Phillip Seymour-Hoffman, dead.

[Turd_Ferguson]

I liked him in some of his movies. Should have stayed away from the hard stuff.

RIP.

[ouwasp]

Yeah, son mentioned this to me a couple hrs ago, asked who he was. Told son Hoffman was in the last Hunger Games movie. This caused great concern. Also sparked a good conversation about actors' overindulgences...

[olevetonahill]

RIP whoever you are

[C&CDean]

I had to google him. I do remember him in the Big Lebowski. RIP

[okiewaker]

I guess he's dead, With needles hanging from his arms. Anyway, RIP, junkie.

[olevetonahill]

I guess he's dead, With needles hanging from his arms. Anyway, RIP, junkie.

yea he shoulda died like old drunks. On his own vomit.

[okiewaker]

yea he shoulda died like old drunks. On his own vomit.

Agreed!

[Wishboned]

All the talent in the world won't save you from your demons.

[jiminy]

I remember him in Twister with the faded OU cap. Not his best performance, but he was definitely one of the more versatile actors. One wonders what drives seemingly intelligent people to heroin.

[mojorisen2014]

Dam sad deal. The guy was a great actor. Too bad he was junkie

[lexsooner]

He was great as the rock journalist Lester Bangs (who also died young of a drug overdose) in Almost Famous. I believe Hoffman won an Oscar for Capote. I first saw him in Boogie Nights as that young porn movie assistant who had a thing for Dirk Digler. Even then, you could tell Hoffman was an awesome talent. So sad.

[BoulderSooner79]

I remember him in Twister with the faded OU cap. Not his best performance, but he was definitely one of the more versatile actors. One wonders what drives seemingly intelligent people to heroin.

That's the role I remember. I worked at NSSL while attending OU and some of my co-workers were listed in the credits. Remember Gary England touring the place a few times.

[8timechamps]

I remember him in Twister with the faded OU cap. Not his best performance, but he was definitely one of the more versatile actors. One wonders what drives seemingly intelligent people to heroin.

Yep, that was the first movie I saw him in, and it wasn't a particularly good performance, but he wore that old logo OU hat, so I liked him.


The guy really took off, and became kind of a big name. Hell, he won an Oscar.

I'll never understand why seemingly successful people turn to that type of behavior.

[IGotNoTiming]

Yep, that was the first movie I saw him in, and it wasn't a particularly good performance, but he wore that old logo OU hat, so I liked him.


The guy really took off, and became kind of a big name. Hell, he won an Oscar.

I'll never understand why seemingly successful people turn to that type of behavior.

The problem 8 Time,. is that his addiction issues were well documented well before he won an oscar. Addiction doesn't just happen.... The medical community
is finding links to heredity and genetic predisposition as a major factor in addiction..... and it doesn't matter what the addiction is....


It is really really awful, you hate hearing about incredible talents being lost to something so insidious....

[SoonerStormchaser]

The ****ty thing is that the media devotes their coverage to guys like this who **** their lives down the drain...as tragic as it is. And no one gives two ****s about the guys in uniform dying in Asscrackistan. Don Henley had a point:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0xr31XbSOU

[dwarthog]

I do believe Lynard Skynard wrote a song about "him", and others, a long time ago....

[jkjsooner]

The ****ty thing is that the media devotes their coverage to guys like this who **** their lives down the drain...as tragic as it is. And no one gives two ****s about the guys in uniform dying in Asscrackistan.

One reason for this is because the populace feels like they know the famous person who dies. When you see someone in movies or on TV all the time, you feel like you know them even if they have no clue who you are.

When someone dies in Afghanistan, usually it's a random person we've never heard of. Of course the more we learn their story the more personal it becomes.

One other point is that in times of war there is a fatigue in hearing about deaths. When a few soldiers died in the '80s (a relatively peaceful time) they garnered a lot of attention. For the while the same was true in the first Gulf War and even the same in the beginning of the war on terror.

Obviously it's important to know and understand the sacrifice soldiers are making. On the other hand, too much attention (showing graphic images, body bags, caskets, etc.) can become troublesome. It's a balance.

[8timechamps]

The problem 8 Time,. is that his addiction issues were well documented well before he won an oscar. Addiction doesn't just happen.... The medical community
is finding links to heredity and genetic predisposition as a major factor in addiction..... and it doesn't matter what the addiction is....


It is really really awful, you hate hearing about incredible talents being lost to something so insidious....

Other than seeing some of his films, I never knew anything about his history. I figured he'd obviously had some history of heroin use, but didn't realize it was public knowledge. Makes sense though.

It's tough to really understand who's at fault in those situations. Of course Hoffman, but I wonder if those that cared about him did as much as they could have to help him. We'll probably never know. Addiction is a monster, and it affects so many people.