Oscar Winning Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman Found Dead In His Home After An Alleged Drugs Overdose.

 

46 years old American Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his Manhattan apartment. according to law enforcement officials the actor was discovered in the bathroom on the 4th floor with a needle sticking out of his arm.

Five bags of used heroin were found around the actor's body by police and a further two unused nearby. Emergency workers rushed to the scene where Hoffman was discovered to be unconscious and unresponsive - and was declared dead on arrival.

Hoffman admitted struggling with drug addiction in the past, and reportedly checked himself into rehab in May last year for heroin abuse after 23 years of being clean.

The actor is survived by his partner of 14 years Mimi, son Cooper, 10 and daughters Tallulah, 7 and Willa, 5.