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"&lt;strong&gt;Charlie Sheen&lt;/strong&gt; has been hanging out with some \"bad people\" over the last few months -- and some people who were trying to save him felt he might die ... this according to multiple sources connected to the actor. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2010/10/26/1026-charlie-sheen-ex-tmz-05-credit.jpg\" alt=\"1026_charlie_sheen_EX_TMZ-05\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our sources say Sheen -- who is currently hospitalized after a drinking binge that ended with Charlie allegedly trashing his NYC hotel room -- has been having renewed substance abuse problems since August, shortly after he entered his guilty plea in the Aspen domestic violence case.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told several people came into Charlie's life soon after the court case ended that took him \"in a bad direction.\"&amp;#160; We're told when Charlie was at the Playboy mansion in August, he was already drinking again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One source who has been working with Charlie recently says he's been \"a tortured soul for months\" and his friends openly talked about how they feared for his life.&amp;#160; Another source very close to Charlie echoed the fear that Charlie's most recent downturn could end tragically.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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