Corey Haim 'died in mother's arms'

Corey Haim's mother Judy has revealed that her son died in her arms.

The actor died suddenly in March 2010 at the age of 38 of what was later deemed to be natural causes.

During an interview on The Today Show, Judy admitted to being "upset" by reports following Corey's death that he had overdosed on prescription drugs and reiterated that the star was different to how he was portrayed in the press.

"I know the struggles of Hollywood. He was doing fine, he was fully booked from his agent for 2010, he was doing amazing. He was merely sick that day," she recalled.

"He died in my arms. I knew it was nothing else, but I didn't know exactly what it was. I had to wait for the coroner's report and the autopsy and all of that stuff. And there were lots of speculations the following day, for sure, and that really upset me."

Judy went on to reveal that she and Corey became especially close following her 2009 cancer diagnosis.

"It's been very difficult, to say the least. I was diagnosed in July 2009... Corey and I lived together - I lived with him, by the way. He was awesome, he was really petrified, he was really scared," she said.

"When they said, 'You have cancer, you have breast cancer', he tried to make light of it. He was there, holding my hand. He went to every single doctor with me. He went through the chemo with me, part of the radiation in the midst of my radiation."