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1980–1993: Early work and family tragedy. In 1979, when Phoenix's father had to stop working because of an old spinal injury, the family moved to Los Angeles where the mother met a high-profile child agent named Iris Burton, who got the children into commercials and bit parts on TV. [12] .
May 7, 2023 · Following several days of binging on cocaine and heroin, 23-year-old actor River Phoenix collapsed outside Hollywood's Viper Room nightclub right in front of his brother, sister, and girlfriend on October 31, 1993. Few movie stars of the early 1990s were as beloved as River Phoenix.
Phoenix died at age 23 from combined drug intoxication in West Hollywood in the early hours of Halloween, 1993, having overdosed on cocaine and heroin (a mixture commonly known as speedball) at The Viper Room. [3] Early life. Phoenix was born on August 23, 1970, in Madras, Oregon, the first child of Arlyn Dunetz and John Lee Bottom. [4] .
Aug 3, 2022 · From his childhood in a bizarre cult to a near-fatal car accident, here is the often tragic true story of famously private actor Joaquin Phoenix.
Jan 14, 2020 · Joaquin Phoenix has opened up about the impact that the death of his brother, River Phoenix, had on their family. River, who famously starred in the 1986 coming of age film Stand By Me, died...
Oct 31, 2023 · He was pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The official toxicology report showed that the Stand by Me actor had “lethal levels of cocaine and morphine” in his system, according to the...
Sep 13, 2020 · Despite a reluctance to talk about River publicly in the past, Joaquin Phoenix and his family spoke candidly about his death, legacy, and influence with 60 Minutes correspondent Anderson...
Nov 1, 2023 · “He’s having seizures! Get here, please. I think he took Valium or something. Please, he’s dying!” The voice on the 911 call on the night of Halloween, 1993, was Joaquin Phoenix. A few meters...
Jan 13, 2020 · Joaquin Phoenix is revealing how intrusive he found the media to be following the death of his brother, River, in 1993. The "Stand By Me" star suffered a drug overdose at 23. Phoenix, 45,...
Jan 14, 2020 · Phoenix was heavily influenced by his older brother River, who, at just 23 years old, died from a drug overdose outside Hollywood club The Viper Room.
