Michael Alig (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for DailyMail.com) NEW YORK - Notorious "club kid" killer Michael Alig, who served 17 years in prison for killing his roommate over a drug debt in a case that became a book and film, has died of a suspected drug overdose six years after his release, police said.
He was 54.Alig’s death late Thursday or early Friday is being investigated as a possible drug overdose, police said. No official cause had been determined, Aja Worthy-Davis, a spokesperson for the New York City medical examiner’s office, said Saturday.Alig was part of a decadent 1990s party scene characterized by wild costumes and rampant drug use.