- Rick Kirkham
Rick Kirkham was a reporter for "
Inside Edition " who appeared on a segment called "Inside Adventure". From the age of 14, he filmed more than 3,000 hours of a video diary; this included footage during his tenure on "Inside Edition" during which he was addicted tocrack cocaine . [ [http://www.bobrivers.com/ontheshow/brsnews.asp?artid=6961&cat=10&dismode=article BobRivers.com] ]He appeared on "
The Oprah Winfrey Show " in 2007 to talk about his addiction, and clips of his video diary were shown. [ [http://www2.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200704/tows_past_20070409.jhtmlOprah.com Oprah episode, "Addiction: Why Can't They Stop?"] ] On "Oprah", Kirkham said he was a functional addict, and that he would smoke crack at night instead of sleeping, remaining high for about six hours, and report for work at "Inside Edition" two hours later. Kirkham went days without sleep during this time. He said he once interviewed PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush while high on crack; the subject was drug abuse.The footage concerning his drug addiction was used on the movie "
TV Junkie ". [ [http://www.hbo.com/addiction/thefilm/related/671_tvjunkie.html HBO website, TV Junkie page] ] "TV Junkie"'s filmmakers Michael Cain and Matt Radecki sifted through the video-diary footage to piece together the story of Kirkham's life, focusing on the seven years in which he and his family struggled with his addiction to crack cocaine.References
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* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=67864881 Rick Kirkham's MySpace page]
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