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Academy Award winner Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his New York City apartment on Sunday. He was 46.
The New York City Police
Department confirmed to "The Insider With Yahoo" that the actor was
found dead at 12 p.m. ET in his fourth floor apartment in the Greenwich
Village of New York City.
While the official cause of death
is still unknown at this point, police speculate that he may have died
of a drug overdose. The actor was found with a needle in his arm and
apparent heroin was found at the scene. Playwright David Katz is
believed to have made the initial discovery.
The New York Medical Examiner confirms that an autopsy of the remains will be conducted on Monday.
Hoffman's family released a statement regarding 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. 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." The family will not be making any
further statements at this time.
Hoffman had struggled with addiction in the past, but was reportedly clean for 23 years before falling off the wagon in 2012. He most recently checked into rehab in May 2013.
In a 2006 interview with CBS' "60 Minutes," Hoffman discussed his earlier drug use dating back to the time after his graduation from New York University's drama school.
"It was all that [drugs and alcohol], yeah, it was anything I could get my hands on... I liked it all," Hoffman said. Eventually, he chose to seek treatment. "I went [to rehab], I got sober when I was 22 years old. You get panicked... and I got panicked for my life. It really was just that."
He also revealed that his drug habit was life-threatening. "I have so much empathy for these young actors that are 19 and all of a sudden they're beautiful and famous and rich. I'm like, 'Oh my God. I'd be dead.' You know what I mean? I'd be 19, beautiful, famous and rich. That would be it. I think back at that time. I think if I had the money, that kind of money and stuff. So, yeah [I would have died]."
Bizarrely, Hoffman was the victim of a death hoax earlier this week. However, at the time, his rep confirmed that he was alive and well.
Hoffman won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his work in the 2005 film, "Capote." He's has been nominated for Oscars for his performances in "The Master," "Doubt," and "Charlie Wilson's War." The longtime thespian will also be remembered for a number of smaller films, including "Magnolia," "Synecdoche, New York, and "The Talented Mr. Ripley," as well as his breakout in "Twister" and his most recent turn as Plutarch Heavensbee in "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire."
Hoffman was also active in the New York theater scene, and had been nominated for Tony Awards three times.
He has three children, Tallulah Hoffman, Cooper Alexander Hoffman and Willa Hoffman, all under the age of 11, with costume designer Mimi O'Donnell. While Hoffman and O'Donnell never married, they've been together since 1999, when they met on the set of the play "In Arabia We'd All Be Kings."
Hoffman had struggled with addiction in the past, but was reportedly clean for 23 years before falling off the wagon in 2012. He most recently checked into rehab in May 2013.
In a 2006 interview with CBS' "60 Minutes," Hoffman discussed his earlier drug use dating back to the time after his graduation from New York University's drama school.
"It was all that [drugs and alcohol], yeah, it was anything I could get my hands on... I liked it all," Hoffman said. Eventually, he chose to seek treatment. "I went [to rehab], I got sober when I was 22 years old. You get panicked... and I got panicked for my life. It really was just that."
He also revealed that his drug habit was life-threatening. "I have so much empathy for these young actors that are 19 and all of a sudden they're beautiful and famous and rich. I'm like, 'Oh my God. I'd be dead.' You know what I mean? I'd be 19, beautiful, famous and rich. That would be it. I think back at that time. I think if I had the money, that kind of money and stuff. So, yeah [I would have died]."
Bizarrely, Hoffman was the victim of a death hoax earlier this week. However, at the time, his rep confirmed that he was alive and well.
Hoffman won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his work in the 2005 film, "Capote." He's has been nominated for Oscars for his performances in "The Master," "Doubt," and "Charlie Wilson's War." The longtime thespian will also be remembered for a number of smaller films, including "Magnolia," "Synecdoche, New York, and "The Talented Mr. Ripley," as well as his breakout in "Twister" and his most recent turn as Plutarch Heavensbee in "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire."
Hoffman was also active in the New York theater scene, and had been nominated for Tony Awards three times.
He has three children, Tallulah Hoffman, Cooper Alexander Hoffman and Willa Hoffman, all under the age of 11, with costume designer Mimi O'Donnell. While Hoffman and O'Donnell never married, they've been together since 1999, when they met on the set of the play "In Arabia We'd All Be Kings."
