Phoenix's parents named him after the river of life from the Hermann Hesse novel 'Siddhartha' and he received his middle name from the Beatles' song 'Hey Jude'. (23 August 1970)
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Wednesday 17th of February 1909 (-) — Bedonkohe Apache leader Geronimo dies of pneumonia. A few days earlier Geronimo was thrown from his horse while riding home and had to lie in the cold all night before a friend found him extremely ill.