| World / USA / California / West Hollywood, 1 km from center | Coordinates: 34°5'26"N 118°23'4"W |
A few minutes before 1 AM (Halloween morning), River had been in the bathroom of The Viper Room, a club owned by Johnny Depp at 8852 Sunset Boulevard, doing drugs with some drug dealer friends and someone offered him a snort of high-grade Persian Brown. He was told it would make him feel fabulous. As soon as he snorted it he started trembling and shaking in front of the sink, screamed at his friend and then vomited. Someone tried to help by splashing cold water on his face and then gave him a Valium. (Nothing helps someone O.D.ing than to give them more drugs.) He staggered back into the bar and over to actress Samantha Mathis and his sister Rain. He complained he could not breathe and briefly passed out. When he came to, he asked Mathis to take him outside. Mathis first called River's friend and assistant Abby, then Mathis and River's brother Joaquin took him outside. River then collapsed on the sidewalk. After that he started going into seizures and had three before a photographer, Ron Davis, went to call 911 at the nearby payphone, and so did Joaquin. "He looked like a fish out of water," said Ron Davis, who was standing outside the club. He was "thrashing spasmodically, his head flopping from side to side, arms flailing wildly." Rain had since come out and thrown herself on River to attempt to stop the seizures. It seems after 8 minutes of seizures they stopped and River was still, at which point Joaquin said he was not breathing. At 1:14 a.m. he was in cardiac arrest when paramedics arrived and Paramedic Ray Ribar of the LA County Fire Department began to administer CPR. They rushed him to Cedars Sinai Medical Center where they arrived at 1:34 am. When they got there, his skin was dark blue, but his body was still warm. The ER physicians did everything to revive him, even inserting a pacemaker. He was pronounced dead at 1:51 am.
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17 months ago Kristen | +1 |
 
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That is the sadest death story I have ever herd. I know everyone did their best to try and save him, but the club should have someone in the bathroom to make shure that doesn't happen again. That photographer was a good man to have called 911 instead of taking pictures for money. I'm sure River watches over him, and thanks him very much. That should teach people how bad drugs are, and not to make friends with people who are involved in them. I just wanted to thank all the people who tried to save him. :( | ||||
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13 months ago Natalie | +1 |
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It is such a tragedie that River Phoenix died. He was not only a great actor, he was a great human being as well, and the way he died was very sad. it is very sad no one could help him. I wonder what roles he would play these days.... | ||||
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13 months ago Cassiano | +1 |
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I think that the drug overdose use that led to his accidental death sends the message that no matter how confusing life can be, drugs should not be the medicine that relieves the pain. There are a lot of moments in one´s life that one wants to just disappear, vanish, feel no pain, no worry, and cocaine and heroin both satisfy that desire. Cocaine and heroin are very attractive drugs, but the price they charge for the service rendered comes later when the user finds himself in a trap. There is always a moment, the first time when one faces the drug: you can give in, because the attractiveness of the drugs is a huge thing, a huge temptation...or you can resist and by doing so this will be one of the most significant decisions you can make...after this moment your life changes completely...it is like to roads and you have to decide which one to walk on: the one that promises you pleasure and indeed gives you pleasure, but at a very high price and is life-threatning; or the other road, that will require that you search for help in a different and boring way, but will almost certainly save you a lot of trouble and future suffering. | ||||
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1 month ago superbek | +1 |
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i think the real lesson here is don't buy or use drugs from people you don't know. | ||||
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24 days ago jaxson | 0 |
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what an idiot. he deserved it. | ||||
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