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Philip Seymour Hoffman, Oscar winner for “Capote,” has been found dead in his Manhattan apartment
This is a shocker – and such a pity.
Philip Seymour Hoffman has died. He was 46.
The Academy Award winner was found in his Manhattan apartment at 35 Bethune St. in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan this morning morning, according to the New York Police Department, which is investigating.
According to police reports cited by the New York Post, the initial cause of death is believed to have been a drug overdose; and Hoffman had been admitted to rehab last year for heroin abuse.
UPDATE: Police say he was found alone in his bathroom – with a needle in his arm.
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 in which he played the late gay novelist Truman Capote.
Among Hoffman’s competitors for the Oscar that year was Heath Ledger for Brokeback Mountain. Ledger, of course, also died too young a few years later.
Hoffman was also nominated for three Best Supporting Actor Oscars in his career for The Master, Doubt, and Charlie Wilson’s War.
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RichB says:
Seems cause of death already determined – sad. Besides ‘Capote’, my personal favorite was ‘Savages’ opposite Laura Linney.
2201 East says:
For some reason this does not entirely surprise me. I hope the press will leave the family alone. No one can ever say that drugs don’t affect more than the one taking them.
Gaspar Marino says:
Such a shame. A great stage and film actor. He will be missed. I hope he rests in peace.
James says:
This is really sad. He was a brilliant actor. I didn’t know him personally, but he seemed like a kind man. I hope he is safely on the other side.
2201 East says:
More-to play some of the dark parts as brilliantly as he did says there was a special connection there with the pathos involved. For some people this is healthy, for others not. Hoffman was apparently one who never got pass that.