11. River Phoenix
River Phoenix, Joaquin Phoenix’s brother, died of an overdose in Johnny Depp’s LA nightclub The Viper Room in 1993. River first became famous playing the Rob Reiner directed movie Stand By Me, a coming of age movie about four boys in small-town Oregon who go looking for a dead body everyone’s talking about. River Phoenix rocketed to superstardom, renown for his androgynous good looks and roiling acting performances. He died from an overdose of cocaine and heroin in the early 90s, watching Johnny Depp’s band play. According to his friend Bob Forrest, River tapped him on the shoulder and said he thought he was OD’ing. A few minutes later, he collapsed into a seizure that killed him.
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