OlderBrad Renfro Dead at 25
Brad Renfro is dead, reports TMZ.
The 25-year-old actor, who has had a history of drug abuse, was found dead at his Los Angeles home this morning.
He just wrapped the film The Informers costarring Winona Ryder and Billy Bob Thornton.
Cause of death has not been determined.
Via Wiki: Renfro has gone on to act in several well-regarded films in his adulthood including 2001’s Ghost World and Bully and 2005’s The Jacket with Keira Knightley and Adrien Brody. In 1995 he won Hollywood Reporter’s “Young Star” award and was nominated as one of People’s “Top 30 Under 30.”
UPDATE: Craig Harvey, chief investigator for the Los Angeles county coroner, told People that drug overdose is “obviously it’s a possibility considering his history, but right now all we have is the history of his drinking the previous night. All that we have is that he was last known to be alive during the morning hours and he was snoring.”
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OMG! This is so sad…
I really loved him when I saw him in Sleepers and The Cure.
He’s such a beautiful boy…
I can’t believe this, sooo sad……….
May his soul rest in peace………
wow, i feel sorry for his family
omg i can’t believe this! news like this always make me really sad… RIP Brad
I remember being really impressed when he was in The Client, and his chemistry with Susan Sarandon was terrific. Unfortunately it wasn’t too long after that he got into the drugs (too much too soon, IMHO). I doubt Young Hollywood will ever learn. Such a waste.
What!
this is extremely sad. RIP Brad.
gosh, he’s my age. RIP, buddy.
omg..I remember him from back in the day..Can’t believe he’s dead!
RIP..
I don’t even know who he is But this is still sad. Too bad. Lets hope though that the next one’s Brittney Spears. It’s a shame when another celebrity dies. He was young. But live a druggy, die a druggie.
Jesus Christ!
I can’t believe it!!
he was so talented, handsome..
but I dunnew ’bout the other side of him..
make me sad =/
that’s a shame. i remember years ago he was everywhere and was supposed to be the next big thing and then he dissapeared and had some drug issues. wow.. that’s really too bad. my thoughts are with the family.
This is SO sad. He was a really gifted young actor. Not only his first role in The Client, but he did a movie with Sir Ian McClellen and he also was in that movie Sleepers, about four kids who grew up in Hell’s Kitchen in NYC go to a reform school where they are molested.When they grow up, two of them murder one of the cops who molested them. It was a really good move with Kevin Bacon as the sleezy cop and Robert DeNiro as their priest and Brad Pitt was Brad Renfro when he grew up and became a lawyer. Minnie Driver was in it too. I am so sorry Brad Renfro died.
He was indeed great in The Client. Bully is one of my all-time favorites. He was also in Apt Pupil and Sleepers, just to name a few. He was supposed to be the next big thing. This is horrible. RIP. My thoughts are with his family.
RIP
Wow, this is terrible sad news. He was a great actor…seeing all this chaos on JJ I was beginning to think the things just written on this site are nothing but hoaxes…It’s really sad to lose someone so talented. I will always remember how great an actor he was.
Athena
omg..i cant believe it!
he was sooooooo cute and good in ‘the cure’ :(
This is so sad. He was so handsome and a great actor. This is very unfortunate. God Bless his soul. :(
Don’t really know him but he was so young. RIP Brad and hopefully you have finally found peace.
This makes my heart hurt. I had such a huge crush on him when i was younger that i took a fold out poster of him from my Bop magazine and hung it in my tent when i went camping. oh how sad..he was so talented.
Who? What? ……….Who? ………..as I was saying……
WHAT?!
Given his history, I shouldn’t be shocked that it was bound to happen soon enough but I’m such a fan. For nine years, I fancied myself in love with him. What a troubled soul.
And a tremendous actor. Really.
He was in “The Client”, “The Cure”, “Tom & Huck”, “Sleepers” then a lot of smaller indies that most people probably haven’t seen. Oh my gosh, I’m so sad.
um, the outpouring of emotions is really nice and all but where was everyone while brad had issues and his career was hurting.. i don’t remember anyone mentioning him then. pretty sure that’s how his life went as well, it’s no surprise he left us so young.. where was his support system and life substance :/
i love him when i was young too..my fave movie of him was THE CURE..it was a touching movie..
rest in peace brad renfro…
i love him when i was younger too..my fave movie of him was THE CURE..it was a touching movie..
rest in peace brad renfro…
This is so tragic. He was incredibly talented in many of the movies people have mentioned. The Apt Pupil was one of his best performances along with Sleepers, and The Client. His early passing reminds me of another young star that passed away too soon..his name was Jonathan Brandis I think. It’s so sad when talent is not recognized as it should be and then these young stars resort to drugs to ease whatever pain they are feeling.
Its just so sad.
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