This very talented, award-winning actor is featured in one of the biggest films of the season.
He has struggled with substance abuse in the past but thought he had mastered his addiction for good. Well, apparently not. He has gone back to using dr*gs again. Hard drugs.
He was filming a movie in the southern U.S a couple of weeks ago and had a night off.
It started out innocently enough, with him catching a show at a local comedy club. A couple of drinks and a few laughs later, and he was back to using. And we’re not just talking about a little taste. We’re talking about a huge binge with some locals that he just met that night.
We know you don’t want to believe it, but it’s true… Man, what in heaven’s name is he thinking?
It’s Philip Seymour Hoffman.
This is the saddest kind of solved item. As you probably know by now, esteemed actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died yesterday of a drug overdose at the young age of 46. From CNN:
Philip Seymour Hoffman
dead of apparent drug overdose
Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his Manhattan apartment Sunday of an apparent drug overdose, law enforcement sources said.
Police said Hoffman, 46, was found on the bathroom floor and pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators found two bags of what is believed to be heroin inside the fourth-floor apartment, law enforcement officials said.
“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,” Hoffman’s family said in a statement. “Please keep Phil in your thoughts and prayers.”
Hoffman was last seen alive at 8 p.m Saturday, a law enforcement official said. He was expected to get his children on Sunday, but didn’t show up, the official said. Playwright David Katz and another person went to the apartment and found him dead, the official said.
A needle was in the actor’s left arm, and eight empty glassine-type bags that usually contain heroin were found in the apartment, law enforcement sources told CNN.
The bags were stamped with “Ace of Hearts” and “Ace of Spades” — street names for the heroin, the sources said.
Rest in peace Phil, you will live on forever in the fire of your work that burned its way into our hearts.”
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The incident in this blind item occurred in early November at a comedy club in Atlanta. Hoffman was there filming Mockingjay, the next chapter in The Hunger Games series.
Although his friends claim he was sober prior to his death, we knew that Hoffman was having problems with alcohol, c*caine, and her*in in the past several months.
Many of you ask us why we focus so much on drug users, and why we constantly report on their activities. Well, PSH is why. Drugs kill. Hoffman was sober for years, and then he started using again. So, for all you celebs (and non-celebs) out there who think that this could never happen to you: this is a sad reminder that you are only one binge away from death. Please get help.
RIP, PSH.
Donkeykong was first with the correct answer to this blind item. We gave you lots of clues, and many of you did a good job with them:
“talented” = PSH starred in The Talented Mr. Ripley
“award-winning actor” = PSH won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Capote
“one of the biggest films of the season”, “catching a show” = PSH starred in Catching Fire
“mastered his addiction” = PSH starred in the film The Master
“Man” = PSH just starred in A Most Wanted Man (new film, not yet released)
“what in heaven’s name” = PSH played a priest in Doubt, and PSH’s character in The Hunger Games series is named Plutarch Heavensbee