Search results
- Samantha Mathis, who had starred opposite Phoenix during the 1993 filming of The Thing Called Love — the actor’s final role, told The Guardian she had buried what happened to the prodigiously talented Phoenix “for decades” because she was traumatised by his death but now felt now “the universe wanted me to talk about him”.
People also ask
How did Samantha Mathis feel about River Phoenix's death?
Who was River Phoenix's girlfriend when he died?
Who is Samantha Mathis?
Who was River Phoenix's girlfriend Samantha Mathis?
Who was River Phoenix's girlfriend?
How did Sam Mathis feel about his life before he died?
Oct 25, 2018 · Samantha Mathis is opening up about the tragic night her boyfriend, actor River Phoenix, died in 1993 on Halloween at the age of 23. The American Psycho actress was with Phoenix and his...
Oct 26, 2018 · Phoenix had died from an overdose of cocaine and heroin before paramedics arrived. Mathis recalled the actor as “sensitive and obsessive. He felt things on his heart very deeply.”
- Entertainment Reporter
Oct 27, 2018 · Now, for the first time, his then-girlfriend, the actress Samantha Mathis, has shared her memory of that tragic night, in an interview with The Guardian.
Oct 26, 2018 · Breaking her silence after 25 years, Samantha told The Guardian that she has only spoken about the horrific night, on which Phoenix died from an overdose of cocaine and heroin before paramedics...
- 30 sec
It took Samantha Mathis 25 years and a single viewing of The Thing Called Love, a 1993 dramedy in which she starred alongside then boyfriend River Phoenix, to be able to talk about his...
Jan 30, 2023 · Samantha Mathis was so devastated by River Phoenix's death that she didn't openly speak about it for more than 25 years. She decided to speak about it with The Guardian in July 2019...
In the interview, Mathis recalled having an uneasy feeling when she and Phoenix arrived at Johnny Depp’s Viper Room on Los Angeles’ famous Sunset Boulevard on October 31, 1993. “I knew something was wrong that night, something I didn’t understand,” Mathis told the publication.
