Whatever happened to...Brad Renfro?

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Apparently this.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-skidrow23dec23,0,1814307.story?coll=la-home-headlines

― Go, GO, GO!!!, Sunday, 25 December 2005 10:48 (twenty years ago)

Holy shit, according to IMDb the guy is 3 years younger than me! Live fast, die young, leave a bloated corpse.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 25 December 2005 11:36 (twenty years ago)

The irony is that he landed The Client because he was spotted during a D.A.R.E. performance at a local school.

I'm not convinced that he looks way old - maybe he's just doing the indie old-dude haircut thing.

― Eh, Sunday, 25 December 2005 18:08 (twenty years ago)

That photo makes me really sad, somehow.

― remy (x Jeremy), Sunday, 25 December 2005 18:40 (twenty years ago)

Arrested in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on a grand theft charge for allegedly trying to steal a 45 foot yacht. He and a companion failed to untie the boat from the dock, causing damage to both the boat and the dock. [28 August 2000]

― 'Twan (miccio), Sunday, 25 December 2005 19:53 (twenty years ago)

he was really cute in ghost world..

― phil-two (phil-two), Sunday, 25 December 2005 21:19 (twenty years ago)

He wants to be the 00s ~~Corey Haim~~ River Phoenix duh.

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Sunday, 25 December 2005 21:24 (twenty years ago)

You can take the boy out of Knoxville, but you can't take Knoxville out of the boy.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 25 December 2005 21:30 (twenty years ago)

(It is very sad, and his family situation, to the extent I've heard about it, is sadder. Your basic redneck hell.)

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 25 December 2005 21:31 (twenty years ago)

The whole thing makes me a little angry. That picture was on the front page of the LA Times on Friday! Not the front page of the Calendar section, the front page. Was that really necessary? The poor guy.

Anyway, he was fantastic in Bully.

― Gogi Ormsby-Gore (Arthur), Monday, 26 December 2005 01:15 (twenty years ago)

It is very sad, and his family situation, to the extent I've heard about it, is sadder.

can you tell me more about it?

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Monday, 26 December 2005 09:53 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

TMZ has learned actor Brad Renfro is dead.

The 25-year-old actor was found dead at his Los Angeles home this morning. The cause of death has not been determined, however, Renfro had a history of drug abuse.

Sources tell us Renfro, who had starring roles in "The Client" and "Apt Pupil" had been working valiantly to stay clean, especially since this summer. Renfro had been convicted of several drug offenses, including attempted heroin possession.

Renfro had been filming a movie with Winona Ryder and Billy Bob Thornton. The movie, "The Informers," just wrapped.

Renfro has had a rough time personally since moving from Tennessee to Los Angeles. His parents split, and we're told he did not have real guidance from adults as he tried navigating the treacherous movie industry.

― danbunny, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 00:36 (eighteen years ago)

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