River’s most recent directors, Peter Bogdonavich and George Sluizer, both believed there was foul play. The people involved (Rain and Joaquin Phoenix, Samantha Mathis, Johnny Depp, Flea and John Frusciante) didn’t speak publicly about the incident for nearly thirty years, until Samantha did in an interview in 2018 wherein she told a version of the below story to the Guardian, omitting details that would get anyone into trouble. Director William Richert claims he met with Samantha three days after River’s death, and the story she told him could’ve implicated those present at the time of the event. This version most closely aligns with River’s autopsy report, as well as an interview John Phoenix (River’s father) gave after River died. Rumor 3: This story was allegedly told to several of River’s close friends right after his death by his then girlfriend, Samantha Mathis. Cell phones were not in the mainstream by then.” When he awakened, he begged his friends to take him outside the club where he quickly fell to the sidewalk and went into seizures until a photographer, Ron Davis made a 911 call on a nearby payphone, as did River's brother, Joaquin. Upon complaining that he could not breathe, Phoenix passed out. Another of his friends decided it would be a good idea to give him a valium to calm him down.Īfter taking the valium, Phoenix would stagger back into the bar area and approach actress Samantha Mathis who was sitting with his sister, Rain Phoenix. He then turned to one of his friends and vomited. Almost immediately after snorting the heroin, Phoenix would begin trembling and shaking violently. Rumor 2: “It was about 1:00 am, Phoenix was in the bathroom of the club doing some drugs with several of his drug dealer friends, when one of them would offer him a hit of heroin. He also claims that River told him he was ODing before collapsing on the sidewalk and dying.
He claims that he saw River arrive at the Viper Room looking unsteady on his feet at the club.
#RAIN PHOENIX O CRACK#
Rumor 1: Celebrity Rehab star and Thelonious Monster frontman Bob Forrest wrote in his memoir, “Running with Monsters,” that River had been on a heroin and crack binge for days with Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante. There are many conflicting accounts of what happened that fateful night, and this post notes those rumors as well as the “truth” of how River died, as told by a long-time friend and colleague of River’s, director William Richert. His overdose at the Viper Room on Halloween eve, 1993, shocked the world. He was the primary breadwinner for his family by age 7, busking with his guitar and sister on the streets of Venezuela for food before his parents moved the Phoenix clan to Hollywood to push him into stardom. River had a dark childhood growing up in the perverted Christian child sex cult “Children of God,” and admitted to “losing his virginity” at age 4 in a 1991 interview with Details magazine. In contrast to his “goodie-goodie” image (as he mockingly described it,) there were burgeoning issues with drugs. He was a staunch supporter of LGBTQ+ rights and was an early icon for gay youth for his role as a gay street hustler in “My Own Private Idaho.” According to friends, the problems of the world weighed heavily on his shoulders as he felt it was his responsibility to solve them. He was known for being unusual, sensitive, creative, kind, and naively idealistic. He was a vegan and environmental activist before it was trendy and used his celebrity status to bring attention to the plight of humans and the earth alike. An intrinsically gifted young actor who delivered emotionally powerful performances, he was beloved by those who knew him and admired by those who didn’t. River Phoenix was known as Gen X’s James Dean.
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