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Philip Seymour Hoffman Dies of Heroine Overdose

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Philip Seymour Hoffman Heroine OverdosePhilip Seymour Hoffman lay dead on his side on the bathroom floor clad in a T-shirt and shorts, a hypodermic needle sticking out of his left arm.

In the trash, police found five empty heroin envelopes. Nearby were two full envelopes.

Some of the envelopes were marked in purple with an Ace of Spades. Others were stamped with an Ace of Hearts. Narcotics cops immediately set to determining which dope dealers use those brand names.

Forensic investigators entered the building to begin a ritual that would have been the same no matter who had died in these circumstances.

In the disordered fourth floor apartment, 4-D, on Bethune Street in Greenwich Village were photos of the 46-year-old actor’s three young kids. Police say that he was supposed to pick them up at their mother’s apartment for some time with their dad, but he had failed to show.

“That was not like him,” one police official said.

The children’s mother had contacted somebody who works with Hoffman. This person had gone to the apartment around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday. A call to 911 brought the police at 11:36 a.m., joined by paramedics, who pronounced him dead.

Hoffman was left as he still was four hours later, when the Crime Scene Unit pulled up outside. Forensic investigators entered the building to begin a ritual that would have been the same no matter who had died in these circumstances.

Investigators from the Medical Examiner’s office had already performed their own ritual and waited for the police to finish before removing the body. An autopsy will be followed by drug screens.

Among those who came by the scene was a woman who police described as Hoffman’s girlfriend, with whom he is said to have been living until recently. His new residence, rented for $11,000 a month, still has the name of the previous tenant on the doorbell. The girlfriend departed in shock as small crowds stood at each end of the closed-off block.

At other times, these spectators had thrilled to Hoffman’s talent on the screen. They now waited to see his body being carried out on a day when he was supposed to see his kids.

Philip Seymour Hoffman was an

Philip Seymour Hoffman Dead of Drug Overdose
Philip Seymour Hoffman Dead of Drug Overdose

Oscar-winning actor who played everything from a maverick CIA agent to a drag queen to a Catholic priest, has died. He was 46.

Hoffman was found in the bathroom of his Manhattan apartment at 35 Bethune St. in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan this morning, according to the New York Police Department, which is investigating.

The cause of death has not yet been determined, but a law enforcement official tells ABC News heroin was found at the scene and a needle was sticking out of Hoffman’s arm.

Results from the NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner on the exact cause of death are expected on Monday.

Hoffman’s family released the following statement on the actor’s untimely death this afternoon:

“We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Phil and appreciate the outpouring of love and support we have received from everyone. This is a tragic and sudden loss and we ask that you respect our privacy during this time of grieving. Please keep Phil in your thoughts and prayers.”

Hoffman won the Best Actor Academy Award and the Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Drama for his leading role in the 2005 film “Capote,” which detailed the five-year period during which author Truman Capote penned “In Cold Blood.”

He was nominated for three Best Supporting Actor Oscars, for “The Master,” “Doubt,” and “Charlie Wilson’s War.”

The second of four children, Hoffman was born on July 23, 1967 in Fairport, N.Y., to mother Marilyn O’Connor (née Loucks), a lawyer, and father Gordon Stowell Hoffman who worked for Xerox.

He graduated with a BFA in drama from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 1989 and began his film career in 1991, starring in his debut role in the indie production “Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole.”

Hoffman’s breakthrough role came in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Boogie Nights” (1997), after which he quickly became known for his leading and supporting roles on the big screen, including Todd Solondz’s “Happiness” (1998), “Flawless” (1999), “The Talented Mr. Ripley” (1999), Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Magnolia” (1999), “Almost Famous” (2000) and “State and Main” (2000).

In 2005, Hoffman starred in the role that would lead him to win the Los Angeles Film Critics Award as Best Actor for his performance in “Capote.” The next year, he won an Oscar for the same part.

He also proved himself a capable theater actor on Broadway, receiving two Tony nominations for Best Actor in 2000 for a revival of Sam Shepard’s “True West” and again in 2003 for a revival of Eugene O’Neill’s “Long Day’s Journey into Night.”

In 2012, Hoffman starred as Willy Loman in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, receiving rave reviews from critics and his third Tony Award nomination as Best Leading Actor in a Play.

Hoffman made his film directorial debut in 2010 with “Jack Goes Boating.” More recently Hoffman appeared in Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

Hoffman has previously been in rehab for drug and alcohol addiction. In his early twenties, Hoffman said he started abusing drugs not long after graduating from his degree at NYU.

“I went [to rehab], I got sober when I was 22 years old,” Hoffman revealed during a 2006 interview with CBS News’ “60 Minutes.” “You get panicked … and I got panicked for my life.”

He also said he was lucky he got sober before becoming famous and had the money to feed his addiction.

 

 

 

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