Hello there.
If you heard the news, yes it's fine to be sad. Actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman passed away on Sunday, at age 46. The news came as his fans and the whole of the country was waiting for Super Bowl XLVIII to begin.
But as you read the header, yes I'm not mourning his death. The reason for his death was a drug overdose. In fact for much of his life, and almost all of his career, he was a druggie. He swallowed pills and shot stuff into his veins and enjoyed it. And he kept doing it until he died; in fact, when he died, he had a syringe in his arm. He continued the addiction until the minute he had his last breath. (SAD.) And that's why I'm not mourning him.
What makes me pissed off about this is that this dude has kids. KIDS!! Three kids he now leaves behind, along with his family and friends, because of this damn addiction. He was also a major film actor, with many legendary film roles in his rep, with a few Academy Award and Tony nominations under his belt. And yet, he knew the dangers of drug addiction. He knew his life (and his family's lives) would be altered forever because of it. He knew he was an actor known around the world. He also knew that he has three dang kids to love, watch them grow and care for! But he just didn't care. He brought this on himself; he just kept shooting drugs over and over until the day he bit the bullet. And you know what, I don't care.
Honestly, I don't care if he (or anyone else) was a major film star with Emmys, Tonys, Oscars AND Golden Globes. If you have or began to have a drug addiction you just refuse to quit and you have a family that you love and care for, I won't feel sorry for you (and probably your family.) It happened with Anna Nicole Smith; it happened with Heath Ledger; it happened with Cory Monteith; it happened with Amy Winehouse (although it was alcohol poisoning); and it's certainly happening with PSH. (And it's going to happen to other actors who OD too.)
He has been a major film star with lots of talent and a huge amount of genius (that I will respect him for), but he was also a drug abuser; someone I just won't take lightly or seriously. I just won't take it at all. I won't feel sorry for and mourn someone who made a choice to take drugs and die from an overdose; something they decided to do, despite the risks they were told earlier in life and they things they might give up and lose if they OD in the process.
In fact, why should I (or the rest of us) mourn? We didn't know him personally. Just as an actor. We never even met him outside of a sighting and asking for an autograph. It's okay to feel sorry for an actor's family if he/she dies from a horrible disease or Cancer or whatever. But not when he/she dies from OD'ing on drugs (or from alcohol poisoning).
Sorry.
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