Only a few public figures speak about grief with the quiet honesty of Keanu Reeves. His life has been marked by losses that happened before he became one of Hollywood's most admired actors. His close friend River Phoenix died in 1993. Six years later, Reeves and his partner Jennifer Syme lost their daughter during pregnancy. Less than two years after that, Syme died in a car accident. Reeves has never turned those experiences into a public identity, though he has spoken about them with rare candour when asked.
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