River Phoenix (August 23, 1970 - October 31, 1993 †)
At midnight on October 31, 1993, Phoenix went to the nightclub The Viper Room, the trendy local time, along with his brothers and his girlfriend. River hoped to play the guitar at the club. But they gave him the bad news that could not do it because too many people on stage. That did him so badly that was the trigger of an excess consumption of alcohol and drugs. Inside the room, some witnesses testified that Rivera was acting strange. He began to feel ill and took him out into the street. There on the sidewalk began to have seizures. His brother, just 19 years, ran a booth to call 911, while his sister tried to do mouth to mouth resuscitation. Soon, River was taken by ambulance, arriving at the hospital with a heart attack about 1:34 a.m. At 1:51 a.m., River Phoenix was pronounced dead. On November 12 made public the autopsy report, which found that Phoenix died of an overdose, having ingested large amounts of cocaine and heroin is also found traces of marijuana and valium. The news caused a sensation in Hollywood, where the actor had a reputation as environmentalist and naturalist, as opposed to drug use. Four months later he was released "Silent Tongue". The movie he was filming had to be suspended.