Rubinstein commits suicide

By 1990 Rubinstein had become a heroin user and occasional dealer . In a conflict with another dealer, he was severely beaten with a baseball bat, requiring weeks of hospitalization. In 1993 he began dating Tiffany Bresciani, who supported both of their drug habits by prostitution . This same year, Rubinstein’s mother was killed in a car accident. Soon after, he and Bresciani were on Houston Street looking for customers and drugs. A familiar customer in a truck hired Bresciani and the two of them disappeared. A few days later, police on Long Island stopped the same truck and discovered Bresciani’s slain body in the back. The driver was Joel Rifkin , later convicted as a serial killer responsible for the murder of several sex workers. Despondent over his continuing drug addiction and the loss of his girlfriend and mother, Rubinstein committed suicide shortly thereafter. This same year, New Red Archives issued A Collection of Pop Classics , which collected both Volume 1 and Volume 2 on a single CD.