Phoenix RiverThe family honors him 31 years later. his death.

Sharing a photo of a deer, the stay by my side actor’s mother Arlyn “Heart” Phoenix wrote on Instagram, “My son River passed away on this day, October 31, 1993. He was 23 years old and that was 31 years ago.”

“I will never stop missing him, and at the same time, I never stopped feeling him inside and out in the most wonderful ways,” Heart, 79, continued. “The warm tears flow and I love and treasure them. I sit by my altar in prayer some days and bask in the glory he left burning within me.”

He went on to say that “everything you remember” of his eldest son “And his life, the life I brought to Earth,” helps her “continue to celebrate him and everything we learned together.”

“They didn’t take him, he left for a better day. I hope they know that Love never dies nor does the Soul,” added Corazón.

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River died on Halloween 1993 from a drug overdose while at The Viper Room nightclub in Los Angeles with his then-girlfriend. Samantha Mathis and brothers Joaquín and rain phoenix.

Rain, 51, also paid tribute to his brother on social media, sharing a throwback photo of River along with two memorable quotes of his.

“‘Although I cannot stop all cruelty towards living things on the planet, I can be kinder to all living things in my life.’ – River Phoenix,” said the first, quoting the second, “‘I have learned that if I don’t “You can bring everything together to achieve this thing called peace, at least you do your part in life, because that is where you can really make an immediate difference.” – Río Fénix.”

“31 years… honoring River’s message of harmlessness today,” Rain’s caption also read.

In her post, Heart also shared lyrics River had written for the Brazilian singer. Milton “Bituca” NascimentoThe 1990 album. txaiexplaining: “I was worried about the devastation of the Amazon rainforest and indigenous peoples around the world.”

“Here are the lyrics and a sample of this young man’s genius as he navigated through the destruction we humans have wreaked on the planet… all those years ago,” he wrote in part, before sharing snippets of the lyrics.

In August 2023, Corazón shared a message for River’s birthdaycalling it “one of the most incredible days of my life.”

“The greatest pain I experienced in my life was the pain of natural childbirth and, although very different, the pain of the death of my son,” she said. wrote At the moment.

“But almost instantly on both occasions, the gifts he brought were imbued with each of us and so we continued to celebrate his life for those 23 precious years,” he continued.

“There are no guarantees in life and I don’t think any of us were promised that we wouldn’t experience ‘tragic moments.’ I consider it one of the greatest blessings of living in the moment and harnessing inner knowing as a sacred path to navigate to through life’s many challenges. River’s life and death taught me that, in no uncertain terms.”