The incredibly-talented, Academy Award-winning actor and director Philip Seymour Hoffman has reportedly been found dead at age forty-six in his West Village, New York apartment.
NYPD law enforcement officials and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner have stated that a cause death is yet to be determined, but officials suspect a potential overdose.
According to the Wall Street Journal, PSH was found in his bathroom around 11:15 am by a screenwriter, who then called 911. The New York Times are reporting that investigators found “a syringe in his arm and an envelope containing what is believed to be heroin”, with an official adding, “It’s pretty apparent that it was an overdose. The syringe was in his arm.”
The extraordinary Hoffman won the Best Actor Oscar for his transformative performance – one of many – as Truman Capote in the movie of the same name in 2005, and most recently appeared at the Sundance Film Festival to promote his roles in both God’s Pocket and Anton Corbin’s A Most Wanted Man. The Boogie Nights, Talented Mr. Ripley, Magnolia and Almost Famous actor – not to mention Doubt, The Big Lebowski, Charlie Wilson’s War and The Savages – also received critical acclaim for his performances on stage in the Tony-nominated True West, Death of a Salesman and Long Day’s Journey Into Night.
To list but a few of his performances feels like a disservice to so many incredible others, including his five time BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominated work in Happiness, Punch Drunk Love, 25th Hour, Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead, The Ides of March, Synecdoche, New York, Cold Mountain, and most recently, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and the in-production Mockingjay, parts one and two. Marvel at his entire filmography here.
Last year, it was reported that Hoffman completed a voluntary stint in rehab for snorting heroin after a twenty-three year period of sobriety. He is survived by three children with costume designer Mimi O’Donnell.
More to come.
via WSJ
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