Rain Phoenix has revealed how the devastating loss of her brother , Hollywood icon River Phoenix , ultimately led her to a deeper understanding of life and death. In a personal essay published on Another Jane Pratt Thing on Substack to mark the anniversary of River's passing, Rain reflected on the experience of losing her brother at just 23 years old following a drug overdose outside The Viper Room in 1993. "When I was 20, my brother River died," she wrote. "The experience of losing him was unimaginably painful and traumatic – further compounded by the intense media coverage around his tragic death, which felt invasive and cruel."

At the time, Rain said she coped by "shutting it out," but later realised that this emotional distance "somehow kept him from me". She added: "Now, 32 year

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