Read people’s cover history about his death 11 years later

Sunday marks 11 years ago the sudden death of Philip Seymour Hoffman at the age of 46 on February 2, 2014. To honor the late actor is below PEOPLES cover history from the archive about His shocking death.

He was one Oscar-The winning star with stage-stalking roles in more than 50 films, but in the central Manhattan area he had called home for several years, Philip Seymour Hoffman was simply one of the locals: the wrinkled cyclist who trampled through West Village; the Dad goes his three children to school; The actor is pushing over scripts or drinks on one of his favorite fields with a low key.

Still, as expert as he was at mixing in, he took attention when he showed up at the Barrow Street Ahouse after returning from a 10-day detox for heroin addiction last spring.

“I remember he had just returned from rehabilitation, and he ordered” half of a beer, “reminiscent of a friend.” The bartender said, ‘Phil, a beer is three dollars. You can’t spray for a whole?’ Did it meet us that he tried not to drink by only drinking ‘half.’ But that’s not how it works, unfortunately. He just couldn’t fight against the demon.

Unfortunately, the 46-year-old actor, who was revered by comrades and fans to breathe complex lives in indelible characters on stage and screen, lost his decades long struggle with addiction on February 2. Is unconscious at 11:30 in the bathroom in his rented apartment on the fourth floor of a friend after he failed to show up in time that day to pick up his children, Hoffman died of an obvious overdose of drugsWith police officials confirmed that he had a syringe that was still inserted into his left arm. Scattered around the apartment were more than 50 envelopes of what seemed to be heroin – many marked with an ace of spades or ace of hearts. (Police sources say that the markings denote brands from drug dealers.) While the authorities continue to investigate the source of heroin, Hoffman’s family and friends were left.

“This is a tragic and sudden loss,” his family said in a statement. “We are destroyed.”

While his former dieter, including Nicole Kidman and George ClooneyTribute to man Kidman called “One of the Greatest Actors’ actors of all time,” poured condolences in for Hoffman’s long -lasting girlfriend and colleague Labyrinth Theater Company member Mimi O’Donnell46, and the couple’s children Cooper10, Tallulah, 7 and Willa, 5, who lived in a separate apartment at that time. “My heart is demolished for Mimi and their children,” says Hoffman’s friend Adam Nelson. “Phil was Starlight. Gold standard. ”

He was also worried. The locals in his West Village district observed the actor during both happy and seemingly darker private moments.

“He would switch to Oliver’s restaurant with his son Cooper. They would have lunch, and you would see them talk and laugh for hours at a time, says the neighborhood source. “Then, came nightfall, you would see Phil back at Oliver’s, hugged over the bar, alone and looked like a completely different man. He looked very dark and depressed. “A second source says he witnessed that Hoffman stumbles into his apartment after late nights,” needs help for the building. ”

But during the days leading up to his death, friends and locals saw little signs of distress. Participated in Sundance last month to market their film A most sought after manHe was reluctant to do interviews, and some industry -sides said he seemed to be discontinued. But others only saw a perfect professional.

“He seemed big. He was just an ordinary guy, which is what I have always loved with him, says photographer Victoria Will, who shot what would be one of his last portraits. “I saw him last week, and he was pure and sober, his old self,” said David Katz, the friend who found Hoffman’s body New York Times.

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Just the night before his body was found, he was discovered at a restaurant in the neighborhood, Automatic Slim’s, where he and two friends have eaten on guacamole and burgers. His friend had a beer; Hoffman just drank a cranberry soda. According to the bartender, “he seemed good.”

While his death came as a shock, Hoffman had long been blunt about his struggle with addiction and admitted that he had first undergone rehabilitation as a 22-year-old New York University degree.

“You panic … and I got panic for my life,” he told 60 minutes 2006. In 2011 he told Guardian, “I had no interest in drinking in measure. And I still don’t. Just because all that time has passed does not mean that it was just one phase. That’s who I am. “In May last year, he shocked many in Hollywood when he revealed that after 23 years of sobriety he had fallen into heroin addiction after using prescription drugs. He spent only ten days in a detox program before resuming a busy shooting plan that included roles in a now discontinued showtime pilot, Gladicand the last two parts of blockbuster Hunger Games franchise.

Raised with three siblings in the suburbs of Rochester, new, by his mother, Marilyn, a family law judge who split himself from his father, businessman Gordon, when he was young, Hoffman fell in love with the theater after seeing All my sons at the age of 12.

By the 30s he began to look up TonyThe Emmy and Oscar nominations in a wide range of performances (including an Oscar win for the 2005 Hijacked), but he remained deeply self -critical. When people praised his work, he said in 2006, “I will, as” thank you “, but I will not say the other part, which is” you are wrong. “It’s not always healthy.” Adds Matthew Warchus, who directed his Tony-nominated tour in the 21st century True West: “I think the tortured part comes from him who does not settle. The audience benefits. But the artist himself, it is a mixed blessing to have these standards. Nothing is easy. ”

As hard as he was on his own work, he supported others. “He could do what he wanted to do, and last spring he directed an off-Broadway game in our 90-seat theater,” says Maze Director Danny Feldman. “He was always excited.” On the set of 2007 -Dramatin Wild“He kept himself to himself, but he was warm,” says Jason Hayes, a hairdresser on the movie. “You definitely knew he was a sensitive soul.”

A constant all the time was his affection for his children. “They are all he ever talked about on set,” says Hayes.

Deeply involved in their children – who inherited his famous red hair – Hoffman was a fixture on Chelsea Piers Athletic Complex in New York City, where he showed up every Saturday for his son Cooper’s basketball methods. “He was not a waste parent,” says Ryan Berger, a colleague who had seen him just 24 hours before his death. “He was engaged in what his son did.”

Now, as those who loved Hoffman say goodbye and those who admired his work mourn what may have been, there is only grief over the loss of a “really light person, a family man who made so many good choices,” says Warchus. “It’s the horrible part of addiction.”

Adds Michael Ohoven, producer of Hijacked: “For someone so intelligent and with tremendous willpower to give in to such a terrible disease, I can’t even understand it. All I can think of is that he sits up there and gives one of his dark, big chuckles. “

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