The Heartbreaking Truth About River Phoenix

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  @Factinate · 1 year ago · pinned

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  @sometimesnevernot · 1 year ago

  Nobody loses their virginity at age 4. That&apos;s just called rape.

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  @8yeemjura · 7 months ago

  He had one of the most beautiful faces the world&apos;s ever seen.

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  @SadieMarieRose13 · 1 year ago

  River&apos;s death was a crushing loss for our generation. His unique brilliance and tenderness. We&apos;ll never know what amazing things he would have accomplished.

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  @karmaficionado1163 · 1 year ago

  In the early 90s, I worked the bar, front door and security at a rock bar on east coast. River’s band played there one night. He was very nice and not snobby at all. He gave my roommate Tippy and I a box fan that he used on stage. He had drawn all over the fan with a sharpie. He made the power knob into a Heineken beer cap. Tippy and I always referred to it as the “Phoenix Fan” and we idolized that fan as a work of art. Glad I got to meet and hang out with him. Good dude! RIP ❤

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  @thepspman116 · 1 year ago

  Man that final scene of River in stand by me is so foreshadowing and heartbreaking

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  @thomasmarciano6133 · 1 year ago

  River was signed on to play Daniel Malloy, the young man who played the interviewer in &quot;Interview with the Vampire&quot; (1994). The tragedy of what happened that night in October, 1993 ended that. Actor Christian Slater took up the role. After principal photography wrapped, Christian donated his entire salary from the movie to two of River&apos;s favorite charities.

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  @micahrowe · 1 year ago (edited)

  I was a child actor in LA around the time he passed and had the same agent as River. Iris Burton. I was around 12 when he died and she took all of us, her clients, out to play mini golf. She would rent the entire place out and give us each $40 in tokens for the arcade in giant cups. It’s weird that by the time I was 13 I had worked for a union for 10 years and earned retirement. Been paying taxes since I was 3. I’m 43 now. I quit acting almost 30 years ago. This event was the catalyst to get my parents to pull me out of the industry. They were concerned I would go down a similar path. RIP River.

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  @gripplehound · 1 year ago

  Poor guy is a testament to how lack of parenting damages and endures.

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  @ccn9001 · 1 year ago

  I met a family member of his recently and he still started crying talking about River all these years later. River had a HUGE impact on his life. ❤

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  @liz3108 · 1 year ago (edited)

  I was a massive River fan as a teenager, I was devastated when he died 😢 Dogfight was one of my favourite movies. He was too gentle for this harsh world

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  @lynn8691 · 1 year ago

  What a horrible tragedy this was. Such a handsome, and incredibly talented young man River Phoenix was. May his spirit RIP.

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