Stand by me actor dies: 59 Photos
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Chris took college prep courses with Gordie and, despite struggling, later became a lawyer, with the two eventually drifting apart. Recently, while attempting to break up a fight in a restaurant, he was stabbed to death. Gordie writes that despite not seeing Chris in over a decade, he will miss him forever.
The other boys soon find the corpse of Ray Brower, confirming he indeed died from being hit by a train. Soon Ace's gang shows up, threatening to fight Chris and his friends for possession of the corpse.
Phoenix died at age 23 from combined drug intoxication in West Hollywood in the early hours of Halloween, 1993, having overdosed on cocaine and heroin (a mixture commonly known as speedball) at The Viper Room.
After being released in 1989, Ace moved to nearby Mechanic Falls. He got a job at Oxford Plains Speedway as a part-time pit mechanic. In 1991 he was shot and killed by Deputy Norris Ridgewick.
When they get back to Castle Rock, Chris offers to walk home with Gordie, and he accepts. They have the same exchange that happens in the movie, but as Chris leaves, Gordie admits that he wanted to tell Chris he loved him. I wanted to say something more to Chris and didn't know how to.
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