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Chris Penn
Birth: Oct. 10, 1965
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
California, USA
Death: Jan. 24, 2006
Santa Monica
Los Angeles County
California, USA

Actor. He was the brother of actor Sean Penn and musician Michael Penn, as well as the son of director Leo Penn. Born in Los Angeles in 1962, Penn started acting at the age of 12 at the Loft Studio. In 1983, he made his feature film debut in Francis Ford Coppola's youth drama Rumble Fish. In 1983 he had a small role in the high school football drama All the Right Moves starring Tom Cruise, appeared in the hit dance musical Footloose in 1984, and played a villain in the Clint Eastwood western Pale Rider (1985). In 1986 he co-starred with his brother, Sean, and mother Eileen Ryan in At Close Range. Penn was typically cast as a supporting actor or with smaller roles in his movies, although he had some memorable performances, such in Reservoir Dogs and True Romance. In 1996 he won the best-supporting actor at the Venice Film Festival for The Funeral. Penn was also featured on the 2004 video game, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, as the voice of Officer Eddie Pulaski. He was found dead of undisclosed causes with no signs of foul play in a Santa Monica, California residence, on January 24, 2006. (bio courtesy of: Wikipedia) 

 
Cause of death: Enlarged heart and the effects of the accidental mix of multiple medications
 
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Burial:
Holy Cross Cemetery
Culver City
Los Angeles County
California, USA
Plot: Tier 54, Sec CC, grave 19
 
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Record added: Jan 24, 2006
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-Anonymous
 Added: Nov. 8, 2009
Chris, i love you and will always love you. R.I.P. I know you are now in heaven. i Will never forget you. xoxoxoxo
- Erica Bell
 Added: Oct. 20, 2009
Happy Birthday in heaven Chris. I remember you so well from the movie Footloose.
-Anonymous
 Added: Oct. 13, 2009
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