Family And Friends Bid Sad Farewell To Actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman.

Philip Seymour Hoffman, who fiercely protected his private life, will be mourned behind closed doors today in an emotional farewell from his close-knit family and loyal Hollywood friends. A private funeral for the Oscar-winning actor is being held for 400 people at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, on a bright but bitterly cold day in Manhattan. The actor's longtime partner Mimi O'Donnell looked devastated as she pulled her three children Cooper, 10, Tallulah, 7 and Willa, 5, close while they watched Hoffman's casket being carried in the church around midday.  More pictures after the cut

                          The actors longtime partner and kids watch funeral procession


                                    The late Actors kids and their mother

                       Hoffman's mother Marilyn O'Connor arrives for her son's funeral.
Hundreds of mourners had come to say goodbye at the Upper East Side church including Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Joaquin Phoenix, Ethan Hawke, Michelle Williams and Amy Adams.
Hoffman, 46, was found dead on Sunday of an apparent heroin overdose in his West Village apartment. He had been open about a past that included drug addiction and rehab.

           Mimi O'Donnell puts a protective arm around her son as they arrive for the funeral 
Hoffman, who was discovered on the floor of his bathroom on Sunday by his friend David Bar Katz, had been battling a relapse into drug and alcohol addiction for the best part of a year after being sober for more than two decades. The star of The Hunger Games and Capote reportedly fell off the wagon during the wrap party for his 2012 movie, The Master and entered rehab in May of last year. Hoffman, 46, who was widely respected as one of the best actors of his generation, was found with around 70 bags of heroin inside his apartment on Sunday after Ms O'Donnell phoned his friend Katz to check on him after he failed to collect their children at 9am. More tests are needed to determine what exactly killed Hoffman, who was found with a syringe in his arm and what authorities said were dozens of packets of heroin in his apartment. Autopsy results were inconclusive, authorities said this week. The Church of St. Ignatius Loyola also hosted the funerals of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Lena Horne and Aaliyah. He would be sorely missed by all.
Daily Mail.