Philip Seymour Hoffman died of accidental overdose

Philip Seymour Hoffman's mother has broken her silence over her son's death — saying he was “a gift to me for 46 years.” “It has been a devastating loss for us,” Marilyn O'Connor said in a statement read at an upstate film series honoring the late actor.

Midway through the Santa Monica-set awards show, Cate Blanchett introduced a tribute to James Gandolfini, film critic Roger Ebert and her friend Philip Seymour Hoffman, whom she called "a sublimely talented actor.".

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Philip Seymour Hoffman at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscar party on Feb. 24 Philip Seymour Hoffman's cause of death has been revealed as "accidental acute mixed drug intoxication," the medical examiner announced Feb.

Philip Seymour Hoffman at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscar party on Feb. 24 Philip Seymour Hoffman's cause of death has been revealed as "accidental acute mixed drug intoxication," the medical examiner announced Feb. 28 Credit: Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic.