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    Philip Seymour Hoffman

    American actor

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  1. Feb 28, 2014 · Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was found dead February 2 on the bathroom floor of his New York apartment with a syringe in his left arm, died of acute mixed drug intoxication, including...

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  2. Hoffman's death was officially ruled an accident caused by "acute mixed drug intoxication, including heroin, cocaine, benzodiazepines, and amphetamine".

    • Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Rise to Stardom
    • The Private Struggles That Preceded Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Death
    • How Did Philip Seymour Hoffman Die?
    • The Aftermath of Hoffman’s Devastating Demise

    Philip Seymour Hoffman was born on July 23, 1967, in Fairport, New York. The second of four children, he was regularly taken to local plays by his mother. Hoffman was smitten by All My Sonsat 12 years old but was primarily interested in wrestling until an injury forced him to reassess his interests. Drawn to the stage, Hoffman starred in production...

    Philip Seymour Hoffman was always intensely self-critical. He once vowed to move to France to teach English after being dissatisfied with a play that he had performed in. Even when he was offered the titular role in the movie Capote, he “wasn’t sure if I should do it,” even though he won an Oscar for that performance in 2006. “He wasn’t constructed...

    Despite the rehab stint, Philip Seymour Hoffman continued to struggle with his sobriety. He and O’Donnell made a difficult decision that it would be best for him to move into the apartment he had initially taken to rehearse lines — so that his young children wouldn’t feel uncomfortable as he battled his addiction. Though the family saw each other a...

    Two days after Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead, police raided the Little Italy home of jazz musician Robert Vineberg and found 300 bags of heroin. According to the New York Daily News, Vineberg admitted that he had sometimes sold the drug to Hoffman but hadn’t done so since October 2013. He was arrested but pleaded guilty to a lower level dru...

  3. Feb 2, 2014 · The death, from an apparent drug overdose, was confirmed by the police. Mr. Hoffman was found in the apartment by a friend who had become concerned after being unable to reach him....

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    • Bruce Weber
  4. Feb 3, 2014 · Ryan Gilbey. Mon 3 Feb 2014 11.47 EST. Philip Seymour Hoffman, who has died aged 46 of a suspected drugs overdose, had three names and 3,000 ways of expressing anxiety. He was a...

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  6. Jul 14, 2014 · The actor, who won an Oscar for Capote, was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on February 2, 2014. He had relapsed into drug addiction after years of sobriety.

  7. Feb 28, 2014 · The Oscar-winning actor died of “acute mixed drug intoxication” from a combination of substances including heroin, cocaine, amphetamine and benzodiazepines (prescription medication used to...

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