us he was found in his apartment at around 5:20 PM. We’re told drug paraphernalia was found at the scene.

Our sources say DJ AM had not been seen or heard from for a few days — one of his friends went to check on him, but got no response after knocking on his apartment door.

We’re told the friend called the police, who broke down the door and then found DJ AM’s body.

Back in September of 2008, DJ AM and Travis Barker survived a plane crash in South Carolina. Four people died in the crash — which was caused when the airplane aborted takeoff and then ran off the runway. DJ AM and Barker were the only survivors.

Sources tell TMZ prescription pill bottles were found by DJ AM’s body this afternoon.

We’re told his body was found at around 5 PM this afternoon at his apartment in New York City.

UPDATE 7:51 PM ET: We’re told his body has not been removed from the apartment.

TV pitchman Bill Mays took cocaine just days before his death, contributing to his fatal heart attack, according to an autopsy.

Mays, 50, the bearded man with the booming voice best known for his ubiquitous OxiClean ads, was found dead June 28 in his Florida home.

“From the presence of metabolites of cocaine and the absence of cocaine itself, it was concluded that Mr. Mays used cocaine in the few days prior to his death but not immediately prior to death,” says a statement from the Hillsborough County, Fla., medical examiner. “Cocaine can raise the arterial blood pressure, directly cause thickening of the wall of the left ventricle of the heart, and accelerate the formation of atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries.”

Mays was pronounced dead after his body was found in his bed by wife Deborah Mays. Early speculation focused on a bump to his head during a rough landing of a flight the day before into Tampa. But the coroner had found no sign of head trauma.

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John Hughes made Molly Ringwald a teen star after casting her in his 1984 movie Sixteen Candles. After learning about the writer-director’s death on Thursday, Ringwald shared fond words about her frequent collaborator.

“I was stunned and incredibly sad to hear about the death of John Hughes,” Ringwald said in a statement. “He was and will always be such an important part of my life.”

“He will be missed – by me and by everyone that he has touched,” she added. “My heart and all my thoughts are with his family now.”

Ringwald, who now stars in The Secret Life of the American Teenager, also had leading roles in Hughes’s 1985 classic The Breakfast Club and 1986’s Pretty in Pink, which he wrote.

Another actor Hughes made famous, Matthew Broderick, who starred in 1986’s Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, also shared his condolences with the director’s family.

“I am truly shocked and saddened by the news about my old friend John Hughes,” Broderick said in a statement. “He was a wonderful, very talented guy and my heart goes out to his family.”

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John Hughes, who directed iconic 1980s films Sixteen Candles (one of my favorite movies ever!!) and The Breakfast Club, died today. He was 59.

A spokesman for the filmmaker says he suffered a heart attack during a morning walk while in New York City visiting relatives.

Hughes’ directorial debut, 1984’s Sixteen Candles, became a teen cult classic and started Molly Ringwald’s career. She went on to star in his movie Pretty in Pink.

“I was stunned and incredibly sad to hear about the death of John Hughes,” Ringwald told Usmagazine.com in a statement. “He was and will always be such an important part of my life. He will be missed — by me and by everyone that he has touched. My heart and all my thoughts are with his family now.”

The Chicago native also directed Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and all the Home Alone movies, which made Macaulay Culkin a star.

“I was a fan of both his work and a fan of him as a person,” Culkin tells Us in a statement. “The world has lost not only a quintessential filmmaker whose influence will be felt for generations, but a great and decent man.”

Steve Martin, who starred in Hughes’ 1987 film Planes, Trains & Automobiles alongside the late John Candy, told Us the late director was an even better writer.

“John Hughes was a great director, but his gift was in screenwriting,” Martin told Us in a statement. “He created deep and complex characters, rich in humanity and humor.”

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She charmed millions without ever saying a word, and managed to make fast food tacos adorable. Gidget, the Chihuahua best known for her Taco Bell ad campaign, died from a stroke on Tuesday night at age 15.

“She made so many people happy,” says Gidget’s trainer, Sue Chipperton. People met both Gidget and Sue at a Hollywood animals photo shoot in February, where the pup was a consummate pro and delighted the crew with her playful nature.

The mostly retired actor lived out her days laying in the sun – “I like to joke that it’s like looking after a plant,” says Chipperton – and entertaining at shoots when her trainer brought her along. “Gidget,” says Chipperton, “always knew where the camera was.”

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Last night, this is what Ed McMahon’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star looked like just outside of the Roosevelt Hotel.

There were no flowers or no notes, just newspaper stuck to the sidewalk with some black paint or tar over his name.

Accident? Vandalism? Probably the latter–there are some crazy and mean spirited people out there. Luckily, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce cleaned it up that night and things are back to normal.

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