Philip Seymour Hoffman Dead at 46

PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 19: Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman attends The Variety Studio: Sundance Edition Presented By Dawn Levy on January 19, 2014 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for Variety) | Jonathan Leibson via Getty Images

Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his Manhattan apartment, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday (Feb. 2).

The 46-year-old actor's cause of death has yet to be determined but the New York Police Department is investigating and a law enforcement official confirmed to WSJ that the academy award winning actor was found dead in his West Village home.

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Hoffman in “Doubt”Photo: Everett Collection

Update - Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead of an apparent heroin overdose — with a hypodermic needle still stuck in his arm and 70 baggies of the drug inside his Greenwich Village pad Sunday, authorities said. He was 46.

He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Truman Capote in the 2005 movie “Capote,” shortly after publicly admitting that he had nearly succumbed to substance abuse years earlier, after graduating from NYU’s drama school.

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