Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead today in his NYC apartment.
Here’s a sad update. According to the New York Times, Hoffman most likely died from a drug overdose and a syringe in his arm:
The actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his New York apartment on Sunday morning of an apparent drug overdose, according to a law enforcement official who requested anonymity because he was not certain the actor’s family had been informed of the death.
The official said Mr. Hoffman, 46, was found in his West Village apartment around 11:30 a.m. by a friend who had become concerned at not being able to reach Mr. Hoffman.
Investigators found a syringe in his arm and an envelope containing what is believed to be heroin, the official said
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Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead Sunday afternoon in his New York City apartment, a law-enforcement official said.
The New York Police Department is investigating, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to determine exact cause of death. The official said Mr. Hoffman, 46 years old, was found dead at his apartment at 35 Bethune St. in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan.
Mr. Hoffman won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 2005 film, “Capote.”
This article appears in Jan 30 – Feb 5, 2014.
Aw, crap. *sigh*
When I think about what happened to Philip Seymour Hoffman, my mind goes to Cory Monteith, Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson. Together, they inspired me to write this essay: http://wp.me/p2wzRb-O
How very sad. Thank you for the memories, Mr. Philip Hoffman.
Drug overdose??!!…Sad or pathetic? So how sorry are we supposed to feel.
Jim T: Feel however you want, I guess, but I feel sad because the drug overdose suggests he had an addiction. Addiction is a form of disease. Hoffman is now dead because of this disease. This is sad.
Why feel sad for a dead drug user? There are thousands of over doses a year in this country and nobody bats an eye. A movie star OD’s and it’s a big event.
I don’t understand your point. I feel very sad for people with addiction in general.
Psst: Didn’t you hear? Feeling sad about things is a zero-sum game, Gorgonzola. You can only feel sad about one thing at a time.
im glad he’s dead……
Too often these events are viewed as quasi-natural disasters, instead of the man, or woman, made personal disasters they are. Remember when Whitney Houston died and commentators/fans were reacting with shock and disbelief. Very sad, but also not a big mystery in the end. I feel sad somebody died, but also sad that the country seems to have almost given up on talking about drug/alcohol problems, look at how Leno/Letterman joke about LiLo and others rehab issues . . .
The comments seem to me more about whether or not it is okay to feel sad because Hoffman died as a direct result of making a choice to shoot heroin. That sort of misses the point. It is absolutely okay to mourn his death and feel sad for his family, his friends, and the world’s loss of his talent. It is also okay to recognize that he made an extremely bad choice to shoot heroin, especially in light of his being clean for 23 years.
I’m sad because it’s a waste of a great talent, and I won’t be able to see any new films with him, in the future.
Addiction is a disease that can be treated, sometimes successfully, sometimes not. It’s another one of our afflictions (in the mental-illness family) that does not receive enough attention or money to help prevent, mitigate or cure.