If he had lived, River Phoenix would have turned 50 in 2020. His real first name was River. What was his real last name?

River Phoenix's birth name was River Jude Bottom. He was the older brother of 4 other Bottoms: Rain, Joaquin , Liberty and Summer. In 1979, after their youngest child, Summer, came into the world, their parents officially changed their last name to "Phoenix", as in "rising from the ashes".

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