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Brad Renfro, troubled actor was 25

LAT photoThe actor Brad Renfro was found dead at home on South Ogden Drive this morning by his girlfriend. Police said there was no suspicion of foul play, but a cause of death has not been determined. Renfro had recently wrapped filming on "The Informers," and TMZ says he had been working hard to stay clean after several drug related busts. The photo is from his much-publicized arrest in a Skid Row sting in 2005. TMZ, LAT


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