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Philip Seymour Hoffman pictured in January of this year. Victoria Will/AP/Press Association Images
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Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died of a toxic mix of drugs: NYC officials
The cocktail included heroin, cocaine, amphetamines and benzodiazepines.
OFFICIALS SAY ACTOR Philip Seymour Hoffman died from a toxic mix of heroin and other drugs.
A spokeswoman for the New York City medical examiner said this evening that Hoffman died from a mix of heroin, cocaine, amphetamines and benzodiazepines, which are psychoactive drugs such as Librium.
The death was ruled an accident.
Police had been investigating his death as a suspected drug overdose.
Law enforcement officials have said Hoffman was found earlier this month with a needle in his arm, and tests found heroin in samples from at least 50 packets in his Manhattan apartment.
The 46-year-old star of “Capote” and “The Master” said in interviews last year that he had sought treatment for a heroin problem after 23 years of sobriety.
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