DHAKA: Oscar-winning American actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died at his home in New York at the age of 46.

His body was found after a friend called emergency services. Police say he apparently died of a drug overdose.

Many fellow actors paid tribute to him.

Hoffmann made his name in the 1990s in films including Boogie Nights and the Big Lebowski, before winning the best actor Oscar for his 2005 portrayal of writer Truman Capote.

Source: BBC
BDST: 1005 HRS, FEB 03, 2014