Philip Seymour Hoffman was an extremely
talented oscar-winning actor but
underneath his stellar success dark
shadows were lurking on February 2nd
2014 he passed away and countless
investigations rumors and tributes soon
followed here's what's come out about
him since his passing following philip
Seymour Hoffman's unexpected passing
media outlets tried to piece together
the timeline of events leading up to his
shocking death police still trying to
determine exactly how the three men and
one woman arrested and all those drugs
found are connected to Hoffman's death
one of the most thorough reports came
from CNN which carefully dissected the
famous actors final 24 hours what they
discovered was a bizarre chain of events
Hoffman's morning reportedly began like
any other
with a visit to chocolate bar on eighth
Avenue where he placed his usual order a
four-shot espresso over ice with a
splash of milk according to manager
Jonathan Hanson who spoke with CNN
Hoffman seemed perfectly fine
Hanson added he seemed in good spirits
he was very happy that was no longer the
case around 2:00 p.m. when he bumped
into his longtime partner Mimi O'Donnell
on the street the pair had separated at
this point and Hoffman was living on his
own around the corner she noted that he
seemed high then the 46 year old was
later spotted at a New York City
restaurant having dinner with two people
eating a cheeseburger and drinking a
cranberry juice and soda his night then
took a dark turn went according to an
eyewitness he entered a supermarket with
two men wearing messenger bags around
8:00 p.m. he proceeded to take out
$1,200 from an ATM in six transactions
authorities confirmed and that was the
last time he was seen alive
despite his illustrious career which
included over 50 film credits and a Best
Actor Oscar for Capote in 2006 Philip
Seymour Hoffman reportedly remained
humble and friendly a 2014 people cover
story explained in the downtown
Manhattan neighborhood he had called
home for years Philip Seymour Hoffman
was simply one of the locals the rumpled
cyclist pedaling through the West
Village the dad walking his three
children to school the actor poring over
scripts are having a drink at one of his
favorite low-key bars yet as one local
recalled Hoffman was a master at pulling
it all together then letting it fall
apart the source told people he'd go
over to Oliver's restaurant with his son
Cooper
they'd have lunch and you'd see them
talking and laughing
hours at a time then come nightfall
you'd see Phil back at Oliver's hunched
over the bar alone looking like an
entirely different man he looked very
dark and depressed photographer Victoria
will who shot the actor at the Sundance
Film Festival shortly before he passed
away also noted his masterful ability to
put on a brave face she recalled he
seemed great he was just a regular guy
which is what I've always loved about
him Hoffman's struggle with drugs and
alcohol was a lifelong battle after
drinking heavily and using drugs he
wound up out a rehabilitation center by
the age of 22 speaking with the Guardian
in 2011 he confessed I had no interest
in drinking in moderation and I still
don't just because all that times past
doesn't mean maybe it was just a phase
that's who I am
Hoffman's sobriety lasted for 23 years
thanks to therapy and AAA meetings then
he relapsed as Mimi O'Donnell noted in
her 2017 Vogue tribute to her ex
O'Donnell wrote I didn't fully
understand that addiction is always
lurking just below the surface looking
for a moment of weakness to come roaring
back to life Hoffman first relapsed with
alcohol then prescription opioids then
heroin and yet throughout it all the
extent of his addiction was hidden from
the public until after his passing upon
further investigation authorities
reportedly discovered signs of drug use
including 49 unopened glycine's paper
envelopes often used to hold heroin
there were also eight empty glass scenes
20 used needles and pills prescribed for
treating anxiety and high blood pressure
however those reports varied the New
York Post reported that five empty glass
eenz were found in a trash bin and three
others were discovered around the home
as well as 70 unused glass scenes in a
desk drawer
yet the Daily Mail claimed a different
number 49 full glass scenes and seven
empty glass scenes found in Hoffman's
apartment the exact numbers weren't the
only thing that was disputed following a
spike in deaths linked to fentanyl laced
heroin including 22 overdoses in
Pittsburgh in 2014
slate noted that this may have been the
culprit behind Hoffman's own overdose as
the outlet explained fentanyl a
prescription drug use for pain relief is
quote cheaper and between 50 to 80 times
more potent but the Atlantic pointed out
that the name stamped on each of the
glass eanes
representing the type of heroin found
inside didn't match any of those linked
to the fentanyl laced overdoses in other
cases saying that Hoffman's death
coincides with
heroin fentanyl overdoses is certainly
suggestive but at this point it seems
most likely that his death was more
prosaic a fairly recently relapsed
heroin user taking an overdose of the
drug On February 4 2014
just two days after Hoffman's overdose
the New York Post reported four
suspected dealers were arrested in
connection with his death following a
raid on a New York City drug den where
the actor was suspected of buying heroin
among them was musician Robert Aaron
Feinberg who is believed to be the
actor's primary drug dealer in addition
to Hoffman vine Berg was reportedly
close with jean-michel basquiat he was
said to have had him over at his
apartment often where they both quote
used a lot of heroin the legendary
artist overdosed in 1988 vine Berg was
also reportedly tight with Amy Winehouse
although there are no reports of the
pair ever using drugs together vine Berg
agreed to an interview at the New York
Post from behind bars to maintain his
innocence saying he was my friend I
could have saved him if I knew he was in
town I would have said hey let's make an
a a meeting if I was with him it
wouldn't have happened not under my
guard
even so he admitted to seeing Hoffman hi
and claimed that Hoffman may have been
using as many as ten bags of heroin a
day when asked if he had ever sold drugs
for the late actor Feinberg refused to
