R.I.P.
Brad Renfro Had a Son -- Who Knew?

Brad RenfroTMZ has confirmed that Brad Renfro had a young son who lives in Japan with his mom -- and the family is trying to keep details about the boy under wraps.

TMZ spoke with Renfro's dad, Mark, and his step-mom, Kim, who would not reveal their grandson's name or age in order to protect his privacy. They placed an obit in a local paper that simply listed his name as "Y Renfro."

Kim told us, "We did expect this because people didn't know he had a son. But we're very thankful Brad got to see his son before he died."

Brad was recently in Tennessee with the boy, spending time with the family.

A source close to Renfro, who spent a lot of time with the actor in the months before his death, tells TMZ she didn't know he had a child.

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61. Specailk007 - I had to laugh when I read your posting about becoming pregnant while on birth control. My neighbor showed everyone sonogram pictures of her baby which was situated just beside her IUD. LOL. Luckily, they were a happily married couple who rolled with the punches. They ended up with a beautiful baby girl. Somehow, given Brad's lifestyle, I doubt that was the situation for him though...don't you think? I guess we will never know. I hope little Y grows up hearing grand stories about his dad. While his demons go the best of him he certainly had a lot of talents.

Posted at 3:01PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by Junie T.

62. Oops, I just read my own posting -- "go" should have been "got". LOL.

Posted at 3:04PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by Junie T.

63. Who is this guy anyway??????????

Posted at 10:22AM on Jan 24th 2008 by Whatever

64. thanks to pointless media, with no real news to ever report on, Brad may become more famous being dead then he ever did being alive. What has he really done in the past 10 years? He spent time in Knoxville scoring drugs from the ghetto and getting roles in crap films with other has-beens or never-beens. If no one had ever meantioned that he was dead, we may have never noticed he was gone. I grew up in Knoxville. Of all the great people to have come from or passed through there, Brad was never been one of the people we claim. In the mid 90's maybe, but not since. TMZ, find something better to talk about!

Posted at 5:00PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by David

65. Brad Renfro passing away is a real tragedy. It's a tragedy for Brad's loved one's, a tragedy for Brad, a tragedy for the thousand's of people that received pay checks as a direct result of Brad's line of work. It's unfortunate the extremely limited Media coverage has focused on Brad's stumbles in life instead of his lengthy accomplishments...TMZ, Entertainment Tonight, Showbiz tonight all continue pummeling us with silly trashy non-news about Britney Spears. I don't give a rat's ass how many Gas Stations Britney stop's at per night for Intentional Photo Op's. The world has lost a very talented young man. Brad Renfro Has Not Received the respect & acknowledgment in the Media he is most certainly overdue...! I admire his extreme privacy & not selling his private life out to the vultures Britney chase's and the vultures that chase Britney back. Real Entertainment news is being overlooked to update us where Britney farted last & what accent she used. Give us a break, the public deserves better & so does Brad Renfro. I have 100% admiration for a true actor that didn't sell out to the Big budgeted Hollywood Remakes like legions of other actors. Renfro was an actor's actor. No B.S., no pretense, no publicist to give us lame excuses like: "He's suffering from exhaustion." Brad answered for his stumbles in life & made no excuses when they occured. The media seems to forget Drug & Alcohol Addiction kills people in all walks of life. It's a disease that doesn't discriminate. Unlike the media,i.e. TMZ & others that choose to focus on this young man's disease instead of his umpteen accomplishments. God Bless Brad Renfro & God Bless Heath Ledger....Heaven's a better place.

Posted at 6:18PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by Davy Jones

66. A son? Who is Brad?

Posted at 5:12PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by TCurry

67. Oh My God,,Brad had a son?? Kapan dia Married nya??

Posted at 10:05PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by Sesa Jkt,Id

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