Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, one of the leading actors of Hollywood is found dead on Sunday in his Greenwich Village apartment . He was found in a non-responsive state on the bathroom floor. This was in response to a 911 call. On arrival, the emergency medical service team found him on the bathroom floor with a syringe in his arm in a comatose condition. On examination he was found dead.
The police investigators found him with two small plastic bags that contains a substance similar to heroin. So, as per the police spokesman, the investigators are examining causes linked to a probable drug overdose. The investigation is already under way.
He spoke in the past of struggling with drugs. In a 2006 interview in which he told CBS he had at times abused "anything I could get my hands on. I liked it all."
He is survived by three children and his partner Mimi O'Donnell. The Hoffman family issued the following statement through their publicist."We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Phil and appreciate the outpouring of love and support we have received from everyone," and "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."
If it is confirmed that the cause of his death is in fact a drug overdose, it would recall the death of actor Heath Ledgerthe in a similar fashion, in 2008. In this case, the cause of death was a combination of lethal drugs, and the location, a similar apartment in the same locality.
Actor Philip Hoffman is damn good as an actor and won the Academy Award for his title role in the 2005 biographical film "Capote." When he played writer Truman Capote, he brought a workmanlike intensity to his roles almost always. "This is a horrible day for those who worked with Philip," Tom Hanks once commented as a compliment to the late actor.
Hoffman appeared last month at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. At the premiere he told something very remarkable to explain "loneliness" in connection with the character he was playing. "I think it'd be hard for anyone not to connect with the loneliness," he told in connection with Gunther's personality, whose character he played in "A Most Wanted Man." It may be easy to play a lonely character, but not that easy to stay lonely and enjoy it.
Perhaps, with great talent comes great loneliness.
Watch the top 10 performances of the late actor. You will know why he is called one of the best actors of his time and is missed so much.
