12 Child stars who shockingly died young (With Pictures)

11. Brad Renfro

Brad Renfro shot to fame when he was eleven years old due to his role in ‘The Client’ and went on to appear in over twenty movies. Unfortunately, Renfro passed away in 2008 at the age of twenty-five after spending the previous years in a vicious cycle of drugs and drinking. The actor was discovered on the 15^th of January in his Los Angeles apartment. Renfro’s exact cause of death was ruled an accidental overdose due to a combination of heroin and morphine. Sadly, less than three weeks after the actor’s death his grandmother whom he was very close with and who had accompanied him during his early acting days also passed away.