URooney Mara oneminyaka engu-35 noJoaquin Phoenix oneminyaka engu-46 waba ngabazali ngo-Agasti 2020. Indodana ibize umfula ukuhlonipha uMfoweth 'uPhoenix, owashona ngo-1993 kusukela nge-overdose yezidakamizwa. I-Star Couple iholela indlela yokuphila evaliwe futhi ayikhangisi imininingwane yomphakathi. Ukuthi indodana yendodana yazalwa, yaziwa ngoNovemba ngonyaka owedlule. Ngokubambisana nengane, othandekayo wavakashela udadewethu omkhulu uMariya, uKate, manje ozokhulisa indodakazi endala evela kumngane womshado, uJamie Bella.
UPaparazzi wathwebula isithandwa esithombeni. Kodwa-ke, ubuso bengane abakwazanga ukungcoliswa: Lo mbhangqwana ukhetha ukumfica emphakathini. Ngesikhathi sesikhundla sobhubhane, uMara noPhoenix bachitha izinyanga eziningana ekuzinikeleni, futhi cishe akukho okuzwa abalandeli ngezimpilo zabo. Manje lo mbhangqwana uzama nokuvela isikhathi esiningi ngangokunokwenzeka ekuvikeleni umndeni ekubukeni kokuwohloka.
UPhoenix noMara bahlangana ngo-2013 kusethi yefilimu "yena". Lo mbhangqwana udlala abalingani bakudala futhi utholakala kuphela ezigcawini ezimbalwa ezingokomzwelo nama-flashbacks. Okwesikhashana baphinde badluliswe yi-imeyili futhi babengabangani ngemibhalo, kodwa ngo-2018 bahlangana ndawonye, basebenza ngefilimu ehlanganyelwe ehlelweni lebhayibheli, "uMaria Magdalene", lapho enza khona izindima eziphambili. NgoMeyi 2017, lo mbhangqwana wakuqinisekisa ubuhlobo babo, ukuhlanganisa ndawonye emkhosini wefilimu yeCannes.