This time he could not anymore escape death! DJ AM was found dead and beside his deathbed is a crackpipe and prescription medication. DJ AM was found dead in his New York City apartment. He was 36. DJ AM survived a plane crash in 2008 while four other people died. As of press time, DJ AM's body is being autopsied from cops' suspicion of drug overdose. DJ AM last tweet on August 26 in Twitter says: "New York, new york, big city of dreams, but everything in new york aint always what it seems."