Billy Idol reveals he nearly died of a heroin overdose in London in 1984 in the new documentary 'Billy Idol Should Be Dead,' which premiered on June 10 at Tribeca Festival.

In his new documentary Billy Idol Should Be Dead, which premiered at the Tribeca Festival on Tuesday, June 10, the 69-year-old musician describes the drug overdose that nearly killed him in 1984.

In 1981, Billy Idol moved from London, where he’d had some success with his punk band Generation X, to Manhattan. He found a one-room West Village apartment, at One Sheridan Square, where his ...