River Phoenix Biography
River Phoenix
Real name: River Jude Bottom
Nickname: Rio
Birthday: 23 August, 1970
Birth city: Madras, Oregon, USA
Died: 31 October, 1993
City: Hollywood, California, USA. (drug-induced heart failure)
Height: 5' 11 (180 cm)
River Phoenix (August 23, 1970 - October 31, 1993), born River Jude Bottom in Madras, Oregon, USA, was one of the most promising movie actors of his generation.
River grew up in a very poor family. He and his sister often had to busk to make money for the family. It was only after Stand By Me that River's family was able to buy a car that was not secondhand.
He and his family were all vegetarians. He believed that eating animals was wrong and was the one who, as a child, convinced his family to become vegans. His opinions on the issue were so strong that when his actress girlfriend, Martha Plimpton, ordered lobster at a restaurant, he was reported to have begun to cry in disappointment.
Phoenix was one of five siblings who pursued careers in show business, encouraged by their parents, former Children of God missionaries. He had significant juvenile roles in Stand by Me and The Mosquito Coast and portrayed a teenage Indiana Jones. He later went on to star opposite Keanu Reeves in Gus van Sant's My Own Private Idaho. He was friends with both of them and their friendship continued beyond the movie.
River disliked being seen as just a sex symbol.
He died at age 23 of a drug overdose, outside the Viper Room, a Hollywood Nightclub partly owned by actor Johnny Depp, and was cremated in Gainesville, Florida.
So far, of his siblings, his younger brother Joaquin has achieved the greatest success, with his first major role coming in another Gus van Sant movie To Die For, opposite Nicole Kidman. His sister, Rain, appeared in van Sant's adaptation of Tom Robbins's story Even Cowgirls Get the Blues alongside many other well-known personalities.
[source: http://www.wikipedia.com]
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