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Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman accidentally died after taking a toxic mix of drugs, New York City officials announced on Friday.Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman accidentally died after taking a toxic mix of drugs, New York City officials announced on Friday.
Hoffman died from a mix of heroin, cocaine, amphetamines and benzodiazepines, said a spokeswoman for the New York City medical examiner.Hoffman died from a mix of heroin, cocaine, amphetamines and benzodiazepines, said a spokeswoman for the New York City medical examiner.
Law enforcement officials have confirmed that Hoffman was found 2 Feb with a needle in his arm, and tests found heroin in samples from at least 50 packets in his Manhattan apartment. Law enforcement officials have confirmed that Hoffman was found on 2 Feb with a needle in his arm, and tests found heroin in samples from at least 50 packets in his Manhattan apartment.
Police had been investigating his death as a suspected drug overdose, but an autopsy in February was inconclusive and medical examiners said more tests were needed.Police had been investigating his death as a suspected drug overdose, but an autopsy in February was inconclusive and medical examiners said more tests were needed.
Authorities also found unused syringes, a charred spoon and various prescription medications, including a drug used to treat heroin addiction, a blood-pressure medication and a muscle relaxant in his apartment.Authorities also found unused syringes, a charred spoon and various prescription medications, including a drug used to treat heroin addiction, a blood-pressure medication and a muscle relaxant in his apartment.
Hoffman, 46, who won an Oscar for “Capote” and starred in numerous other movies as well as New York stage productions, had been frank about struggling with substance abuse. He told CBS' “60 Minutes” in 2006 that had he used “anything I could get my hands on” before getting clean at age 22. But in interviews last year, he said he'd relapsed, had developed a heroin problem and had gone to rehab for a time. 46-year-old Hoffman had been frank about his struggle with substance abuse.
Investigators have been probing how Hoffman may have obtained the heroin. Tests of the heroin in his apartment have found that it was not cut with a dangerous additive such as fentanyl, a synthetic form of morphine used to intensify the high that has been linked to deaths in other states. He said on US TV in 2006 that had he used “anything I could get my hands on” before getting clean at age 22.
A musician, veteran jazz player Robert Vineberg, has been charged with keeping a heroin stash in a lower Manhattan apartment amid the investigation into Hoffman's death. Vineberg, who has said he was a friend of the Tony Award-nominated Hoffman, hasn't been charged in Hoffman's death and has said he didn't sell him the heroin found in his apartment. But he admitted last year that he had relapsed and had developed a heroin problem for which he had gone to rehab.
Police are reported to have followed a tip-off after Hoffman's death, whereby they say they found about 300 small bags of heroin, worth about $10 apiece on the street, and $1,300 in cash in Vineberg's apartment and music studio. Police have been investigating how Hoffman obtained the heroin.
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