Brad Renfro was a child actor who appeared in a slew of Hollywood films and grew up in the spotlight – sadly, he faced addiction battles and went on to die of an overdose
Hollywood's child stars have sometimes come to a very sad and untimely end. Actors like Stand By Me's River Phoenix, Descandants' Cameron Boyce, Poltergeist's Heather O'Rourke and Diff'rent Strokes' Dana Plato all left the world too soon, leaving fans devastated.
Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones – and who sadly passed away on 15 January, 2008, aged just 25 years old. In his short lifetime he'd completed an incredible 20 movies, the last being 2008's The Informers, with Billy Bob Thornton andAs his fame grew, and Brad got older, he sadly had numerous brushes with the law. In 1998 he was arrested for the possession of marijuana and cocaine.
Then, in 2008, Brad's drug problems caught up with him, as his girlfriend found him not breathing in his LA apartment, following a night out with friends. In her tragic call to emergency services, when asked what had happened, she replied: "I’m not sure. I mean, I think he might have taken a couple of pills last night. … He had an audition at 1 o’clock this afternoon. I’ve been trying to wake him up to get ready and he just won’t move.
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