Phillip Seymour Hoffman - dead of an apparent drug O.D.

[Noilly Pratt]

"Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead of apparent drug overdose, law enforcement sources say."
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Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his apartment in New York City on Sunday, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a law-enforcement official.

The New York Police Department is investigating, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is to determine the exact cause of death, the newspaper reported.


Hoffman won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 2005 biographical film Capote, and received three Academy Award nominations as Best Supporting Actor.

Source- CNN & CBC




He was 46.

[Godfather]

Wow. I'm still hoping this is a hoax but multiple news sources are now reporting. He wasn't exactly the picture of good health and struggled with addiction, but the man was only 46. Damn shame.

[deebakes]

:shock:

[Hal-9000]

Holy crap...just watched him in the second Hunger Games movie (him and Sutherland were about the only people that could act..)


wonder what happens for part 3?




:(

[Goofy]

I didn't have him in the Death Pool :sad:

















Oh, and :rip:

[Goofy]

Holy crap...just watched him in the second Hunger Games movie (him and Sutherland were about the only people that could act..)


wonder what happens for part 3?




:(

They'll replace him with Michael Gambon :thumbsup:




























8-[

:oops:

:coat:

[deebakes]

I didn't have him in the Death Pool :sad:

Oh, and :rip:

it's bad that i checked that thread immediately after i saw this one :oops:

don't worry though, nobody had him...

[Goofy]

Oscar-winning American actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has been found dead in New York, police say.

The 46-year-old was found in his Manhattan apartment after a friend called the emergency services.

The police said the cause of death was an apparent drug overdose.

No sympathy for druggies i'm afraid.

[deebakes]

They say the needle was still in his arm apparently :shrug:

[Goofy]

it's bad that i checked that thread immediately after i saw this one :oops:

don't worry though, nobody had him...

Stop that, you made me laugh about someone dying :x

[Goofy]

They say the needle was still in his arm apparently :shrug:

Maybe he fell on it :-k

[deebakes]

oops :oops:

[Goofy]

:lol:

[Goofy]

We won't seymour of him :(

[Hugh_Janus]

at least he went out on a high

[PorkChopSandwiches]

He was great in Happiness

[DemonGeminiX]

Holy shit! :shock:

:rip:

[Pony]

it's bad that i checked that thread immediately after i saw this one :oops:

don't worry though, nobody had him...

I was at my Sisters and she saw the story, First thing I thought was I wonder if anyone had him, that's alotta points...

[deebakes]

we're horrible people :woot:

[Griffin]

Remember when he was the gay camera man in Boogie Nights? He had the hots for Dirk Diggler.

[deebakes]

roller girl :drool:

[Muddy]

I liked this fellow.. And you guys disappoint me with the morbid humor..

[deebakes]

:empathy:

[Muddy]

I require no empathy, Sir.

[Griffin]

Teh spousal unit said " Not the blonde guy that wanted steak for breakfast at aunt Megs in Twister? "

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:rip: Pink

[Goofy]

I liked this fellow.. And you guys disappoint me with the morbid humor..

I didn't know him, never met him in my life, couldn't say if i liked him or not :shrug: Apologies if i offended you.

Question - If it was some random smack-head off the street that the story was about would you feel differently?

[Pony]

I liked this fellow.. And you guys disappoint me with the morbid humor..

I'd feel differently if he didn't die with a needle sticking out of his arm.

[Goofy]

I'd feel differently if he didn't die with a needle sticking out of his arm.

Precisely my point :tup: Any fucking idiot that injects themselves with heroin gets zero sympathy from me :) I feel sorry for his friends and family........ but once again, i don't know any of them personally.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I said it before and I'll say it again when it comes to celebrities dying (updated to fit any celebrity):


I do find it kind of sad that people make a big deal about the death of some random celebrity and there are a zillion stories on it and all of Hollywood tweets/facebooks about it. But there were 4 people that died on that NYC train crash yesterday (back on Dec 1st, 2013) and nobody seems to care about them compared to some celebrity that nobody knows personally.

Now I'm not saying [Insert Dead Celebrity Name Here] wasn't a good person, he/she well could have been, but I'm guessing those 4 dead people in NYC were all equally as good as he was, they just weren't lucky enough to be famous.

[Muddy]

Im not offended.. I just dont make light of someones death.. The guy was struggling with addiction and he lost.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

By DAN GOOD, LIZ FIELDS and AARON KATERSKY - ABC News


Investigators found roughly 50 bags of heroin and used syringes in Philip Seymour Hoffman's West Village apartment, police told to ABC News.

This information comes one day after the Oscar-winning actor was found inside his New York apartment. Hoffman was 46 years old.

