Roach from Next Friday

[EDouble]

wtf did any of yall know he hanged himself in las vegas just a few months after the movie came out?

Actor Justin Pierce hangs self in Las Vegas hotel


LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Justin Pierce, a 25-year-old actor who starred in
the controversial 1995 film ``Kids,'' was found dead after hanging himself
in a Las Vegas hotel room in what authorities said Wednesday was clearly a
suicide.

Pierce was found hanging in his room at the posh Bellagio resort on Monday
by hotel security officers and was pronounced dead at the scene, said
Clark County Coroner Ron Flud.

Flud said two suicide notes were found at the scene.

``Hanging is the cause of death and the manner of death is suicide,'' Flud
said.

Flud said toxicology tests were pending to determine if Pierce, who
appears in the upcoming film ``Pigeonholed'' with Rosanna Arquette, had
any drugs or alcohol in his system.

Pierce was best known for his role in ``Kids,'' which portrayed the grim
world of a group of New York City teenagers and sparked controversy over
its depiction of young people, at least one of them infected with HIV,
having unprotected sex and using drugs.

Pierce, who also starred alongside Ice Cube in this year's film ``Next
Friday'' and was discovered skateboarding on the streets of Manhattan, is
the second young actor to hang himself in Las Vegas in the last two years.

In March of 1999, David Strickland, who played a rock critic alongside
star Brooke Shields in TV's ``Suddenly Susan,'' was found dead in his
motel room on the famous Strip in this desert resort city.

Reuters/Variety

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[PuffnScruff]

who did he play in "kids"?

 

[DarkPhantom13]

Casper

 

[ArtsyGirl]

It's been forever since I watched Next Friday, who was Roach.. A pic would be nice.

 

[EDouble]

I Process Picss Out The Asss

 

[Casey]

Yeah, I knew this. I actually heard about it when I was in Vegas and had just watched 'Kids'. You know all the actors were picked off the street for that movie? That's how Rosario Dawson got famous.

 

[Preach]

i just feel really sorry for him

 

[Eric]

I thought what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas?

 

[ChrisZimbo]

just watched kids today , him and alot of the cast from that kids flicked died , wierd

 

[Lord Tyranus]

Yeah i heard about that, fuckin sucks.

 

[Kareem]

yeah i had read about it maybe a day or 2 after it hit the news, a friend of mine still thinks im bullshitting

 

[Dogmatic187]

I found out about this about 2 years ago, kind of shocked me. It's terrible that happened, and things like this leaves you speechless.

 

[HiGhTillDeaTH]

never knew that.