Philip Seymour Hoffman - The First Celebrity Death to Ever Make me Cry.

in #life7 years ago (edited)

I saw "Punch-Drunk Love" for the first time last night and it got me thinking about Philip Seymour Hoffman.


I was so influenced by Philip Seymour Hoffman. He came to Orlando when I was living there to speak but it was over $100 a ticket and at the time I couldn't afford to swing it but I would have gladly if I could. That is how much I respect him and his work.

He has been in SO MANY good films but the first one I saw personally was "Magnolia" which, to this day, remains one of my favorite films. I also saw him in a film that not many have seen called "Love Liza" where he played a gasoline junkie that was holding onto a letter he hadn't read from his dead wife. Philip Seymour Hoffman picked roles in movies that really stuck with me. His performances were amazing, some of the best acting I have ever seen in my life and I found myself actually connecting to him as a person too.


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I used to scoff at the idea of people crying and mourning a celebrity death...that is until Philip Seymour Hoffman died. I had been waiting to see a T.V. series for showtime called "Happyish" where he was set to play a man with depression who is medicated. I was eagerly waiting for him to portray this role. After his death he was replaced by Steve Coogan. I had no interest in watching Happyish with Steve Coogan. I still haven't watched it.

I cried when he died but didn't sob. I more had a dark cloud of depression wash over me and I was stuck in it for awhile. You see I myself have struggled with drug addiction my entire life so to find out this youngish man with a family and 3 children who had been clean for so many years died after one relapse...it hurt. Seeing people I respect lose battles to addiction and mental illness will always affect me.

I still think of all the work Philip Seymour Hoffman would have done if he had lived. How much more we would be blessed with his amazing talent. How much more I could have been influenced by his mere existence. I felt robbed and I thought of how robbed his family must feel. Their partner. Their father.

Mimi O'Donnell was his partner and she has publicly talked about her extreme grief. She made it clear it was still strong when asked how she was feeling just 15 months after his death. It breaks my heart to think of what she must be feeling. But really, I know to some degree. I have lost some of the closest people to me due to drugs. Not my partner though. Not the father of my children.

"She told the Times: 'I was pretty stubborn in my falling apart - and my kids saw all of it, because they should.
'What, am I going to hide it from them? I don’t want them to hide it from me."

I just wanted to do a post about this man because he really influenced me and touched me time and time again. I am tearing up as I write this blog. We lost a great person 3 years ago due to the ugly, nasty, terrible heroin. Fuck you heroin, stop taking our people.

I will finish off this blog will a relevant quote from the great Philip Seymour Hoffman.



Thank you for enriching my life and may you rest in peace.


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Loved his work!!!! I interacted with him briefly when I worked at hard rock Las Vegas casino. Was wearing a bath robe and bear slippers just doing his thing right in the middle of the casino. Free spirit.

Oh wow. Thanks for sharing that.... He sure was and it shined through so clearly. Rare type of person.

I actually got to meet him at a coffee shop in LA. He used to hang out there smoke cigarettes, drink coffee & play chess. He was very cool, and a kick ass actor.

Love hearing these stories of people who met him. Definitely always heard good things. I would have loved to meet him even very briefly.

Thank you for this post. PSH was a legend. His sensitivity and bravery combined to become such a force in him and he used it so relentlessly to bring to life characters of such differing types but with whom we could identify.

It warms my soul to see you honor him with such a tribute. x

Thank you. I love hearing from his other fans. He really was such an amazing person. I should make some art as a tribute....

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Philip Seymour Hoffman is a great loss...

Yes it is... :(

I liked your work

He was a genius and gifted actor. A rare breed indeed. If he was in a film then it immediately got my attention. I too felt a sense of loss at his passing.