Harvey, Rodney

Rodney Harvey
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Name	Harvey, Rodney Gender: M
born on	31 July 1967 at 04:20 (= 04:20 AM )
Place	Philadelphia PA, USA, 39n57, 75w09
Timezone	EDT h4w (is daylight saving time)
Data source	Bio/autobiography Rodden Rating B Collector: Rodden
Astrology data	07°27' 27°38 Asc. 16°53'

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Biography

American actor, a sad and sordid story of a young man who was unable to handle the lethal combination of fame, fortune and drugs. Barely 5' 6" and touchingly handsome, he was for a while a golden boy, hanging out with the Hollywood young crowd to talk films and party like there is no tomorrow. He was picked up literally from the streets at 16 by a filmmaker who saw him transacting a deal to buy a knife, and put into a small role for $100 a day plus expenses. He was in "Spike of Bensonhurst" and "Salsa," and before long, making $1,000 a week starring in "The Outsiders" TV series.

His education was lacking and his tastes simple; he liked junk food, vodka, and before long, designer drugs. Running with a gang that included Drew Barrymore, David Arquette and Balthazar Getty, he began to see dropouts from the set of young actors; River Phoenix OD'd, flopping on the street like a fish in front of the Viper Club, Nick Curtis, Tony's son, died of a heroin OD, Ron Marquette died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Those who stood on the sidelines found it crushing, how easy it was, how easy the money, the fame, the fix.

As Harvey's addiction increased, he began to spend more time on the streets and in jail than in casting calls. He got sloppy and was picked up for burglaries to support his habit. The half million dollars he'd made in films was gone. "Guncrazy," shot in 1992 was his last movie. Harvey died of cocaine and heroin overdose on 4/11/1998, Los Angeles.

Events

• Death by Disease 11 March 1998 at 12:00 midnight in Los Angeles, CA (Drug overdose, age 30)
• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1992 ("Guncrazy," last picture)

Source Notes

Article in hand from Premier magazine 12/1998, p.127, sent by Adria Wight

Categories

• Passions : Criminal Perpetrator : Thief/ Financial crime (Burglaries to support habit)

• Diagnoses : Psychological : Abuse Alcohol

• Diagnoses : Psychological : Abuse Drugs (Terminal)

• Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress (Bit parts, small roles)

• Vocation : Entertainment : TV series/ Soap star (The Outsiders)

• Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease (Overdosed on cocaine and heroin)