Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead Sunday morning on the bathroom floor of his West Village apartment with a hypodermic needle stuck in his left arm and bags of heroin strewn about his home, law enforcement sources said. He was 46.
The sources called the shocking death of Hoffman, who had struggled with addiction and reportedly did a 10-day rehab stint in May, an apparent overdose.
Hoffman, who in 2006 won the Best Actor Academy Award for playing the title role in “Capote,” was found by a friend, screenwriter David Katz, about 11:30 a.m. in the fourth-floor apartment on Bethune St. He was wearing boxers and a T-shirt.
Sources said eight glassine envelopes — six empty and two containing what was believed to be heroin — were found with Hoffman, along with a charred spoon that seems to have been used for drugs.
One of the two envelopes containing drugs had the words “Ace of Spades” written on it, while the other was stamped with the ace of hearts symbol, the source said.
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