Award-winning Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman Found Dead in Manhattan Apartment
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Source: WSJ
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."
Read more: http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304626804579358943360702878?mobile=y
My wife and I have been lamenting how actors of this generation are so bland. Not him.
I posted this while on the treadmill.
Take care of yourselves.
(Yes, I know he probably OD'd, regardless...)
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itsrobert
(14,157 posts)Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead of an apparent drug overdose inside a Greenwich Village home on Sunday, cops said.
Hoffmans body was found in an apartment at 35 Bethune St., sources said.
Cops are at the scene and are investigating, sources said.
Hoffman has admittedly struggled with drug addiction in the past, and reportedly checked himself into rehab last year for heroin abuse.
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)classykaren
(769 posts)question everything
(47,568 posts)Why, when they have so much going for them.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)sweetloukillbot
(11,135 posts)Apparently he'd been sober for about 20 years - dunno why he relapsed.
Cha
(297,935 posts)his struggles with heroin. RIP~Philip Seymour Hoffman
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,947 posts)Didn't know he'd had a drug problem.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,762 posts)cilla4progress
(24,791 posts)Great talent. Great loss. Damn drugs.
hlthe2b
(102,491 posts)May he find peace.
may he find peace. That's what I try to remember and think when people die - that they are (hopefully) at peace.
Gothmog
(145,794 posts)niyad
(113,771 posts)dhill926
(16,380 posts)Digital Puppy
(496 posts)edbermac
(15,950 posts)He was brilliant in Capote. Oh, man...
Cirque du So-What
(26,025 posts)Sad to see it's true. RIP, Mr. Hoffman.
TeamPooka
(24,286 posts)Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)Faux pas
(14,703 posts)I spent last week od-ing on movies he was in. What a waste, for sure.
Faygo Kid
(21,478 posts)Memorable.
kairos12
(12,892 posts)Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)11 Bravo
(23,928 posts)StarlightGold
(365 posts)I saw "Max and Mary", a wonderful claymation movie and Hoffman was the voice of the old Ausberger man. Even as "just" the voice, Hoffman impressed me so much.
How sad...he was so young...
Tippy
(4,610 posts)seattledo
(295 posts)Justice
(7,188 posts)Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)it's been reported in an awfully lot of legitimate news sources.
charlyvi
(6,537 posts)He died this morning.
TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)The same ABC news that credited him with being in Titanic? Fortunately, he fought against that accusation and was able to get other source, including Wikipedia, to print a retraction. I do not trust them because of how much they dislike this great actor.
ForgoTheConsequence
(4,869 posts)And the police have spoken about it. It's real.
seattledo
(295 posts)I'll wait until I see more than one source making the claim.
ForgoTheConsequence
(4,869 posts)Google his name, there are tons of sources. Btw the site you posted, again, is satire. That's bad form.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/03/movies/philip-seymour-hoffman-actor-dies-at-46.html?_r=0
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/02/02/sources-philip-seymour-hoffman-found-dead-in-nyc-apartment/
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/philip-seymour-hoffman-dead-capote-3106362
http://my.chicagotribune.com/#story/sns-rt-actor-philip-seymour-hoffman-found-dead-in-new-20140202/
BeyondGeography
(39,393 posts)TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)...I believe he's really dead.
There's been an epidemic of overdoses from heroin laced with fentanyl. It's a deadly mixture.
TYY
BodieTown
(147 posts)Even the source you cite here has a note saying that the story is false.
2banon
(7,321 posts)I'm no expert, I looked at that link you posted and that appears to be the hoax.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,947 posts)ForgoTheConsequence
(4,869 posts)FYI.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)What just happened? He was only in his 40s.
intheflow
(28,516 posts)Aviation Pro
(12,224 posts)You'll be missed.
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)I have a copy of Capote on DVD. It was an excellent movie.
He was like Gary Oldman - a guy who could change in each movie and you would not necessarily recognize him, which is good. He seemed to be an extremely thoughtful guy.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)Patch Adams was the first movie I saw him in.
The next was Punch-Drunk Love.
Most recently loved him (and everybody else) in Pirate Radio
He was a brilliant actor.. big loss.
txwhitedove
(3,933 posts)TBF
(32,118 posts)Justice
(7,188 posts)Squinch
(51,075 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)Amy Adams & Jake Gyllenhaal Join Philip Seymour Hoffman-Directed 'Ezekiel Moss'
tblue
(16,350 posts)Horribly sad. Way way too soon!
liberalla
(9,274 posts)they went to his apartment where they found him.
