Author Topic: This just in: Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead (Read 12295 times)

MillCreek · « **on:** February 02, 2014, 02:28:56 PM »

http://www.today.com/entertainment/philip-seymour-hoffman-found-dead-2D12043170

An apparent heroin overdose and found with the syringe still in his arm.

T.O.M. · « **Reply #1 on:** February 02, 2014, 03:05:50 PM »

My wife grew up a street over from PSH and his family. Went to church together. Met him a few years back at the National Museum of Play in Rochester, N.Y. Our sons played together. Nice guy. Seemed almost shy...

Too bad...

Tallpine · « **Reply #2 on:** February 02, 2014, 03:33:16 PM »

never heard the name until now

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #3 on:** February 02, 2014, 03:49:22 PM »

I think it's sad.
I've enjoyed him in every role I've seen.

His character in Cold Mountain was brilliantly played.

Fly320s · « **Reply #4 on:** February 02, 2014, 04:01:45 PM »

No loss. Just another actor.

BobR · « **Reply #5 on:** February 02, 2014, 04:13:09 PM »

The only difference between him and the dozens of other junkies that will die today is he had a little money, some talent, and a smattering of fame. But in the end, he ended up like many junkies.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

bob

never_retreat · « **Reply #6 on:** February 02, 2014, 04:22:20 PM »

Sounds a little suspicious to me.
He used to be an addict, supposedly clean for 20 some years. Then goes back straight to Heorin? What no pot or blow as a warm up?
Apparently there was a web rumor about his death a few days ago.
Someone decide to murder him? Seams a little coincidental.

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #7 on:** February 02, 2014, 04:23:01 PM »

Oh, man. I'd forgotten about Pirate Radio.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y_Pc6MX9wM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

And Fly, I disagree. I wouldn't class PSH as "just another actor". He was a good actor. There are precious few of those running around.

Northwoods · « **Reply #8 on:** February 02, 2014, 04:27:34 PM »

Quote from: never_retreat on February 02, 2014, 04:22:20 PM

Sounds a little suspicious to me.
He used to be an addict, supposedly clean for 20 some years. Then goes back straight to Heorin? What no pot or blow as a warm up?
Apparently there was a web rumor about his death a few days ago.
Someone decide to murder him? Seams a little coincidental.

Quote from: http://www.today.com/entertainment/philip-seymour-hoffman-found-dead-2D12043170

In early 2013, Hoffman checked himself into rehab for 10 days. He told TMZ that he had begun using prescription medicines, and his use escalated to heroin.

Fly320s · « **Reply #9 on:** February 02, 2014, 05:09:04 PM »

Quote from: bluestarlizzard on February 02, 2014, 04:23:01 PM

Oh, man. I'd forgotten about Pirate Radio.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y_Pc6MX9wM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

And Fly, I disagree. I wouldn't class PSH as "just another actor". He was a good actor. There are precious few of those running around.

Whether he was good at his job is irrelevant. The point I am making is this shouldn't be national news. Actors don't deserve it. Drug addicts don't deserve it.

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #10 on:** February 02, 2014, 05:32:31 PM »

If I read that link correctly, it was filed under ENTERTAINMENT news.

And as ENTERTAINMENT news, the death of a highly regarded actor would qualify.

cassandra and sara's daddy · « **Reply #11 on:** February 02, 2014, 05:44:36 PM »

Quote from: never_retreat on February 02, 2014, 04:22:20 PM

Sounds a little suspicious to me.
He used to be an addict, supposedly clean for 20 some years. Then goes back straight to Heorin? What no pot or blow as a warm up?
Apparently there was a web rumor about his death a few days ago.
Someone decide to murder him? Seams a little coincidental.

he acknowledged snorting smack last year
and addiction is a funny thing when you restart you don't start over at the beginning you usually take up where you left off

T.O.M. · « **Reply #12 on:** February 02, 2014, 05:51:15 PM »

Actor or not, I met the man. I watched him spend a day at a museum with his son. I watched him playing with all of our sons. He wasn't acting famous. Nothing about how he acted or dressed was ostentatious. In fact, except for his watch (a beautiful Rolex), we were dressed the same. No entourage. No publicist. No agent. No trophy chick on his arm. Just him, his son, and a couple of family members. Sitting on the floor playing in the sand with our sons, just like me.

For that, I feel saddened by his death...

