New Book Out Says River Phoenix Did Not Haver to Die

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River Phoenix could be alive today if his brother and celebrity friends had got him help more quickly the night he died, a new book claims.

The Stand By Me star should have been put in an ambulance straight away by his brother Joaquin and girlfriend Samantha Mathis when he started vomiting that Halloween in 1993.

Instead Joaquin took him outside and insisted everything was OK - only calling for help when he went into a seizure.

Last night at the Viper Room: A new book on River Phoenix details the 23-year-old actor's final hours as he overdosed outside the Viper Room in Los Angeles on Halloween, 1993

River died aged just 23 as a result of the speedball he had drunk whilst at the notorious Viper Room club in Los Angeles.

Who's to blame? A new book about Phoenix written by Rolling Stone contributing editor Gavin Edwards alleges that he would still be alive today if his friends called for help sooner

The lethal cocktail was a mixture of cocaine and heroin. 

Writing in his biography of River, Gavin Edwards, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine, describes his brother and friends as ‘young, scared, and they didn’t know what to do.’

He also reveals that River was thinking of quitting the movie business, even though he had a bright future ahead of him.

The book’s claims are likely to reopen old wounds about who was to blame for River’s untimely demise ahead of the 20th anniversary of his death on October 31 this year. 

He is still being mourned to this day after being described as the new James Dean for starring in the coming of age drama Stand By Me and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in which he played a young Indiana Jones.

He was also a known drug addict and had a serious heroin problem.

The night he died River went to the Viper Room, which was owned by Johnny Depp, where he met his younger sister Rain, Joaquin and girlfriend Samantha Mathis.

River was there to see his friend Flea of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers with the intention of joining his band on stage, but when told there was no room to play he went back to his table.

According to an extract of Edwards’ book published in the New York Daily News, River gulped down a drink that was the deadly mixture of heroin and cocaine, prompting him to vomit and slump in his chair.

If the ambulance had been called at that moment then he might have been saved, the book says.

Remembered: After his death, River's fans mourned his loss by setting flowers and lighting flowers outside of the club where he spent his final hours

Instead, guided by Joaquin, he left the club and temporarily roused himself before falling onto the ground and going into a seizure which Rain tried to stop by sitting on his chest.

Over the next vital few minutes Christina Applegate, who was at the Viper Room too, came out of the club in tears and Mathis broke down in despair.

Joaquin, who was 19 at the time, kept saying that the situation was under control but finally called 911 and begged: ‘Please come, he’s dying, please’. 

Getting help: River's brother Joaquin was at the Viper that night with his brother, and was the one to finally call the police when his brother started having seizures on the sidewalk outside

Last time together: Phoenix's girlfriend Samantha Mathis, both pictured above in the movie The Thing Called Love, broke down in tears when she saw her boyfriend overdosing outside the club

River was declared dead at Cedars-Sinai at 1:51am that night.

His death was seen as so tragic because he showed so much promise in his acting career.

 

 

River was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in 1988’s Running on Empty in which he played the son of a fugitive family living underground.

He also won critical praise for the independent drama My Own Private Idaho in which he and Keanu Reeves played a pair of young hustlers.

Child star: River's breakout role was in the 1986 film Stand By Me (second left)

Up and coming: River's career shifted when he starred as a gay street hustler in Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho, left, and many believe he passed before his acting prime. In the book, it's revealed that he considering quitting

But he had a troubled upbringing and his mother Heart and father John were part of the Children of God, a Christian sex cult, and moved around a lot, spending time in Venezuela.

River supposedly lost his virginity at the age of four, which would have left him deeply damaged later in life.

Edwards writes that by the time he died River’s relationship with his father was strained and his dad had moved to Costa Rica from where he told his son to quit Hollywood because he thought it was corrupt.

His mother meanwhile was managing his career.

Upbringing: River had an unusual childhood. His parents were members of a Christian sex cult, and he says he lost his virginity at age four which left him deeply damaged later in life

River supposedly turned down films like the drama Reality Bites, which eventually made a star out of Ethan Hawke.

Edwards writes that River agreed to do Interview with the Vampire and another film called Dark Blood but told his dad that after that he was done with acting.

The book is not the only one released to coincide with the 20th anniversary of River’s death.

River’s former friend, musician Bob Forrest, recently wrote his own memoir in which he recalled the horrifying moment he collapsed outside the Viper Room.

Forrest writes that River told him: 'I don't feel so good. I think I'm OD'ing' moments before he passed out.

He also detailed their drug routine which was to smoke crack or inject cocaine then inject some heroin to ‘get a grip and come down’.

Two decades later: October 31 marks the 20-year anniversary of River's death. Above, pictured with ex-girlfriend Martha Plimpton

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