For the rest of their lives, those children will remember the morning they were waiting for Daddy to pick them up, but instead they learn of his death and losing him from their lives forever.
I hope they are surrounded by people who love them and they have lots of support as they grow up.
from left to right, Cooper Alexander Hoffman 10, Tallulah Hoffman 7, Willa Hoffman 5,
Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Mimi O'Donnell, his partner of 14 years.
RIP, Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)mimi85
(1,805 posts)Common Sense Party
(14,139 posts)Don't do drugs, kids.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)ellie
(6,929 posts)CFLDem
(2,083 posts)elfin
(6,262 posts)Such a talent. If the overdose report is true, so unnecessary with his resources to treat a harmful habit or addiction.
And he had kids! Dammit.
bucolic_frolic
(43,442 posts)simply one of my favorites
Paladin
(28,281 posts)AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)He was one of the greatest. Absolutely one of my favorites. I have always looked forward to anything he was participating in.
RIP
tishaLA
(14,176 posts)....and it looks like the demons that haunted him in that film might have, to some extent, haunted him in RL too.
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)BootinUp
(47,209 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,393 posts)Such a unique talent. Irreplaceable.
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)I'm going in the other room and tell my husband. I know he will be shocked because PSH is his favorite actor.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)from a heroin overdose. I know that isn't wholly confirmed yet, but if even the New York Times is reporting that as the probable cause (and given his previous use), that is probably what killed him.
Deadly drugs like heroin do not care how healthy your heart is. It kills indiscriminately.
I wonder if this story is related to the 22 heroin deaths in Western Pennsylvania this past week: tainted heroin.
http://www.npr.org/2014/02/01/269750147/tainted-heroin-blamed-for-overdose-deaths-in-pennsylvania
LuvNewcastle
(16,864 posts)I always knew I'd see a good performance from him. He did a good job with every role I saw him in; such a crying shame. If you have to take a dangerous drug, be careful with every dose. It only takes one mistake.
Swede Atlanta
(3,596 posts)He was so gifted. I hope there was no foul play.
Tom_Foolery
(4,691 posts)He always came across as a guy who knew that he had a great talent, but he had a sense of humility about it. In a world of the beautiful people, his talent ascended to a height that others only dream about. What masterpieces would this man have created? We'll never know now.
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)Sad.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)Cross gently, Philip.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)I am in shock. He was my favorite actor. Well...it was a toss up between him and Danial Day Lewis. But he was soooo good. I'd watch anything he's in. One of my favorites of his was "Flawless". It's one of the few VHS tapes I have that I couldn't give to the library.
I didn't know he struggled with drug addiction. This is so sad.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Very sad.
R.I.P.
skypilot
(8,854 posts)NO!!! Just fucking NO!!!!
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)Brilliant actor. Tremendous loss.
nirvana555
(448 posts)dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)Sad loss.
RIP.
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)...in a movie filled with great actors playing outrageous parts, he managed to stand his own ground. R.I.P. Mr. Hoffman.
red dog 1
(27,903 posts)and Philip Seymour Hoffman was awesome in it, as usual.
TNNurse
(6,931 posts)Is a horrible problem. For many it is too hard.
This is a great loss to film and theatre.
I am so sad.
tblue37
(65,524 posts)handmade34
(22,759 posts)always think of the movie "Flawless" when I think of him... genius actor
Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)Truly one of my very favorite actors.
bucolic_frolic
(43,442 posts)Moneyed folks in NYC can get just about anything they want
This seemed to me to be a theme of a recent book
"The Buy Side: A Wall Street Trader's Tale of Spectacular Excess" by
Turney Duff
He's an excellent writer. Just marvelous with words, sort of stream of
consciousness, short clipped sentences. A Wordsmith i'd call him.
He fought addiction and won.
Too bad Mr. Hoffman didn't conquer his problems.
He was a really good actor.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)SheilaT
(23,156 posts)a hoax report that he died of a drug overdose?
1000words
(7,051 posts)One of the finest of my generation. When I saw him in "Happiness," I knew he'd be a star.
Rest in Peace, Mr. Hoffman.
Aldo Leopold
(685 posts)He was such a talented actor! It's not fair.
Kennah
(14,352 posts)red dog 1
(27,903 posts)He was such a great actor, and CAPOTE was probably his best film (seen it a dozen times)
But he also made other great films such as THE BIG LEBOWSKI.....LEAP OF FAITH...... FLAWLESS.........BOOGIE NIGHTS.....
THE GETAWAY..and others as well.
Probably my favorite, (right behind "Capote" was..'ALMOST FAMOUS..(God he was good in that film.)
He will be missed.
LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."
