Cremated; ashes scattered at family ranch in Micanopy, Florida[1]
Occupations
Actor
musician
songwriter
activist
Years active
1982–1993
Parent
Arlyn Phoenix (mother)
Relatives
Rain Phoenix (sister)
Joaquin Phoenix (brother)
Liberty Phoenix (sister)
Summer Phoenix (sister)
Musical career
Genres
Alternative rock
folk rock
Instruments
Vocals
guitar
Musical artist
River Jude Phoenix (né Bottom; August 23, 1970 – October 31, 1993) was an American actor and musician. Phoenix was known as a teen actor before taking on leading roles in critically acclaimed films. He received numerous accolades including Volpi Cup and the Independent Spirit Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, and Golden Globe Award.
Phoenix grew up in an itinerant family, as the older brother of Rain Phoenix, Joaquin Phoenix, Liberty Phoenix, and Summer Phoenix. He began his acting career at age 10 in television commercials.[2] His early film roles include Explorers (1985), Stand by Me (1986), and The Mosquito Coast (1986). Phoenix made a transition into more adult-oriented roles earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the Sidney Lumet drama Running on Empty (1988). He earned the Volpi Cup for Best Actor and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his performance as Michael Waters, a gay hustler in search of his estranged mother in the Gus Van Sant drama My Own Private Idaho (1991).
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]
^"A decade without River Phoenix". BBC. October 31, 2003.
^Weinraub, Bernard (November 2, 1993). "Death of River Phoenix Jolts the Movie Industry". The New York Times. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
^Edwards, Gavin (October 17, 2013). "River Phoenix's Tragic Overdose: Dan Aykroyd Warned Him About Heroin Dependency". Vanity Fair. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
River Jude Phoenix (né Bottom; August 23, 1970 – October 31, 1993) was an American actor and musician. Phoenix was known as a teen actor before taking...
the older sister of Joaquin, Liberty and Summer Phoenix and younger sister of RiverPhoenix. Phoenix was born Rain Joan of Arc Bottom in Crockett, Texas...
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Dyslexia (1984) with his brother RiverPhoenix and on an episode of Murder, She Wrote (1984) with his sister Summer Phoenix. He made his feature film debut...
but gained a cult following since its release. Mathis co-starred with RiverPhoenix in The Thing Called Love (1993). She appeared in the 1994 film adaptation...
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Jim Barton, and starring RiverPhoenix, Judy Davis, and Jonathan Pryce. The film was not completed due to the death of Phoenix in 1993, shortly before...
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Miranda Presley, a young musician who tries to make it big in Nashville. RiverPhoenix, Dermot Mulroney and Sandra Bullock also star. While the film involves...
Richard Benjamin and starring RiverPhoenix and Sidney Poitier. The film marks the first collaboration between Phoenix and Poitier (the second being Sneakers...
fictional character in Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho, portrayed by RiverPhoenix. He is a sensitive, homeless teenage hustler who suffers from narcolepsy...
Hollywood elite, and gained infamy for its drug-related incidents; actor RiverPhoenix had a fatal drug overdose in 1993, actor Jason Donovan suffered a drug-induced...
Young Actor in a Family Film Made for Television, with his brother RiverPhoenix. His performance in Parenthood led him to be nominated for the Young...
role of Darren in the 1985 movie Explorers, alongside Ethan Hawke and RiverPhoenix. His debut came in 1984 with the film The Stone Boy performing with...
(1985), and Stand By Me (1986) as Teddy Duchamp, the latter alongside RiverPhoenix, Wil Wheaton, and Jerry O'Connell. In 1987, Feldman appeared with Corey...
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America West Arena (now Footprint Center) in downtown Phoenix from 1996 to 2003, at Glendale's Gila River Arena (now Desert Diamond Arena) from 2003 to 2022...
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