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Award-Winning Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman Found Dead in Manhattan

Award-Winning Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman Found Dead in Manhattan
NEW YORK—Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead of an apparent drug overdose late Sunday morning in his Manhattan apartment, authorities said. Law-enforcement officials said a hypodermic needle and two glassine envelopes …
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Suspected heroin overdose: Sister remembers Tyler Seger, 20
Funeral services were held for Tyler Seger on Tuesday at the Church of the Assumption in Peekskill. Seger died of a suspected heroin overdose. He was a former member of the Hendrick Hudson High School lacrosse team. / Ricky Flores/The Journal News …
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Heroin Use, and Deaths, Rise
The number of heroin users in the U.S. jumped almost 80% to an estimated 669,000 in 2012 from 373,000 in 2007, according to surveys by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, part of the Department of Health and Human …
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