In tragic news, actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has been found dead in a New York City apartment.
US media outlets have reported that the Oscar winner was found Sunday morning inside of his Greenwich apartment of a suspected drug overdose.
It has been reported that the actor had struggled with drug problems, most recently checking himself into a rehab facility for heroin back in May.
The NY Post report that the actor was found in the bathroom with a hypodermic needle still in his arm.
Hoffman, 46, won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 2005 biographical film Capote, and received three Academy Award nominations as Best Supporting Actor.
Hoffman was in the middle of filming The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 and 2.
Vale Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Here are some of his best performances on screen:
Almost Famous:
The Master:
Capote:
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He was a brilliant actor and it's very sad, but it makes me wonder how many actors take drugs? And are addicted? (As opposed to one off experimentation) because there are actors like this that the general public would never have had a clue that they were on drugs and it's only through the tragedy of their death that we find out, we only hear about the obvious cases like Lindsay Lohan. So it makes you wonder if all of Hollywood, even the seemingly squeaky clean stars, are all drug addicted!
Also the next question is why? Why are so many actors on drugs? Is it just because they have the money to do so, or is there something about the celeb lifestyle that makes them more prone to drug addiction?
I am sad about his death. I'm not sure I needed to know that the needle was still in his arm. TMI - his family are suffering enough without the world getting into the details.