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Post by Willing Sniper on Feb 2, 2014 23:16:16 GMT -8
Philip Seymour Hoffman death By Larry Celona, Bruce Golding, Mara Siegler and Emily SmithFebruary 2, 2014 | 1:28pm Philip Seymour Hoffman's body is removed from the Manhattan building where the actor died earlier today.
Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead of an apparent heroin overdose —- with a hypodermic needle still stuck in his arm —- inside a Greenwich Village apartment on Sunday, cops said. Screenwriter and friend David Bar Katz called 911 around 11:30 a.m. after he and a female friend found Hoffman in his underwear on a bathroom floor at 35 Bethune St., sources said. Modal Trigger Philip Seymour Hoffman’s New York City apartment building, Pickwick House, where the actor was found dead earlier today. Photo: Getty Images The pair went to check on Hoffman after he missed an appointment to pick up his three kids from longtime girlfriend Mimi O’Donnell, sources said. Cops found five empty glassine envelopes in a garbage can, two more under the bed and one on a table in the apartment, where Hoffman — who has repeatedly struggled with substance abuse — was living recently, sources said. Cops also found a charred spoon in the kitchen sink, sources say. “He was shooting up in the bathroom,” a law-enforcement source said. The envelopes were marked “Ace of Spades,” which sources said is a brand of heroin that hasn’t been seen on the streets since around 2008 in Brooklyn. There was no note, and Hoffman’s death is believed to be accidental. The building is less than three blocks from the three-bedroom, 2-1/2-bath apartment on Jane Street that Hoffman, 46, and O’Donnell, a costume designer, bought for $4.4 million in 2008.
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Post by domic on Feb 4, 2014 8:17:45 GMT -8
I wasn't a huge fan of his, he was convincing as a sleazy character, but this is another instance of showing how human and flawed everyone is, here he was struggling with addiction and it claimed his life, which shows that trials and struggles cross all social economic classes regardless of wealth, fame, or are all the harder because of it. I did really enjoy his portrayal of the bad guy in MI3, He seemed to clearly have fun with the character, and wouldn't wish this kind of an end for anyone, it will forever tarnish his reputation and his kids will have to deal with it for quite a while. RIP.
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