What is River Phoenix?
{{Infobox person |name=River Phoenix |image=RIVERP1989.jpg |image_size=200px |caption=Phoenix at the 61st [[Academy Awards]] in March 1989 |birth_name=River Jude Bottom |birth_date={{birth date|1970|8|23}} |birth_place=[[Madras, Oregon]], U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1993|10|31|1970|8|23}} |death_place=[[West Hollywood, California]], U.S. |death_cause= [[Cardiac arrest]] by Multiple drug intoxication |resting_place=[[Cremation|Cremated]] in [[Micanopy, Florida]], U.S. |other_names=River Jude Phoenix |occupation=Actor, musician and activist |years_active=1982–1993 <!-- |associated_acts=[[Aleka's Attic]], [[John Frusciante]] |labels=[[Island Records]] --> |parents=[[Arlyn Phoenix]]<br>John Lee Bottom |relatives=[[Joaquin Phoenix]] (brother)<br>[[Rain Phoenix]] (sister)<br>[[Summer Phoenix]] (sister)<br>[[Liberty Phoenix]] (sister) }} '''River Jude Phoenix''' (August 23, 1970 &ndash; October 31, 1993) was an [[Americans|American]] movie, television, stage, voice actor, musician, and activist who is known for his roles in ''[[The Thing Called Love]]'', ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'', ''[[Dark Blood]]'', ''[[My Own Private Idaho]]'', ''[[I Love You To Death]]'' and in ''[[Stephen King|Stand by Me]]''. His brother was actor [[Joaquin Phoenix]]. Phoenix was born on August 23, 1970 in [[Madras, Oregon]] to Arlyn Sharon Dunetz and to John Lee Botton. He was the oldest of five. Phoenix never married and had no children. Phoenix died on October 31, 1993 in [[West Hollywood, California]] from a [[drug]] [[overdose]] and [[heart failure]], aged 23.<ref>{{cite web|title=Death of River Phoenix jolts the movie industry|accessdate=October 15, 2012|date=November 2, 1993|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/02/us/death-of-river-phoenix-jolts-the-movie-industry.html}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} {{Wikiquote}} * {{IMDb name|203}} * {{Amg name|56631}} * {{Find a Grave|1726}} {{US-actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Phoenix, River}} [[Category:197