Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead from apparent drug overdose

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Sad news on a day of celebration as award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead reportedly of a drug overdose with a needle still lodged in his arm inside a Greenwich Village home this morning.

Reports the New York Post

Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead of an apparent drug overdose — in the bathroom with a hypodermic needle still in his arm — inside a Greenwich Village home on Sunday morning, cops said.

A personal assistant found Hoffman’s body in the apartment at 35 Bethune St. and called 911 around 11:30 a.m, sources said.

Heroin was found in the pad, law-enforcement sources said.

The star was fully clothed when found.

Hoffman had been shooting “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2” and was in post-production for a Showtime series “Happyish.” He was also set to direct the movie “Ezekiel Moss” a Depression-era script, which follows a drifter with the ability to communicate with the dead starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams.

Hoffman was 46.