River Phoenix‘s sister Rain Phoenix paid a touching tribute to the late actor on what would have been his 54th birthday.
In an Instagram post made Friday, the singer and actress shared a sequence of pictures of and quotes by the Stand By Me star. She captioned the put up — set to her tune “Immolate,” which options lyrics like “I’m gonna maintain onto love / ’trigger it’s the one approach out” — “Blissful Birthday River 🩵.”
The carousel of pictures largely contains quotes of River’s dedication to varied humanitarian causes, together with environmentalism, LGBTQ+ equality and plant-based consuming. “If I’ve some movie star, I hope I can use it to make a distinction,” one quote reads. “The true social reward is that I can converse my thoughts and share my ideas in regards to the setting and civilization itself.”
One other excerpt reads, “We’re all price it man. We’re all price thousands and thousands of planets and stars and galaxies and universes.”
River died on Oct. 31, 1993, on the age of 23, from a drug overdose. Regardless of being a younger performer together with his star on the rise, he had already been nominated for a greatest supporting actor Oscar for his function in Operating on Empty. His most identified performances embody Rob Reiner’s Stand By Me reverse Kiefer Sutherland, The Mosquito Coast with Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren and the Gus Van Sant movie My Personal Non-public Idaho with Keanu Reeves.
Numerous actors and family members commented on the put up, together with buddy, Red Hot Chili Peppers founding member and bassist Flea, who accompanied River to the hospital after the actor collapsed at The Viper Room. “Blissful birthday most stunning one,” he wrote.
Dermot Mulroney, who starred alongside him in 1993’s The Factor Referred to as Love, commented, “Blissful Birthday River – my inspiration ❤️ .”
Rock band Rubbish wrote, “He was a ravishing angel . Too good for this world. 🖤”
