Oscar Winner Philip Seymour Hoffman Dies at 46!
Hollywood favorite Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his New York City apartment Sunday afternoon. Preliminary cause of death is a drug overdose. He was 46.
Hoffman won his Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Truman Capote in 2006. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor on three other occasions: Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Doubt (2008) and The Master (20012).
He was born in the Upstate New York town of Fairport, just outside of Rochester.