Snapshot: Outside the apartment where Oscar winning actor Hoffman was found dead

Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Oscar for his portrayal of writer Truman Capote and created a gallery of slackers, charlatans and other characters so vivid that he was regarded as one of the world's finest actors, was found dead in his apartment on Sunday with what officials said was a needle in his arm. He was 46. (Image Courtesy: Reuters)

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The exterior of the apartment where actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in Manhattan, New York.

A police officer stands outside the apartment where actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead.

Police officers stand in front of a Medical Examiners vehicle as they remove the body of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman outside the apartment building where he was found dead in Manhattan, New York.

A police officer directing residents to leave the building, stands at the entrance of the apartment where actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead.

A portrait and flowers in memory of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman is displayed outside Philip Marie Restaurant and bar on Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York.

A fan mourns in front of flowers placed in memory of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman outside the apartment where Hoffman was found dead.

A woman places flowers as she mourns outside the apartment where actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in Manhattan.

Many were spotted clicking photos of the apartment where the actor was found dead.