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An owl is hosed off to keep cool at the Phoenix Zoo, Monday, June 19, 2017 in Phoenix, Ariz. The forecast calls for a high of 118 on Monday and 120 on Tuesday in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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Loulou, a white rhinoceros, buries here horn in the mud to keep cool at the Phoenix Zoo, Monday, June 19, 2017, in Phoenix, Ariz. The forecast calls for a high of 118 on Monday and 120 on Tuesday in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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Jai, a Sumatran Tiger, sits in a pool to keep cool at the Phoenix Zoo, Monday, June 19, 2017 in Phoenix, Ariz. The forecast calls for a high of 118 on Monday and 120 on Tuesday in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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A sign warns hikers about severe heat as they begin their hike at sunrise to avoid the excessive heat, Friday, June 16, 2017, in Phoenix. A record heat wave is rolling into Arizona, Nevada and California, threatening to bring 120-degree temperatures to Phoenix by early next week. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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A man runs through the desert at sunrise, Friday, June 16, 2017, in Phoenix. A record heat wave is rolling into Arizona, Nevada and California, threatening to bring 120-degree temperatures to Phoenix by early next week. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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A couple runs through section of South Mountain Park at sunrise to avoid the excessive heat, Friday, June 16, 2017 in Phoenix. A record heat wave is rolling into Arizona, Nevada and California that threatens to bring 120-degree temperatures to Phoenix by early next week. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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In this June 16, 2017, file photo, a man runs through section of South Mountain Park at sunrise to avoid the excessive heat in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
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Jennifer Vollmann, 33, plays with her 2-year-old daughter, Izela, in Encanto Pool on Thursday, June 15, 2017 in Phoenix, Ariz. Vollmann, who lives in Phoenix, said her daughter will be back in the pool next week when temperatures are expected to exceed 120 degrees. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)
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This Oct. 19 2012 photo shows a home that architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed for his son in Phoenix, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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“Unforgiven: 25th Anniversary Edition,” “Saturday Night Fever: Director's Cut,” “Heat: Director's Definitive Edition” and “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” are some last-minute movie gift ideas for dads.
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FILE - This April 14, 2017, file photo provided by the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) shows the mangled remains of cars involved in a fatal accident on the Northbound Interstate 17 in Phoenix, Ariz. Northbound Interstate 17 is closed following the wrong-way crash. The DPS said there have been 737 incidents involving wrong-way drivers reported so far in 2017, resulting in 37 related DUI arrests. Gov. Doug Ducey reacted Wednesday, June 7, to the latest fatal wrong-way crash on a Phoenix-area freeway by ordering state agencies to take steps to combat the deadly problem. (Arizona Department of Public Safety via AP, File)
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Phoenix Mercury guard Danielle Robinson (11) and New York Liberty guard Sugar Rodgers (14) fight for a loose ball during the first half of their WNBA basketball game, Tuesday, May 23, 2017 in Phoenix, Ariz. (David Kadlubowski/The Arizona Republic via AP)
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Maricopa County Sheriff personnel break down a tent in the Tent City Jail, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Phoenix. Crews have started to dismantle some of the tents in the controversial outdoor jail complex in Phoenix that's in the process of being closed by the metro area's new sheriff. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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Anna Jo Bratton poses for a photo at her office in Phoenix, Tuesday, May 16, 2017. The Associated Press has named Bratton as deputy director of newsgathering for the U.S. West, a new position overseeing breaking news and enterprise across formats in 13 states. The appointment was announced Wednesday, May 17, 2017, by Anna Johnson, AP's news director of the West region. Bratton is based in Phoenix, AP's regional publishing center for the western United States. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)
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A makeshift memorial still stands Tuesday, May 9, 2017, in Phoenix, a year after the victim was killed in a shooting, in Phoenix. Aaron Saucedo, the former city bus driver arrested Monday and suspected in a string of nine deadly shootings that spread fear in Phoenix, declared "I'm innocent" in court Tuesday as residents of the terrorized neighborhoods Tuesday expressed both relief over the arrest and frustration that it took so long. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Rosa Pastrana, of the Phoenix Block Watch Advisory Board, walks in a shopping plaza Tuesday, May 9, 2017, after being interviewed regarding the arrest of Aaron Saucedo, 23, who was arrested Monday in a string of serial killings that terrorized Phoenix neighborhoods from August 2015 to July 2016. Saucedo, The former city bus driver suspected in a string of nine deadly shootings that spread fear in Phoenix declared "I'm innocent" as residents of the terrorized neighborhoods Tuesday expressed both relief over the arrest and frustration that it took so long. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Rosa Pastrana, of the Phoenix Block Watch Advisory Board, pauses near a Maryvale bus stop as she talks about the arrest of alleged gunman Aaron Saucedo, 23, who was arrested Monday in a string of serial killings that terrorized Phoenix neighborhoods from August 2015 to July 2016. Saucedo, the former city bus driver suspected in a string of nine deadly shootings that spread fear in Phoenix declared "I'm innocent" in court Tuesday as residents of the terrorized neighborhoods expressed both relief over the arrest and frustration that it took so long. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Sirwendell Flowers, right, pushes his son Sirjoshua Flowers on the swing as he talks about the recent arrest of Aaron Saucedo, 23, who was arrested Monday in a string of serial killings that terrorized Phoenix neighborhoods in 2016, Tuesday, May 9, 2017, in Phoenix. The former city bus driver suspected in a string of nine deadly shootings that spread fear in Phoenix declared "I'm innocent" as residents of the terrorized neighborhoods Tuesday expressed both relief over the arrest and frustration that it took so long. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Aaron Saucedo, 23, was arrested Monday in a string of serial killings that terrorized Phoenix neighborhoods in 2016, including a victim shot at this intersection, in the Maryvale section of Phoenix, shown on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. The former city bus driver suspected in a string of nine deadly shootings that spread fear in Phoenix declared "I'm innocent" as residents of the terrorized neighborhoods Tuesday expressed both relief over the arrest and frustration that it took so long. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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River Phoenix (August 23, 1970 October 31, 1993) Phoenix's work encompassed 24 films and television appearances, and his rise to fame led to his status as a "teen idol". He began his acting career at age 10, in television commercials. He starred in the science fiction adventure film Explorers (1985), and had his first notable role in 1986's Stand By Me, a coming-of-age film based on the novella The Body by Stephen King. Phoenix made a transition into more adult-oriented roles with Running on Empty (1988), playing the son of fugitive parents in a well-received performance that earned him a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and My Own Private Idaho (1991), playing a gay hustler in search of his estranged mother. For his performance in the latter, Phoenix garnered enormous praise and won a Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival, along with Best Actor from the National Society of Film Critics. On October 31, 1993, Phoenix collapsed and died of combined drug intoxication following a drug overdose on the sidewalk outside the West Hollywood nightclub The Viper Room at the age of 23. At the time of his death, Phoenix had been in the middle of filming Dark Blood (1993).
