River Phoenix was just 23 years old when he collapsed outside of a Los Angeles nightclub and died in 1993 Lynsey Eidell is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

It’s been 30 years since the tragic death of River Phoenix, the young actor best known for his roles in "Stand By Me" and "My Own Private Idaho." Phoenix was just 23 years old when he died in ...

River Phoenix's family is honoring him 31 years after ... in each of us and so we carry on celebrating his life for those 23 precious years," she continued. "There are no guarantees in life ...

But River Phoenix, who died 20 years ago Thursday of a drug overdose at age 23, has a legacy more meaningful than the sum of its relatively few parts. He arrived on the heels of the wayward Brat ...

"Stand By Me" star River Phoenix joined the list of celebrities who died before age 30 at the height of his career on ...

She captioned the post simply, "Happy Birthday River," punctuated with a blue ... we carry on celebrating his life for those 23 precious years." Phoenix's death "shocked the hell out of me ...

Arlyn “Heart” Phoenix is honoring late son River Phoenix’s birthday nearly 30 years after his death. “August 23, 1970 [was] one of the most amazing days of my life bringing Earthbound a ...

River Phoenix died on Oct. 31, 1993. He was 23. Rain Phoenix is remembering her late brother, River Phoenix, on what would have been his 54th birthday. On Friday, the actress shared a moving ...

mother of the late River Phoenix, has paid tribute to her son on what would have been his 53rd birthday. Taking to social media on Wednesday (August 23), Heart remembered River, the oldest of her ...

Sharing a photo of a deer, the Stand by Me actor's mother Arlyn "Heart" Phoenix wrote on Instagram, "My son River passed over on this day, October 31, 1993. He was 23 years old and that was 31 ...

River tragically passed away on October 31, 1993, at the age of 23 after overdosing on drugs at The Viper Room in Los Angeles. His younger siblings, Joaquin, now 48, and Rain, now 50, were with ...