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Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Sister Writes Tribute to Late Actor 10 Years After His Death


Philip Seymour Hoffman’s sister Emily Barr shared a tribute to her late brother 10 years after his death from a drug overdose. She recalled childhood memories.

Get back to the Philip Seymour Hoffman’s sister Emily Barr remembered his remarkable life in a deeply personal essay 10 years after his death. This was true both of Phil’s comedic scenes and more dramatic ones: Sandy Lyle sharting at the party in Along Came Polly, Scotty J. trying to kiss Mark Wahlberg’s character in Boogie Nights, and the CIA agent Gust Avrakotos smashing the window in Charlie Wilson’s War. We would talk, like when we were kids, imagining the story of Encyclopedia Brown trying to solve The Case of the Vanishing Actor, which takes place in a library with a small wooden door.”

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