SHOCKER:Oscar Winner Philip Seymour Hoffman Found Dead at 46 in Manhattan Apparent Drug Overdose

I’m so shocked to hear this news!  Philip Seymour Hoffman was a tremendous character actor.  I really enjoyed his work.  46 is way too young to die and we’ll miss his contribution to the acting profession.

Wall StretJournal reports award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead of an apparent drug overdose late Sunday morning in his New York City apartment, authorities said.

Law-enforcement officials said a hypodermic needle and two glassine envelopes containing what is believed to be heroin were found in the apartment on Bethune Street in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan.

The 46-year-old actor was found unconscious in the bathroom of his fourth floor apartment in the Pickwick House around 11:15 a.m. by screenwriter David Katz, who called 911, a law-enforcement official said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. "He had a needle sticking out of his arm," the official said.

Mr. Hoffman was last seen around 8 p.m. Saturday, the official said. He was supposed to pick up his children Sunday morning and, when he didn't, Mr. Katz and a friend went to check on him, the official said

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

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