31 years ago: River and Martha Plimpton attend the 61st Annual Academy Awards on March 29, 1989 at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd/WireImage).
“I was at a club in Nashville and we ran into River Phoenix on Halloween Night 1992. He was in town filming The Thing Called Love. My friend told him he had done a good job on his costume as a local and he gave us a sideways grin. He looked tired. We bought him a beer. He wandered away” - Susie Blaise
“River Phoenix introduced me to Michael Stipe as his boyfriend. That was a crazy night” - Brett Schulte
“I met Martha Plimpton once many years ago, doing the HAIR reunion with her mom Shelley. River was there in the rehearsal studio hanging out because they were dating” - Peg Kay Aloi
“I smoked a joint with him in Florida in 1988. We were sitting yoga style across from each other eating chips and guacamole. I’ll never forget it” - Anonymous
“I met River once at an SEAC rally in DC. He oozed charisma. I didn’t think he could be hotter in real life, but he was. Ten times at least” - Anna Holmes
“Sat in front of River Phoenix and Martha Plimpton at a half-empty screening of The Lawnmower Man in 1992 at the Ziegfeld Theatre” - Frank Tarzi
“Thinking abut my first flight out of San Francisco back in 1991. Some guy offered me his granola that sat next to me to Cincinnati. His name… River Phoenix” - Mike Smith
“My Grandma was the on set ‘mother’ for River Phoenix during the filming of Stand by Me. He had a crush on my cousin Rose” - Ren Smith
