http://theadvocate.com/entertainment/8284959-84/hoffman-among-thousands-of-addiction
According to Google "the average life span of the American man today is 78.64 years". Which then leads me to believe that 46 is much too young to die, especially for an extremely wealthy, successful man who worked his way from the bottom to the top. Philip Seymour Hoffman has played many roles varying from TV shows like Law and Order to the big screen. In 2005 he played in "Capote", which he won best actor and best actor in a leading role. This man made a huge success out of his life, so what uprooted this? Addiction. Philip was sober for 23 years and one relapse initally ended his whole world. It's a scary thought that this disease laid dormant for so long and was the demise of Philip.
Yes, very scary. Someone close to me was very affected by this news-- every day is a battle to stay sober, keep positive. I'm reminded of lines from the well-known poem by Adrienne Rich, "From a Survivor:"
ReplyDelete"Next year it would have been 20 years
and you are wastefully dead
who might have made the leap
we talked, too late, of making
which I live now
not as a leap
but a succession of brief, amazing movements
each one making possible the next"
I'll have to check that out!
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