Philip Seymour Hoffman arrives for the premiere of 'The Master' at the Venice Film Festival in September 2012. A NYC coroner says the actor died of a toxic mix of drugs, including heroin and cocaine.(Photo: Andrew Medichini, AP)
A New York City coroner says Philip Seymour Hoffman died from a toxic mix of drugs, the Associated Press reports.
Heroin, cocaine, amphetamines and benzodiazepines were what ultimately caused Hoffman's death, a spokeswoman for the NYC medical examiner said Friday. The death has been ruled an accident.
The actor was found dead, with a needle in his arm, in his Manhattan apartment in early February. An original autopsy conducted had been inconclusive.
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The Oscar-winning actor was 46. He had three children with his estranged wife, costume designer Mimi O'Donnell. In his will, he left his estate to O'Donnell and requested that his oldest son — his only child at the time of the writing — grow up in New York City for the arts and culture.
Though Hoffman had been sober for 23 years, he admitted in interviews last year that he had fallen off the wagon.
Family and friends, including many of Hoffman's celebrity co-stars, mourned the actor at his funeral Feb. 7 in Manhattan.
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