answer screenwriter and playwright David
Barr cats and Philip Seymour Hoffman's
assistant Isabella wing Davey were the
people who discovered Hoffman's body and
Katz's involvement apparently helped
fuel tabloid rumors that the pair were
more than just friends what actually
happened as reported by the New York
Post was that Hoffman failed to pick up
his kids from Mimi O'Donnell as
scheduled so she asked the playwright to
go check on him at his rented apartment
which he did wing Davey let cats into
Hoffman's home that didn't stop the
National Enquirer from publishing
allegations about a relationship between
Hoffman and Katz the paper ran an
alleged interview with cats in which he
apparently admitted to having an affair
with the late actor Katz vehemently
denied the story going so far as to sue
the National Enquirer for 50 million
dollars claiming the article was a
complete fabrication Katz's lawyer
issued an additional statement on his
behalf saying there was no interview bar
Katz and Hoffman were never lovers bar
cats did not see Hoffman freebasing
cocaine the night before he died or at
any other time bar Katz never saw
Hoffman use heroin or cocaine
throughout his career Philip Seymour
Hoffman kept his private life private he
and his longtime partner Mimi O'Donnell
had three children together
Cooper Tallulah and Willa but little was
known about any of them when the Oscar
winner suddenly died in 2014 the kids
were just 10 seven and five years old
people reported but it turns out that
their young ages weren't the reason why
they didn't inherit any of their famous
father's fortune instead it was because
the actor purposely left them out of his
will
leaving all of the assets of the 35
million dollar estate to their mother
today confirmed enews was able to gain
access to the probate documents
surrounding Hoffman's well for Manhattan
surrogate court in which Hoffman's
reasoning for the unconventional
decision was revealed in the papers
Hoffman was quoted as telling his
accountant that he quote did not want
his children to be considered trust fund
kids the documents also noted that
although they never Wed Hoffman treated
O'Donnell as his wife and their lack of
nuptials did not affect his affinity or
relationship he simply did not believe
in marriage
despite being most widely known for his
big screen roles Philip Seymour Hoffman
decided to throw fans a curve ball and
signed on to executive produce and star
in a TV show on Showtime called
happy-ish according to Variety the
series was set to debut in 2014 with a
10 episode run and which Hoffman would
play a 40-something man working for a
facebook-like company who was frustrated
by feeling out of touch while surrounded
by younger colleagues although a
half-hour pilot was already filmed
having been shot in September 2013
before Hoffman's passing production
hadn't actually started on the show
initially unsure how to continue
showtime eventually decided to recast
happy-ish choosing Steve Coogan to take
over Hoffman's leading role The
Hollywood Reporter pointed out that most
of the original cast and actually stick
around for the revamp first season which
marked the beginning of the end the show
premiered in 2015 snagging only 430,000
viewers and receiving largely negative
reviews The Hollywood Reporter dubbed
happy edge quote more annoying than
funny the series was eventually pulled
off the air failing to secure a second
season due to flagging viewership Mimi
O'Donnell Hoffman's longtime partner
revealed an Evoque 2017 tribute the
first time I met Phil there was instant
chemistry between us after meeting in
1999 when she interviewed to be the
costume designer for in Arabia with all
be Kings the first play Hoffman ever
directed the pair went on their first
date in 2000
O'Donnell wrote from the beginning phil
was very frank about his addictions
being sober and a recovering addict was
along with acting and directing very
much the focus of his life whatever I
was doing made me worry if I was gonna
be able to do the things I wanted to do
with my life things were fine for years
but as O'Donnell stated the first
tangible sign of trouble came when out
of nowhere Phil said to me I've been
thinking I want to try to have a drink
again
what do you think their relationship
would never be the same that drink gave
way to prescription opioids and Hofmann
secretly began using heroin again
O'Donnell recalled I sensed it terrified
I told him you're going to die
that's what happens with heroin every
day was filled with worry every night
when he went out I wondered will I see
him again
watching her love struggle with sobriety
became heartbreaking according to
O'Donnell who stated for the first time
I realized that his addiction was bigger
than either of us I bowed my head and
thought I can't fix this it was the
moment that I let go
released in 2018 beautiful boy stars
actor Steve Carell and Timothy sha'lame
and tells the story of a father and his
teenage son who's battling meth
addiction it's cord sha'lame a Golden
Globe nominee actor and received overall
positive reviews but as it turns out the
movie almost didn't get made at least
not with writer Luke Davies attached
speaking with Pete Hammond from deadline
Davies who battled addiction himself
revealed that he actually vowed to stay
away from the subject of drugs after
petting the novel and screenplay candy
and thus decided to turn out beautiful
boy then everything changed because of
Philip Seymour Hoffman three days before
Davies was set to meet producers to turn
it down Hoffman had died and Davies got
a powerful message my dad wrote me an
email which said I suppose you heard
about Philip Seymour Hoffman
that's really sad Luke sometimes I feel
this family is so blessed he was talking
about my own history with addiction that
resulted in me eventually getting clean
Davies added my dad was not one given to
express his emotions in any very overt
way especially about the past like that
and at that moment it was kind of like
oh I never ever dealt with the
father-son relationship in kandy because
it was too difficult too loaded and so
maybe this is an invitation from the
universe to change my opinion about
taking this job at that moment I thought
oh I really want this job you have to
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