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1970 - Born on the 23rd of August.
1960 - The two joined the Children of God cult and became missionaries, traveling throughout South America.
1982 - He played the role of Guthrie in the TV version of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, his mother insisted on him using a rope for a belt; he steadfastly refused to wear leather.
1985 - Phoenix made his feature-film debut as a young genius in Explorers.
- He had significant juvenile roles in Joe Dante's Explorers.
1986 - Rob Reiner's coming of age picture Stand By Me.
1986 - Peter Weir's The Mosquito Coast.
1988 - Played the son of Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren; A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon.
1993 - On the 31st of October, Phoenix died at age 23 from an accidental drug overdose of heroin and cocaine.
1960 - The two joined the Children of God cult and became missionaries, traveling throughout South America.
1982 - He played the role of Guthrie in the TV version of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, his mother insisted on him using a rope for a belt; he steadfastly refused to wear leather.
1985 - Phoenix made his feature-film debut as a young genius in Explorers.
- He had significant juvenile roles in Joe Dante's Explorers.
1986 - Rob Reiner's coming of age picture Stand By Me.
1986 - Peter Weir's The Mosquito Coast.
1988 - Played the son of Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren; A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon.
1993 - On the 31st of October, Phoenix died at age 23 from an accidental drug overdose of heroin and cocaine.
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