Death Statistics

river phoenix died on 10/31/1993 at the age of 23. river was prominently known as an actor, and is remembered fondly by family, friends, and fans.

Digging into our profile records, among our cinema class of profiles, river phoenix is one of 6 actors who has died as a result of accidental drug overdose .

Within the broader landscape of our profiles, river phoenix was one of 17 individuals who had succumbed out of a total death count in our database of 1004 individuals. (excluding fictional characters)