A funeral service for the late actor Brad Renfro will be held at 20:00 on Monday in his native Knoxville, Tennessee. According to reports, a graveside service and interment are scheduled for Tuesday at noon.
Brad, who had a past of drug addiction, was found dead at his Los Angeles Home on the morning of Tuesday January 15th.
Results from the autopsy, held on Thursday January 17th, are expected in about six weeks.
His obituary in the local newspaper described him as being "of the Baptist faith." A son, Y Renfro, was listed among his survivors.
In lieu of flowers, his family is requesting that memorial contributions be made to a preferred charity, Us Weekly reports.
"He was a hometown boy who did real good, and it breaks my heart he is gone." Johnny Knoxville — who filmed the 2002 flick Deuces Wild with Renfro — told The Insider. "He was so young and so sweet."
Earlier this week, Brad's former lawyer, Blair Birk, revealed that the news of the talented young actor's death left her in tears, and said that there's something particularly tragic and disturbing about his death at such a young age.
"As critical and prescient as you become in this town, all I did was cry when I heard the news," Birk tells People.com. "I feel in some respects like we all failed."
Only weeks before his death, Brad had just finished filming 'The Informers' opposite a host of stars including Micky Rourke, Billy Bon Thornton, Winnona Ryder and Kim Basinger and had been 'working valiantly' to stay clean.
By Owen Williams, Jan 21 2008 © Copyright 2008 - Showbiz Spy
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