# Philip Seymour Hoffman has died. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364 "2014-02-02T18:34:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/161 "2014-02-09T03:40:58Z")
Aaron Sorkin has written a nice short tribute in _Time_: [Aaron Sorkin: Philip Seymour Hoffman's Death Saved 10 Lives | Time](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/02/05/aaron-sorkin-philip-seymour-hoffmans-death-saved-10-lives/) ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/162 "2014-02-09T10:04:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Aaron Sorkin has written a nice short tribute in _Time_: [Aaron Sorkin: Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Death Saved 10 Lives | TIME](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/02/05/aaron-sorkin-philip-seymour-hoffmans-death-saved-10-lives/) well written. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/163 "2014-02-10T14:48:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Aaron Sorkin has written a nice short tribute in _Time_: [Aaron Sorkin: Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Death Saved 10 Lives | TIME](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/02/05/aaron-sorkin-philip-seymour-hoffmans-death-saved-10-lives/) It was well-written but I had the opposite reaction to PSH: ten people will see that someone who had everything going for him overdosed, so what chance do they have. But I hope he is right. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/164 "2014-02-17T05:51:19Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > GREAT movie! Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, and Philip Seymour Hoffman as the “young craps player” who goads P. B. Hall into going for “Hard Eight!” > > Good performances by Gwyneth Paltrow and Samuel L. Jackson as well! (Wonder why Gwyneth didn’t use a middle name or initial? Everyone else did!) > > Check it out! > > RIP Philip! I did check _Hard Eight_ out - watched it tonight. Nice little Vegas _noir_, with a quiet air of menace and an interplay of darkness and light that was very effective. I liked it. PSH had a small role but did well with it. ---
**Author:** ![Esco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de053/32.png) [@Esco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esco)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/165 "2014-02-17T20:53:42Z")
Supposedly his heroin dealer was friendly with a lot of celebs: > **[Hoffman’s alleged heroin dealer ‘partied with other stars’](https://nypost.com/2014/02/17/hoffmans-alleged-heroin-dealer-partied-with-other-stars/)** > > The man accused of selling heroin to Philip Seymour Hoffman often got high with late New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, a report claims. Basquiat, who died in 1988 of a heroin overdose, and the … > [@](#): > > **Hoffman’s alleged heroin dealer ‘partied with other stars’** > > The suspected drug dealer who allegedly sold heroin to Philip Seymour Hoffman also shot smack in his apartment with late New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, a new report claims. > > Basquiat, who died in 1988 of a heroin overdose, and jazz musician Robert Vineberg “used A LOT of heroin during the 80s” in Vineberg’s Manhattan apartment, [TMZ.com](http://TMZ.com) reported, noting that the Basquiat “injected the heroin with a needle.” > > **\** ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/166 "2014-02-17T21:07:35Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > I always found movies he was in hard to watch because he gave off a bit of a creepy vibe… I thought that was a huge part of exactly why he was so memorable in _Big Lebowski_ and _Boogie Nights_. His character in each one was supposed to be slimy, creepy, unlikeable … in a way that was supposed to be hard to define or quite put your finger on the exact reasons for feeling. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364.md?page=8)