Joseph Gordon-Levitt Chews Out GQ Reporter for Writing that His Brother Died of 'Alleged Drug Overdose' Neetzan Zimmerman · 07/17/12 04:47PM In a feature on Joseph Gordon-Levitt that appears in the latest issue of GQ (which the actor also covers), writer Amy Wallace ascribed the 2010 death of his older brother, fire spinner Burning Dan, to "an alleged drug overdose."