Ben · « **Reply #13 on:** February 02, 2014, 05:57:04 PM »

Quote from: bluestarlizzard on February 02, 2014, 05:32:31 PM

If I read that link correctly, it was filed under ENTERTAINMENT news.

And as ENTERTAINMENT news, the death of a highly regarded actor would qualify.

Lead story on the Foxnews page all day so far. Ukraine is mentioned in a little link on the bottom of the page. No mention of Benghazi.

I have no animosity to him or any other actor in general, but I also don't really shed tears when people die in this way. Their choice.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #14 on:** February 02, 2014, 06:01:14 PM »

Quote from: Fly320s on February 02, 2014, 05:09:04 PM

Whether he was good at his job is irrelevant. The point I am making is this shouldn't be national news. Actors don't deserve it. Drug addicts don't deserve it.

Yes, only great heroes deserve to have the world know they died an ignominious death.

He's a famous person. He died. That's news. Deserve has nothing to do with it.

cassandra and sara's daddy · « **Reply #15 on:** February 02, 2014, 06:05:00 PM »

Quote from: Ben on February 02, 2014, 05:57:04 PM

Lead story on the Foxnews page all day so far. Ukraine is mentioned in a little link on the bottom of the page. No mention of Benghazi.

I have no animosity to him or any other actor in general, but I also don't really shed tears when people die in this way. Their choice.

its tuff on the kids and family

easy to screw up too the quality of smack is much better than back in the day

Ben · « **Reply #16 on:** February 02, 2014, 06:10:34 PM »

Quote from: cassandra and sara's daddy on February 02, 2014, 06:05:00 PM

its tuff on the kids and family

Of this I have no doubt. For the kids, family, and friends of anyone who dies.

cordex · « **Reply #17 on:** February 02, 2014, 06:13:03 PM »

Chris,

Thanks for your perspective.

roo_ster · « **Reply #18 on:** February 02, 2014, 06:47:08 PM »

Not really surprised. He was a terrific actor, but his choice of roles pointed in this direction, if not this exact destination.

Tough for his family and kids, who deserve our sympathies. As does PSH, as a fellow fallen man.

Lee · « **Reply #19 on:** February 02, 2014, 07:31:29 PM »

That's too bad. I think he might have been the best actor of our time really. And he did seem like a humble, shy, nice guy...the fame probably didn't help with his issues.

French G. · « **Reply #20 on:** February 02, 2014, 08:40:06 PM »

Wonder if it's related to the several heroin ODs recently in western PA. Pretty decent grade heroin that was cut with some form of fentanyl rather than the usual more benign adulterants.

http://www.npr.org/2014/02/01/269750147/tainted-heroin-blamed-for-overdose-deaths-in-pennsylvania

I'd probably like to kick a living PSH in the junk if I met him but as an actor he was excellent. Liked him in Charlie Wilson's War.

T.O.M. · « **Reply #21 on:** February 02, 2014, 09:45:05 PM »

Funny, French, some of what I've read while this crappy football game plays overe there says PSH was kind of a jerk in real life. Not my experience at the museum. Maybe because I treated him like just another dad playing in the sand and not some demi-god or something special... Maybe because I was kind to his son...

Feel for his son, who is about the age of my younger son...way too early to lose your father.

Doggy Daddy · « **Reply #22 on:** February 03, 2014, 01:01:29 AM »

I only really remember him from Magnolia, a film that apparently only I enjoy. His character really moved me.

Firethorn · « **Reply #23 on:** February 03, 2014, 01:29:13 AM »

Quote from: French G. on February 02, 2014, 08:40:06 PM

Wonder if it's related to the several heroin ODs recently in western PA. Pretty decent grade heroin that was cut with some form of fentanyl rather than the usual more benign adulterants.

One of the reasons I'd like to legalize the stuff in order to gain enough regulatory control that OD's due to poor quality control/adulteration wouldn't happen. I'm reminded of the story about one of the founders of one of the best medical care clinics - it wasn't found out until decades after his death that he hadn't ever kicked his heroin addiction, just managed it for the rest of his life, much like a diabetic taking his insulin.

As for Hoffman, very good actor, though it took me a while to remember the films I saw him in. He did a lot of films that I don't normally bother watching.

As for rumors about him being an ahole, it's entirely possible that his actions depended on how you approached him. Are you greeting Hoffman the dad, or Hoffman the famous actor?

French G. · « **Reply #24 on:** February 03, 2014, 09:46:31 AM »

Have seen in some nooz that the link to other ODs is being investigated.

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