Corey Haim - Memorabilia Company To Cover Haim's Funeral Costs

Bosses at a U.S. memorabilia company have offered to pay COREY HAIM's funeral costs - after the tragic star's relatives appealed to fans to help fund a proper memorial.

The Lost Boys star died of a suspected drug overdose in Los Angeles on Wednesday (10Mar10), and his family members revealed they were struggling to gather enough money to fly his body home to his native Canada.

They set up an online fund so fans could donate to Haim's funeral costs, and began selling the late actor's possessions on internet auction site eBay.com.

But now executives at Startifacts, the company helping to sell Haim's belongings online, have offered to hand his mother a $20,000 (£13,300) cheque ahead of the memorial, instead of making her wait for all of the money to come through after the online auctions finish.

Haim will be buried in Toronto, Canada next week (beg15Mar10).