Shit's Fucked!
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Natalie of Catalina
Natalie Wood framed with a tile from Catalina Island.
Research By the Beach
It's November 2nd and 82 degrees in L.A. We drive over to Venice Beach and get stoned in the car before walking the canals to the beach. I've spent the last week or two consumed by all things Halloween and River Phoenix - River's deathiversary is October 31, 1993 - so it was nice to jump back into Natalie Wood's life story... and on the beach! I was not expecting to spend the first weekend in November high by the beach. I arrive at the chapter where Wood is planning her ill-fated Thanksgiving weekend on Catalina Island. This Thanksgiving, my husband and I are spending Wood's deathiversary on Catalina Island. Anyone up for a seance over Thanksgiving dinner?
Deathiversary: Harry Houdini (October 31, 1926)
Magician Harry Houdini died on Halloween in 1926 of peritonitis, secondary to a ruptured appendix. He was 52. His last words before dying: "I'm tired of fighting." Witnesses to an incident in Houdini's dressing room at the Princess Theatre in Montreal speculated that a McGill University student, Jocelyn Whitehead, caused Houdini's death. Whitehead repeatedly struck Houdini's abdomen after asking the magician "if he believed in the miracles of the Bible" and "whether it was true that punches in the stomach did not hurt him." Whitehead then delivered "some very hammer-like blows below the belt" to Houdini who winced at each blow before stopping Whitehead in the midst of a punch. He had not expected Whitehead to strike him so suddenly and forcefully. Houdini performed that evening in great pain. He was unable to sleep and remained in constant agony for the next two days but did not seek medical help. When he finally saw a doctor, he was found to have a fever of 102 Β°F and acute appendicitis and was advised to have immediate surgery. He ignored the advice and decided to go on with the show.
This is Halloween Zine!
Behind the scenes of βThe River Jonny Zineβ
Dead in Hollywood: The River Jonny (issue 4.5)
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Free copy with every issue of Dead in Hollywood: River Phoenix (issue 4).
The Teens Cream on Halloween
βThe Teens Creamβ River Phoenix collage, 2017
Happy Halloween!
Me standing in front of the βMyers Houseβ from the movie βHalloween.β
Dead in Hollywood: River Phoenix (Issue 4)
In the early hours of Halloween, River Phoenix ODβs outside of the Viper Room on Sunset Blvd. Grab a copy of the zine Dead in Hollywood: River Phoenix HERE.
River Phoenix: Aleka's Attic
Today Dead in Hollywood celebrates the life of River Phoenix who died 25 years ago on Halloween from a drug overdose outside of the Sunset Strip club the Viper Room. Grab a copy of the zine Dead in Hollywood: River Phoenix HERE!
Dead in Hollywood: River Phoenix (issue 4)
In the early hours of Halloween, River Phoenix ODβs outside of the Viper Room on Sunset Blvd. Grab a copy of the zine Dead in Hollywood: River Phoenix HERE.
Postscript: Halloween 1993
The last two pages from Dead in Hollywood: River Phoenix (Issue 4).
25 Years Ago Tonight...
In the early hours of Halloween, River Phoenix ODβs outside of the Viper Room on Sunset Blvd. His 19-year-old brother, Joaquin Phoenix, calls 911β¦
Dead in Hollywood: River Phoenix (Issue 4)
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Deathiversary: River Phoenix (October 31, 1993)
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Only Boy in the World (River Phoenix)
River Phoenix. The Only Boy in the World.
River Wild
βI would never, never do anything unless I believed in it.β _River Phoenix
25 years ago...
βI don't want to die in a car accident. When I die itβll be a glorious day. Itβll probably be a waterfall.β -River Phoenix
Halloween marks the 25th anniversary of River Phoenixβs death. At the age of 23, he odβs on the sidewalk outside of the Viper Room on the Sunset Strip.
"Heβs having seizures! Get over here please, please, 'cause he's dying, please." -Joaquin Phoenixβs 911 call
Marlene Dietrich
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