Search results
Oct 31, 2023 · River Phoenix. Barry King/WireImage. Phoenix’s death was ruled a drug overdose by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office two weeks after he collapsed outside of a nightclub. He was...
Oct 25, 2018 · Hadley Freeman. Thu 25 Oct 2018 01.00 EDT. O n the night of 30 October 1993, River Phoenix, his girlfriend, the actor Samantha Mathis, and his siblings Leaf (now known as Joaquin) and Rain,...
River Phoenix. Actor: My Own Private Idaho. River Phoenix was born River Jude Bottom in Madras, Oregon. His mother, Arlyn (Dunetz), a Bronx-born secretary, and his father, John Bottom, a carpenter, met in California in 1968.
Apr 16, 2024 · River Phoenix (born August 23, 1970, Madras, Oregon, U.S.—died October 31, 1993, Los Angeles, California) American actor best known for his starring roles in the films Stand by Me (1986), Running on Empty (1988), and My Own Private Idaho (1991). Phoenix died of a drug overdose in 1993 at age 23.
Story by Elizabeth Stanton. • 5mo • 6 min read. It’s been 30 years since the tragic death of River Phoenix, the young actor best known for his roles in "Stand By Me" and "My Own Private Idaho."...
Oct 31, 2023 · Steve North. October 31, 2023 @ 12:25 PM. “Hollywood is mourning the loss of two of its own today,” the radio newscaster announced 30 years ago. My ears perked up, perhaps a bit more than the...
River Jude Phoenix (né Bottom; August 23, 1970 – October 31, 1993) was an American actor and musician. Phoenix grew up in an itinerant family, as the older brother of Rain Phoenix, Joaquin Phoenix, Liberty Phoenix, and Summer Phoenix. He had no formal schooling, but showed an instinctive talent for the guitar.