What a terrific actor. What a terrible loss.
red dog 1
(27,903 posts)Damn!
texanwitch
(18,705 posts)You never what pain someone is having.
I had a friend who passed away from drug use.
He had a overdose.
Rest in peace Philip.
diabeticman
(3,121 posts)Why is talent like that gone so soon
bkanderson76
(266 posts)Solly Mack
(90,798 posts)My heartfelt sympathy to his family.
Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,656 posts)kentauros
(29,414 posts)I had to come here to look this up after confirming an odd FB post where it was "announced" almost in passing, as if the death of such a wonderful actor was a ho-hum moment.
Fuck. I always liked him, especially as Truman Capote. That scene where they're all making fun of his accent still makes me laugh, even now!
Rest in peace, Philip
ButterflyBlood
(12,644 posts)Brilliant actor, amazing in every role he did. One of the few celebrity deaths that hit me like this, especially since his role in a movie would make me more likely to see it. RIP.
pacalo
(24,721 posts)Beacool
(30,253 posts)He was only 46 and had 3 children. What a shame.........
Rest in peace.
progressoid
(50,011 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,825 posts)I was so looking forward to seeing him in Hunger Games: Mockingjay
As it is, my favorite clip of him acting is from Charlie Wilson's War:
Babel_17
(5,400 posts)A SCANNER DARKLY
Author's Note
This has been a novel about some people who were punished entirely too much for what they did. They wanted to have a good time, but they were like children playing in the street; they could see one after another of them being killed -- run over, maimed, destroyed -- but they continued to play anyhow. We really all were very happy for a while, sitting around not toiling but just bullshitting and playing, but it was for such a terrible brief time, and then the punishment was beyond belief: even when we could see it, we could not believe it. For example, while I was writing this I learned that the person on whom the character Jerry Fabin is based killed himself. My friend on whom I based the character Ernie Luckman died before I began the novel. For a while I myself was one of these children playing in the street; I was, like the rest of them, trying to play instead of being grown up, and I was punished. I am on the list below, which is a list of those to whom this novel is dedicated, and what became of each.
Drug misuse is not a disease, it is a decision, like the decision to step out in front of a moving car. You would call that not a disease but an error in judgment. When a bunch of people begin to do it, it is a social error, a life-style. In this particular life-style the motto is "Be happy now because tomorrow you are dying," but the dying begins almost at once, and the happiness is a memory. It is, then, only a speeding up, an intensifying, of the ordinary human existence. It is not different from your life-style, it is only faster. It all takes place in days or weeks or months instead of years. "Take the cash and let the credit go," as Villon said in 1460. But that is a mistake if the cash is a penny and the credit a whole lifetime.
There is no moral in this novel; it is not bourgeois; it does not say they were wrong to play when they should have toiled; it just tells what the consequences were. In Greek drama they were beginning, as a society, to discover science, which means causal law. Here in this novel there is Nemesis: not fate, because anyone of us could have chosen to stop playing in the street, but, as I narrate from the deepest part of my life and heart, a dreadful Nemesis for those who kept on playing. I myself, I am not a character in this novel; I am the novel. So, though, was our entire nation at this time. This novel is about more people than I knew personally. Some we all read about in the newspapers. It was, this sitting around with our buddies and bullshitting while making tape recordings, the bad decision of the decade, the sixties, both in and out of the establishment. And nature cracked down on us. We were forced to stop by things dreadful.
If there was any "sin," it was that these people wanted to keep on having a good time forever, and were punished for that, but, as I say, I feel that, if so, the punishment was far too great, and I prefer to think of it only in a Greek or morally neutral way, as mere science, as deterministic impartial cause-and-effect. I loved them all. Here is the list, to whom I dedicate my love:
To Gaylene deceased
To Ray deceased
To Francy permanent psychosis
To Kathy permanent brain damage
To Jim deceased
To Val massive permanent brain damage
To Nancy permanent psychosis
To Joanne permanent brain damage
To Maren deceased
To Nick deceased
To Terry deceased
To Dennis deceased
To Phil permanent pancreatic damage
To Sue permanent vascular damage
To Jerri permanent psychosis and vascular
damage
...and so forth.
In Memoriam. These were comrades whom I had; there are no better. They remain in my mind, and the enemy will never be forgiven. The "enemy" was their mistake in playing. Let them all play again, in some other way, and let them be happy.
jsr
(7,712 posts)R.I.P.
valerief
(53,235 posts)geardaddy
(24,931 posts)He left three young children and a long-term partner behind. I can't even begin how to comprehend how that must feel to them.
RedRoses323
(199 posts)RIP