Sean Penn still catches glimpses of his tragic brother Chris when he walks past the actor's home. Chris Penn died in January 2006 from an enlarged heart brought on by obesity, but his big brother still feels the Footloose star's presence - especially when he walks his old neighbourhood. The actor/director tells Vogue magazine, "He's still completely here to me."He used to live right up the street and I took a walk today in his old stomping grounds, and I saw him three or four times, that lumbering walk. "And his voice... I feel like I could've just heard it on the phone."Chris was found dead at his condominium in Santa Monica on 24 January 2006, he was just forty years old.While the actor had used drugs in the past this was ruled out as cause of death after an autopsy despite ther being trace of cocaine and marijuana in his body.

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