Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman dies at 46

Philip Seymour Hoffman, one of the leading actors of his generation and winner of an Academy Award for his title role in the film "Capote," was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on Sunday in what a New York police source described as an apparent drug overdose.

The 46-year-old was found by police with a syringe in his arm, and investigators recovered two small plastic bags with a substance believed to be heroin, according to a Reuters report.

Hoffman, who is survived by three children with his partner Mimi O'Donnell, had detailed his struggles with substance abuse in the past.

Hoffman won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of writer Truman Capote in the 2005 film "Capote." He also received three Academy Award nominations as best supporting actor, for "The Master" in 2013, "Doubt" in 2009 and "Charlie Wilson's War" in 2008.

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