Brad Renfro Dead at Age 25

[Tiffany B. Clark]

> Sharon:
> 
> That is so sad. The HP actors seem to be so confident, and 
considering their longstanding contracts, surely their lives won't be 
as wobbly. I heard that Dan Radcliffe had a very quiet party for his 
18th. I believe he said he had no intention of going out and getting 
drunk and giving the press fodder. I suspect he's a bit smarter (and 
bloody richer!) than the average teen star. Also, Rupert Grint bought 
an ice-cream van with his millions and Tom Felton spends his time 
fishing - -hardly the kind of teen anst that would lead to early 
death. Emma Watson is still talking about university. Apparently she 
is, like Hermione, a bit of a brain. Stiil, you never know.

Tiffany:

It's a lot easier to feel confident when everything's going good & 
the only thing you need to worry about is your meals & how you look.  
There's a tidy fortune of child actors who sturggled to make it as 
adults & hopefully none of the Potter stars go that way, but Renfro's 
dying reminds me a lot of River Phoenix's end in 1993.  He too was 
involved into drugs & booze heavily & departed at only 23 years old.  
I was only 7 when it happened, but I remembered watching some of his 
stuff & it was real tragic.