Young Actor Brad Renfro Found Dead
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting Suncoast Scribe!
Even if you do not know Brad Renfro’s name, chances are you have seen him in a movie and been charmed by his presence. He was only 25, but was found dead yesterday in his L.A. home by his girlfriend. Word on the street is that he had been drinking the night before with friends. Were drugs involved? No one is saying yet, but he has a sordid past chock full of drugs and arrests. He was a troubled guy – talented, but troubled.
Renfro was most often noted for his work in “The Client” and “Apt Pupil”. I liked him best in “Bully” and “Ghost World”.
Renfro outlived River Phoenix by two years. Phoenix was only 23 when hr overdosed and died on the streets of Hollywood. Certainly, they were two very different guys, but if you consider their apple-pie good looks and sincere film careers, as well as their struggles with addiction, they seem very much the same in many ways now.
An autopsy is likely to take place tomorrow.
Note: Alternate sources say Renfro was found in aan apartment where he had spent the night with friends. Reports say he was heard snoring overnight, but found not breathing later Tuesday morning. Friends then called 911 and paramedics declared him dead at the scene at about 9 a.m.
No comments yet.