When Philip Seymour Hoffman shocked the world by dying of a drug overdose at 46 in 2014, nearly ten years ago, his tragic and untimely passing lent a dark shadow over the actor’s portrayals of obsessives, addicts and other extreme figures who live on the edge.
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