Losing A Good Friend
Reeves also experienced heartbreak in 1993, when actor River Phoenix died. Reeves lost a good friend. Phoenix was just 23 years old when he passed away due to a drug overdose. “I enjoyed his company very much and enjoyed his mind and his spirit and his soul,” Reeves said about his late pal in a 2000 interview with Rolling Stone. “We brought good out in each other. He was a real original thinker.”
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