unreferenced thread

if i create a thread and start it

Thread th =new Thread(Runnable);

th.start()

suppose this thread get stuck on some call.

now if i create new thread and assign to same variableth.

would jvm clean the old thread since it is no longer referenced by any variable...?

[343 byte] By [PavanChoukhadaa] at [2007-10-2 21:23:02]