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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."

The actor was found in the bathroom of his fourth floor apartment in the Pickwick House around 11:15 a.m. by a screenwriter, who called 911, the official said.

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NBC News is saying drug overdose.

I hate to see anyone's life cut short like that, but when it's someone of his talent, it is especially tragic.

That really fucking sucks.

Damn...

NYT link, looks like Nick's doesn't work (or just won't for me).

Drugs are bad, kids.

I had no idea he had these drug issues. Man, what a waste. I can't think of any part he's had that I didn't like.

according to a law enforcement official who requested anonymity because he was not certain the actor’s family had been informed of the death.

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"It's wrong for the family to find out through you, so when you tell them don't let them know it was me that let you know before them."

Aw, man. He was great.

stienman said:

"It's wrong for the family to find out through you, so when you tell them don't let them know it was me that let you know before them."

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I blame postmodernism.

Awww, man. Already a tragedy, but what a loss.

And welcome to the Twitter universe, where people will know exactly how you died before your family does.

I am legitimately saddened by this.

So sad...

This is very unfortunate. I've enjoyed every one of his roles. I wonder what they are going to do for Hunger Games 3.

Dammit.

Did he call the police first or one of the Olsen twins?

Shawnacy said:

This is very unfortunate. I've enjoyed every one of his roles. I wonder what they are going to do for Hunger Games 3.

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http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/02/02/philip-seymour-hoffman-death-hunger-games/

They've completed all his filming on part one, and all but seven days of his filming schedule for part two. He did such a good job for the role that I imagine they'll change the script before trying to replace him.

stienman said:

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/02/02/philip-seymour-hoffman-death-hunger-games/

They've completed all his filming on part one, and all but seven days of his filming schedule for part two. He did such a good job for the role that I imagine they'll change the script before trying to replace him.

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I hope so, he was a great addition to the cast in the second film.

It was quite the gut punch to see the news of his death that morning.

We of course have no personal connection with him, but even still it manages to have some impact. He had already created such wonderful performances and I can only imagine that we would have seen just as many great and varied roles in the future.

What really gets to me is how it was such a pointless and avoidable death. If only someone could have seen how much trouble he was in.
And perhaps his family had seen some of the problem (Without knowing it would come to this) since it sounds like he was living apart from his wife.

What happens is that we all tend to get wrapped up in our own little worlds, and we don't see things. One little thing is misinterpreted, then another, and pretty soon BAM.

I guess the worst part is he beat this for 20+ years. He KNEW the damage that it did to him, but he could not resist his dependency even after all these years.

I'm starting to feel like a lot of heroin stories are hitting me all at once. Marc Maron just interviewed Marc Spitz on Thursday and a lot of it was about his heroin addiction. Then a writer for a 40k blog explained in a post he has an addiction to heroin as well on Monday. Such a strange coincidence all these things are coming out so soon together in time.

Such a sad turn of events.

sixpackshaker said:

I guess the worst part is he beat this for 20+ years. He KNEW the damage that it did to him, but he could not resist his dependency even after all these years.

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Unfortunately, based on what I know from family members and friends who have addictions, you never beat it completely.

Addictions very, very rarely ever go away. At best they can be managed throughout the remainder of one's life.

Addicts who fall back into old habits die of overdose often because they go straight back to the dosage they ended with when they were last breaking their addiction. After having it out of their system for years, their body can't cope with it.

It's very, very dangerous to break a dry streak.

From accounts of the 24 hours prior to his death it appears he was already high when he pulled another $1,200 out of his bank and ended up with 50+ packets of heroin in his apartment. The police are looking for his supplier(s) who, it seems to me, may have been taking advantage of him and are likely more culpable in his death than an average drug dealer.

Who knows. Drugs are bad news.

With the sheer amount of drugs that were found in his possession, I wonder if this might have been a form of suicide.