HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — With his January death still fresh on so many minds, many viewers were wondering why actor Brad Renfro was missing from the Oscar's "In Memoriam" montage during last night's broadcast.
"There are too many people to include everyone," the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences said in a statement to People magazine. "We tried to represent all the branches of the Academy."
The 25-year-old Renfro was found dead on Jan. 15 at his Los Angeles home. His death was the result of an accidental overdose of heroin, the coroner's office revealed earlier this month.
A native of Knoxville, Tenn., Renfro got his first big break after being discovered by director Joel Schumacher, who cast the then 10-year-old in "The Client." The young actor was joined on screen by Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones in the breakout 1994 role.
He followed with teen movies like 1995's "Tom and Huck," opposite Jonathan Taylor Thomas, before moving on to indie dramas, including 2001's "Ghost World," where he starred alongside Scarlett Johansson, Thora Birch and Steve Buscemi.
Last night's Oscar tribute included fellow young actor Heath Ledger, who died from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs on Jan. 22.
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