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Missing in Action(continued)
The Informers Just days before Ledger passed, troubled actor Brad Renfro suffered the same fate in strikingly similar circumstances: an accidental heroin overdose. Only 25 years old, the child star from Tennessee was better known in his later years for his alcohol and drug abuse than his acting. Shooting for his last film, The Informers, ended a month before his death. The independently financed flick is based on short stories of the same name written by Bret Easton Ellis. Renfro got his big break—playing a young boy who witnesses a suicide in The Client—when a Knoxville police office referred him to the director. Ironically enough, the officer knew the boy from an antidrug skit he had performed for visiting officers at school. 
Although not technically a fit for this category (the film was released in November 1976, he died in January 1977), Network deserves an honorable mention for earning one of its stars, Peter Finch, a posthumous Oscar - the only actor ever to do so. Posted by: derekinmaine on July 18, 2008 9:13 AM I still cry over Brandon Lee!! I loved that guy!! :-( Posted by: Apathygrrl on July 21, 2008 5:26 PM I loved this photo for it was one of his last. Posted by: maxz12 on July 22, 2008 2:27 PM What a Stupid Society ,,,,,, BLA ,BLA , BLA ,,, Why is it that anyone that dies was the Greatest at their Craft since Mother Theresa ,,,, it may be an actor , or a white house press secretary , or a news commentator ,, can't anyone die and just be average ,, Lets Get Real ,,,,,,,, Posted by: Cornelius Earthling on July 23, 2008 8:03 AM Advertisement Okay, okay. What now! No James Dean? what the fuck Posted by: tacitjane on July 25, 2008 4:42 PM In response to TAcitJane, I am absolutely certain that mediocre people die as well but the distinction is, not as many people notice or care. And Heath Ledger was not anyplace close to mediocre. Posted by: concisealice on August 20, 2008 3:56 PM < BACK TO Features |
    
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