"Joker" Was Based On This True Story of an Unhinged Man

Life Abroad

Joaquin lived a life abroad and on the seas. Traveling with parents John Lee and Arlyn, as well as his four other siblings, Joaquin Phoenix grew up visiting everywhere within South America with the aforementioned Children of God. Eventually, in 1978, his parents became bored with the religion and returned to America on a cargo ship.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.