Police sources say Hoffman was found unconscious at around 11:15 a.m. Sunday on the bathroom floor of his apartment by friend and screenwriter David Bar Katz, who called 911. Hoffman was pronounced dead at the scene.

He was supposed to pick up his three children Sunday, but never showed.

He was last seen at 8 p.m. Saturday night.

The cause of death has not yet been determined, but should be coming later today. The New York City Police Department is continuing to investigate.

A law enforcement official told ABC News that investigators found 50 bags of heroin along with used syringes in Hoffman's apartment along with drug paraphernalia and prescription drugs.

Hoffman's family released a statement following his death.

"We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Phil and appreciate the outpouring of love and support we have received from everyone," the statement reads. "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 was known as an actor's actor, a performer who embraced the acting craft while shirking much of the celebrity surrounding his success. His early career was marked by supporting roles – snotty student George Willis, Jr. in "Scent of a Woman"; brown-nosing assistant Brant in "The Big Lebowski"; smarmy boom operator Scotty in "Boogie Nights."

His success in "Boogie Nights," directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, served as his breakout, and from there he continued to churn out powerful performances. In "Magnolia," Hoffman shined as Phil, a nurse caring for a dying patient. "The Talented Mr. Ripley" showcased Hoffman's scene-stealing abilities alongside Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law.

In "25th Hour," Hoffman brought haunting depth to a high school teacher enamored by one of his students.

And in 2004's "Along Came Polly," Hoffman showed off his humorous side as Sandy, a child star turned middle-aged schlub.

Hoffman didn't look like an A-list star. Too doughy, too normal-looking. Those looks allowed him to slink into his roles, to bring unique, genuine touch to his characters.

By 2005, the actor's actor became a leading man. His performance in "Capote" – which detailed Truman Capote's experience penning the book "In Cold Blood" – earned Hoffman the Best Actor Academy Award and the Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Drama.

Three additional Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominations followed – for "The Master," "Doubt," and "Charlie Wilson's War."

As his career built, Hoffman struggled with the trappings of fame, a topic he addressed in a 2011 interview with Britain's Guardian newspaper.

"I think that's pretty much the human condition, you know, waking up and trying to live your day in a way that you can go to sleep and feel OK about yourself," he said.

Hoffman battled addiction as well – receiving treatment for drug and alcohol addiction in his early 20s, not long after graduating from New York University.

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

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

"I have so much empathy for these young actors that are 19 and all of a sudden they're beautiful and famous and rich," he said in the interview. "I'm like, 'Oh my God, I'd be dead.'"

The actor said he kicked the habit for 23 years and remained sober until May 2013, when he briefly relapsed – after admitting to snorting heroin – and returned to rehab, spending 10 days in a detox program.

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."

Beyond movies, Hoffman also shined 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.

He made his film directorial debut in 2010 with "Jack Goes Boating."

Hoffman's passing comes amid a flurry of new and upcoming projects. He appears in the 2014 movies "God's Pocket" and "A Most Wanted Man," along with "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay" Part 1 and 2, scheduled for release in the coming years.

He was also slated to star in the Showtime series, "Happyish."

Showtime executives released a statement Sunday, describing Hoffman was "one of our generation's finest and most brilliant actors."

Hoffman is survived by his girlfriend, costume designer Mimi O'Donnell, their son, Cooper, 10 and two daughters, Tallulah, 7, and Willa, 5.

[Hal-9000]

Im not offended.. I just dont make light of someones death.. The guy was struggling with addiction and he lost.

I see it like they mentioned on Glee about Cory Monteith's death...instead of making a value judgment for life about a person using their moment of death, how about treating them like a human for all of the years that they lived?

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[PorkChopSandwiches]

:lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Dude was a fucking junkie and the drugs were obviously more important to him than his kids, so fuck him, no sympathy.

[DemonGeminiX]

Dude was a fucking junkie and the drugs were obviously more important to him than his kids, so fuck him, no sympathy.

Yeah, the more they keep talking about it, the more it's pissing me off. He had arrangements to spend the day with his kids the day he died. The kids are fairly young, now look at what they're going to have to endure growing up with the fact that he died with a needle in his arm. Y'all know how cruel kids can be.

[Pony]

He was an addict in his 20's and was sober for 23 years? He made a conscience choice to pick that needle back up.

[Muddy]

That shits tough man.. Very few people ever are able to truly give it up.. It nags at you for years.. Just because you are clean doesn't mean are free from its grip..

[Hugh_Janus]

Very few people ever are able to truly give it up.. It nags at you for years.. Just because you are clean doesn't mean are free from its grip..

this

[DemonGeminiX]

The nag of an addiction reduces the longer you're away from it. Speaking as a guy who is a nicotine addict and has been an ex-smoker for the past 8 years, the longer you're away from it, the easier it is to choose not to do it. It's barely a hint of a nag after 8 years. Going back to it would be a conscious decision. It doesn't take much to choose not to do it.

