From the NBC News Archives, 17-year-old River Phoenix talks about how he is treated like an equal and not a child while his is on set. The American actor and musician died on this day in 1993 at the age of 23.⁠ Our cover image shows Phoenix catching an orange he’s just bought from a street vendor on 58th Street in New York. Click our link in bio for more images and footage of River Phoenix from the Archive.⁠ ⁠ 📷: John Roca/NY Daily News via Getty Images | 9th March 1988 | 📽️: NBC News Archives

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