Philip Seymour Hoffman Found Dead in NYC Apartment

[mirth]

Damn. Reports of a possible overdose.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/allenstjohn/2014/02/02/philip-seymour-hoffman-found-dead-in-nyc-apartment/

[Staggerwing]

Sad to hear :(. RIP phillip.





(Fie to the editor of the article. The text above the video clip says "... Hoffman after receiving his 'Oscar" but the backdrop wall behind him says 'Golden Globes' about a zillion times.  ::))

[Gusington]

Damn...that came out of no where. RIP :(

[Steelgrave]

Wow, that's a shocker. News reports say that he was found with a needle still in his arm. Sad how many entertainers of all stripes die this way  :P

[eyebiter]

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[WallysWorld]

Another great actor killed by drugs. Very sad news!

I really liked him in the movie 'Doubt'.

[BanzaiCat]

He was a great actor, but he's had years of trouble with drug abuse. He's checked himself into rehab more times than I can remember, and did it sometime last year I think, or very recently - can't recall offhand.

Such a waste.

[Staggerwing]

The article mentioned that he had been clean for around 20 years but recently went back to using. there have been many stories lately of users ODing on heroin in the Northeast because there appears to be a large batch that has been laced with Fentanyl, making a normal dose potentially  and quickly lethal. The bit about the needle still in the arm makes me wonder if that's what got him.

[Gusington]

What's Fentanyl?

[Staggerwing]

A very powerful synthetic opiate used for surgery. IIRC during one of the Russian hostage crisis it was gassified by Russian authorities and pumped into the theater where Chechens or Dagastanis were holding Russian patrons hostage.

[bayonetbrant]

every time I see a headline with a celebrity death, my assumption is always "overdose"...

[BanzaiCat]

A very powerful synthetic opiate used for surgery. IIRC during one of the Russian hostage crisis it was gassified by Russian authorities and pumped into the theater where Chechens or Dagastanis were holding Russian patrons hostage.

Think of it as a MUCH, MUCH more powerful form of morphine. It's been bantered around under many names and forms, too, over the years. Wiki says it's 100 times more powerful than morphine, which is pretty dead on. So to speak.

Military does use it, to an extent; the Danes do especially. Have you seen the documentary Armadillo on Netflix? Not sure if it's still on Netflix or not, but I saw it a year or so ago. It is talked about a little there, being used on wounded soldiers.

[MetalDog]

That's just awful.  Loved him in, "Almost Famous."

[Jarhead0331]

IIRC during one of the Russian hostage crisis it was gassified by Russian authorities and pumped into the theater where Chechens or Dagastanis were holding Russian patrons hostage.

That event ended well...

Anyway, Hoffman's death is a tragedy, but I have trouble feeling sympathy for these overpaid, self-important Hollywood douchbags who think their contributions to society are completely invaluable.

[bayonetbrant]

Yeah. but he never seemd to have the arrogance about him that someone like George Clooney just oozes.  Hoffman kept out of the tabloids and stupid stuff, did a great job acting in everything he did, and never took a 'paycheck' role that I can recall.  It sucks that he OD'ed, esp since he'd been clean for a lot of years.  You wonder what happened to make him fall off the wagon.

That said, so many of these guys do end up OD'ing that it's always your first assumption whenever you hear a celebrity died.  At some point, aren't these celebrities going to figure out that this shit kills you?