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Movie star Joaquin Phoenix revealed in every movie he has made, there has been a “connection” to his brother, who died in 1993. River Phoenix was a successful actor, most known for his role in the 1986 film Stand By Me. Tragically, just as his acting career was beginning, he died from a drug overdose outside the Viper Room club in Hollywood in 1993, at just 23 years old. This of course had a huge impact on his family, who still experience grief 20 years later. His younger brother, movie star Joaquin Phoenix, has managed to live a private life, but he opened up about the effect his brother’s de…