And before anybody says the addiction to nicotine is nothing compared to hard drugs, bullshit. Nicotine addictions have been proven to be as bad and even worse than some of the hardest drugs out there.

[Muddy]

The ramifications of a nicotine relapse are nothing compared to a drug like Heroin. The mildness of nicotines effects don't even put it in the same class. Its a poor comparison. Oh you started smoking again? Who gives a shit.

[DemonGeminiX]

If nicotine's effects are nothing like heroin, then how come so many experts are saying that nicotine is one of the worst addictions out there? How come people that seriously want to quit smoking are still smoking?

When I quit smoking, the withdrawal pull was so bad that I seriously wanted to kill everyone that came within ten yards of me. I felt it for two months straight before it started to subside. It felt like slow starvation. My nerves were racked beyond anything I had ever experienced before. For the first two weeks, my hands literally shook uncontrollably. I was completely useless.

Sure, smoking won't kill you quite like heroin will, but that doesn't make the addiction to it any less intense.

[Muddy]

If nicotine's effects are nothing like heroin, then how come so many experts are saying that nicotine is one of the worst addictions out there? How come people that seriously want to quit smoking are still smoking?

When I quit smoking, the withdrawal pull was so bad that I seriously wanted to kill everyone that came within ten yards of me. I felt it for two months straight before it started to subside. It felt like slow starvation. My nerves were racked beyond anything I had ever experienced before. For the first two weeks, my hands literally shook uncontrollably. I was completely useless.

Sure, smoking won't kill you quite like heroin will, but that doesn't make the addiction to it any less intense.

Sure it does man.. A Heroin withdrawal is physical and one of the few than can literally kill you.. Im not saying nicotine withdrawal isnt tough, because i as well know it is.. But really we are talking about two totally different drugs here.. I know so many people that have let this drug ruin their lives.. It's a fucking sickness its so engrained in their physiqe.. Ive seen people 20 years clean relapse and not just have a hit or two and beat themselves up about it..They totally fucking lose it... Hell we even had a local city councilman who had been clean since the days of Viet nam fall off the band wagon and throw his whole career away. Its a nasty beast once it gets its claws into your neural pathways.. You 're never the same again.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

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[Pony]

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[deebakes]

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[Goofy]

That shits tough man.. Very few people ever are able to truly give it up.. It nags at you for years.. Just because you are clean doesn't mean are free from its grip..

Agreed, and that's why it's only idiots who touch it in the first place.

[Lambchop]

The guy from Supernatural put this on Twitter and has been heavily criticised but I agree with him.


"Sad" isn't the word I'd use to describe a 46 year old man throwing his life away to drugs. "Senseless" is more like it. "Stupid".

I also think that it sends the wrong message to kids and young adults by giving sympathy with no negativity aimed towards the drug use.

[Goofy]

The guy from Supernatural put this on Twitter and has been heavily criticised but I agree with him.



I also think that it sends the wrong message to kids and young adults by giving sympathy with no negativity aimed towards the drug use.

Knew there was a reason i love that show :tup:

[DemonGeminiX]

The guy from Supernatural put this on Twitter and has been heavily criticised but I agree with him.



I also think that it sends the wrong message to kids and young adults by giving sympathy with no negativity aimed towards the drug use.

Damn straight.

[Hal-9000]

I usually get pretty high when I watch Supernatural :-k



































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[Hugh_Janus]

If nicotine's effects are nothing like heroin, then how come so many experts are saying that nicotine is one of the worst addictions out there? How come people that seriously want to quit smoking are still smoking?

When I quit smoking, the withdrawal pull was so bad that I seriously wanted to kill everyone that came within ten yards of me. I felt it for two months straight before it started to subside. It felt like slow starvation. My nerves were racked beyond anything I had ever experienced before. For the first two weeks, my hands literally shook uncontrollably. I was completely useless.

Sure, smoking won't kill you quite like heroin will, but that doesn't make the addiction to it any less intense.

go and ask a heroin addict smoker which one they'd rather give up

[Hal-9000]

I read the same thing. Cigarettes are different now containing over 100 chemicals besides nicotine....when you quit, your body goes into physical withdrawal similar to crack or heroin

[Hal-9000]

you should see me after 4 hours without a smoke :lol:

[Pony]

You guys are mostly talking about physical withdraw symptoms, after a certain amount of time passes (with both heroin and nicotine) all that's left is the psychological addiction. That can be powerful but not near as much as the physical. After 23 years I'd still stand by my comment it was a conscious choice to pick the needle back up.

[Muddy]

Lance thanks you for your useful post.

[Muddy]

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