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Family, Friends Remember Actor Brad Renfro at Funeral
Actor Brad Renfro, who died last Tuesday at age 25, was remembered by family and friends at a funeral and memorial service Monday night in his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee.
An arrangement of red, white and yellow flowers adorned the closed casket, along with a photograph of a young, smiling Renfro, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports.
Approximately 600 well-wishers, including Renfro's father and stepmother, Mark and Kim Renfro, and his mother, Angel Olsen, paid their respects.
The actor's maternal grandmother, Judy Hurt, half-sister Haley Olsen and stepbrother Dane Hoffmeister, also attended. His paternal grandmother, Joanne Renfro, who raised Renfro from the age of 5, was too ill to make it.
The actor's great-uncle, Michael Earl officiated the funeral service.
During his sermon, he hinted at the actor's past problems with drug addiction, according to the News Sentinel.
"Brad had problems just like I have problems, just like you have problems, just like all of us have trials and tribulations that we go through," Earl said.
"Was Brad perfect? Well, I can tell you, I'm not. Are you?
"He lived life, and he enjoyed it," Earl later said of the actor. "Whatever he did, he did it hard as he could. ... If he messed up, he'd go after it 100 percent. Yeah, I know him. And yes, I loved him."
Renfro was found dead in his L.A. apartment Tuesday. Results from Thursday's autopsy are expected in about six weeks.
A graveside service and interment are scheduled for Tuesday at noon.
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