One of the greatest actors of our time. He was found dead in his apartment at age 46.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national...ticle-1.1599537
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RIP Philip Seymour Hoffman, age 46
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Heroin OD, very sad. I often wonder what goes through the head of a person who is so successful, has more money than he can ever responsibly spend, and has the world by the balls. Then he goes and shoots up with that [censored]. I guess my age is starting to show. RIP Seymour Hoffman.
There are few choices left when addicted to hard drugs if you cannot manage to get yourself clean. Basically death or jail are all that left.
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Originally Posted By: demarpaint
Heroin OD, very sad. I often wonder what goes through the head of a person who is so successful, has more money than he can ever responsibly spend, and has the world by the balls. Then he goes and shoots up with that [censored]. I guess my age is starting to show. RIP Seymour Hoffman.
I dont understand it either - can't hold a lot of respect when something like that is done, and is their end.
Sad but really just stupid more than anything else.
Heroin OD, very sad. I often wonder what goes through the head of a person who is so successful, has more money than he can ever responsibly spend, and has the world by the balls. Then he goes and shoots up with that [censored]. I guess my age is starting to show. RIP Seymour Hoffman.
I dont understand it either - can't hold a lot of respect when something like that is done, and is their end.
Sad but really just stupid more than anything else.
No one wants to be addicted and ruin their lives. They think they are immune from this disease of addiction....until it is too late.
Then it's usually only a miracle if you get sober....once you cross that line.
Believe me. I am a recovering addict and alcoholic. I work with these people every day. Those that get and stay clean, are miracles.
Then it's usually only a miracle if you get sober....once you cross that line.
Believe me. I am a recovering addict and alcoholic. I work with these people every day. Those that get and stay clean, are miracles.
I'll have 25 yrs sober/clean in July. Yes, we are miracles .. humble miracles.
All the best.
Bob R
All the best.
Bob R
great performances in Capote and Charlie Wilson's War.
Ironically (or maybe because he KNEW the part so well), he played an 'executive type' junkie (in the smaller, indie movie "Before The Devil Knows You're Dead" with Marisa Tomei) who goes to an upscale, wealthy persons 'smack boutique' and has the owner (a very effeminate Asian man) tie him off and shoot him up, and then he can go into another room and zone out on the bed.
Yes, despite your foibles/fatal faults PSH, RIP.
Yes, despite your foibles/fatal faults PSH, RIP.
How very sad - I loved him in "Cold Mountain."
That needle spares no one. I've seen a lot in my time in narcotics investigations. It's the hardest addiction to kick.
I've seen crack users stop cold turkey, but the heroin never lets go. People use Seboxin and Methadone for years after they kick heroin.
I've seen crack users stop cold turkey, but the heroin never lets go. People use Seboxin and Methadone for years after they kick heroin.
This is truly disturbing news. Such a tragedy.
As one who thoroughly enjoyed his performances I will miss him.
Peace at last.
As one who thoroughly enjoyed his performances I will miss him.
Peace at last.
He never looked like a healthy person in interviews I'd seen. Whatever happened to the simple days when actors/actresses died of "ordinary" things like alcoholism?
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People use Seboxin and Methadone for years after they kick heroin.
It's Suboxone.
People use Seboxin and Methadone for years after they kick heroin.
It's Suboxone.
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I dont understand it either - can't hold a lot of respect when something like that is done, and is their end.
Sad but really just stupid more than anything else.
Well said.
Also this person had ALL the advantages in life and threw it all away.
I always say NOBODY forces anyone to use that first hit of anything.
The only ones I have real sympathy for are babies who are born addicted. That is a different case entirely, since they could not help the situation foisted upon them.
Honestly though I really wish that these drugs were made legal and then provided at designated areas where the users can be warehoused and if they wish to OD so be it. The rest of us don't have to be devastated by their usually reckless actions on a daily basis. I feel the same about alcoholics.
I dont understand it either - can't hold a lot of respect when something like that is done, and is their end.
Sad but really just stupid more than anything else.
Well said.
Also this person had ALL the advantages in life and threw it all away.
I always say NOBODY forces anyone to use that first hit of anything.
The only ones I have real sympathy for are babies who are born addicted. That is a different case entirely, since they could not help the situation foisted upon them.
Honestly though I really wish that these drugs were made legal and then provided at designated areas where the users can be warehoused and if they wish to OD so be it. The rest of us don't have to be devastated by their usually reckless actions on a daily basis. I feel the same about alcoholics.
Staying clean from drugs and alcohol allows freedom to experience life unfettered, unaltered. Yes reality brings pain, pleasure, sadness, happiness and all the other combinations, but it is what true living is.
Unfortunately fame = money = messed up thinking. Most famous people are totally messed up mentally and they deal with it by trying to escape reality. Most actors spend so much time playing other people, they don't even know who they really are so that messes them up even more. We will continue to read about these types that seemingly have the world as their oyster, yet inside they are a disaster, killing themselves every week or month. Each time it happens I have less of a reaction as it seems to be par for the course for these types.
I liked his acting, he threw it all away for a cheap false thrill the first time he dabbled. Sad he made that choice.
Unfortunately fame = money = messed up thinking. Most famous people are totally messed up mentally and they deal with it by trying to escape reality. Most actors spend so much time playing other people, they don't even know who they really are so that messes them up even more. We will continue to read about these types that seemingly have the world as their oyster, yet inside they are a disaster, killing themselves every week or month. Each time it happens I have less of a reaction as it seems to be par for the course for these types.
I liked his acting, he threw it all away for a cheap false thrill the first time he dabbled. Sad he made that choice.
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