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Actor Brad Renfro found dead



[COLOR=#333333! important]Police say there is no suspicion of foul play. The actor, 25, had a history of drug abuse.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#999999! important]By Richard Winton and Steve Hymon, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
January 16, 2008 [/COLOR]
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Brad Renfro, an actor best known for his roles in the movies "The Client" and "Ghost World," was found dead Tuesday, the Los Angeles Police Department said.

He was 25.

Renfro's body was found in his Wilshire-area home in the 1000 block of South Ogden Drive by his girlfriend, authorities said.

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Renfro, who had a history of drug abuse, was declared dead by paramedics at 9 a.m., according to coroner's spokesman Ed Winter.

The cause of death had yet to be determined, he said.

"There is no suspicion of foul play," LAPD Lt. David Evans said.

Renfro, a native of Tennessee, began acting in skits for the anti-drug group DARE at his school.

He got his big break when producers of "The Client" -- the adaptation of the John Grisham novel -- conducted a national search to find a fresh face to play the lead role of a boy who encounters danger after he overhears a conversation about a murder.

Renfro appeared opposite Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones in that 1994 movie.

In 1998, Renfro won the lead role opposite Ian McKellen in "Apt Pupil."

He appeared as a convenience store clerk with Scarlett Johansson and Steve Buscemi in 2001's "Ghost World."

Despite the promising start to his acting career, Renfro was known for his legal troubles.

In the late 1990s he was arrested for trying to steal a yacht in Florida.

In December 2005, he was picked up by LAPD officers during an undercover drug sweep of downtown's skid row.

The LAPD had taken a Times reporter and photographer along during the sweep, and a photo showing Renfro being arrested by two officers was featured on the paper's front page.



Renfro told a detective who arrested him that he was using heroin and methadone.

He ultimately went into a drug rehabilitation program and pleaded guilty to the attempted possession of heroin.

Renfro was sentenced to three years' probation.

[Deuce]

That is a shame.

[BigBollocks]

Drugs (above pot) are an extremely serious business. We had some kids from my high school die in their mid-20s due to drugs as well, and it's always a sad situation. Don't let life take you to this point ever guys...

[SBR Lou]

That is unfortunate, but goes to show you what that kind of lifestyle amounts to. Hopefully he has found his peace, and not left any kids fatherless.

[swede96]

I've lost and alomost lost some great friends to drugs...that's why I keep them as far from my life as possible.

P.S. Pot isn't s drug...it's a plant...not that I smoke pot or anything...but I mean, if anyone has some...

[Al Masters]

Sad story.

Been smoking weed for many a year, still as sharp as ever(lol),never took it to the next level.

Matter of fact Swede96 smoked many a joint in your neck of the woods, FOXWOODS and Misquamicut Beach.

Also took me awhile, but can actually show you safe places to smoke weed on the foxwoods grounds, even if security were to walk up to you they wouldn't know.(lol)great info.

Ahhh, what i learned all those years in Foxwoods playing poker.

[swede96]

I may take you up on that Foxwoods thing...I actually have never been there.

I need to get to Misquamicut again next summer. That place is carzy!

But on any given day, I'll take Middletoen/Newport beaches over any others around here.

[BrentCrude]

It's sad that nature took it's course with this guy but when you jump in an outhouse on purpose,you are going to get dirty and smelly.

Let's see,I'm 25 years old,have all the money I should ever have to need and all the women I want so I think I'm going to shoot up and ingest everything from dope made from Drano in a hut in Juarez to something the CIA made to kill people from Afghanistan poppy fields the military refuses to burn.All this dope crap that you spend 2 grand a day on is inflated to the 30th power.That alone would piss me off where I never touched the stuff.At least when you buy a case of Rolling Rock or Heineken for $15,it tastes good and goes good with eating a big steak after your done and you get allot of buzz bang for your buck.

I think I would take the few million bucks I should have left if I were Renfro,get rid of all your doper friends and hanger onners,leave the bright lights,change your name,buy 80 acres in some low tax,low population,low regulatory western state with a view,put up a magnificent log cabin,find a straight thinking one woman man gorgeous babe and live life happily ever after going to Best Buy buying every electronic toy known to mankind,going to Super Wal Mart buying tons of your favorite groceries like shrimp,shrimp and more shrimp and taking trips around the world once or twice a month to see all the wonders.Just because you give up dope doesn't mean you can't stick to drinking beer once or twice a week where you drink a case of Rolling Rock or Heineken.Hell,become a real Coke addict by drinking a 6 pack of diet Coke a day if you need to catch a buzz.

[WestsidePete]

when ever I need a boast...I push the coffee machine at work to pour a small cup 3 or 4 times...equals one full cup but gives 4 times the caffeine...damn it works...

[BadNina]

when ever I need a boast...I push the coffee machine at work to pour a small cup 3 or 4 times...equals one full cup but gives 4 times the caffeine...damn it works...

Caffeine is a vitamin, I tell ya.