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Best Actress Reese Witherspoon (right) poses while holding her Oscar with Best Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman at the 78th Academy Awards.
Hollywood immediately took to Twitter to comment on the shocking death of Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, after news of his apparent drug overdose broke on Sunday.
Stars of all generations — from "Breaking Bad" actor Aaron Paul to comedian Steve Martin — commented on the 46-year-old "Capote" actor's sudden passing.
"Shocked to hear of Phillip Seymour Hoffman's death," Martin said, before lauding the Oscar-winning actor's work in "Death of A Salesman."
"If you missed him as Willy Loman, you missed a Willy Loman for all time."
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Joaquin Phoenix (left) and Philip Seymour Hoffman in a scene from 2012 film ‘The Master.’
Initially, the shock of the news bombarded Twitter.
PHOTOS: PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN DEAD AT 46
"Someone please tell me it's rubbish about Philip Seymour Hoffman," wrote British actress Amanda Abbington.
"Just hearing about Phillip Seymour Hoffman," singer Justin Timberlake wrote. "Devastating. What an amazingly gifted actor."
"Up In The Air" stand-out Anna Kendrick expressed that she was "unbearably, shockingly, deeply sad."
"Words fail to describe his life and our loss," she tweeted.
Director Spike Lee, who worked with Hoffman on 2002 film "25th Hour," shared a photo of the actor on Instagram.
"Damn, we lost another great artist," he wrote. "God bless you and your family. Rest in peace."
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Philip Seymour Hoffman (left), Mark Wahlberg (center) and John C. Reilly in Paul Thomas Anderson's 1997 film ‘Boogie Nights.’
Alec Baldwin appeared to echo the sentiment. The often controversial tweeter had no words about the death of his "Along Came Polly" co-star — instead he posted a Variety magazine link to the news of Hoffman's passing.
As more details emerged about the cause of death, other celebrities such as Courtney Love, weighed in on the reports that Hoffman died of an apparent drug overdose.
"Words seem inadequate to express the sadness I'm feeling about the loss of an acting genius and friend," Love, who has famously battled drug addiction, wrote.
Philip Seymour Hoffman (left) in a scene with David Huddleston, from 1998 film ‘The Big Lebowski.’
"Drugs are f--king lame and false and take beauty away from the world," singer Sara Bareilles wrote.
"And anyone who tells you different is just plain wrong."
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