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Philip Seymour Hoffman Street Art Tribute Goes Up In East Village
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John Del Signore
Published Feb 10, 2014
Modified Feb 10, 2014
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A large mural memorializing late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has popped up in the East Village. The work of street artist Michael DeNicola (a.k.a. Ink Lungs) and the Centre-fuge Public Art Project, the mural was painted onto the same trailer that hosted a tribute to Beastie Boy Adam Yauch following his untimely death in 2012. It's located on First Street between First and Second Avenues.
A funeral for Hoffman, who was found dead from an apparent drug overdose last weekend in his West Village apartment, was held on Friday. Many of the beloved actor's show business friends and admirers were in attendance, including Louis CK, Amy Adams, Paul Thomas Anderson, Mike Nichols, Joaquin Phoenix, and Cate Blanchett.
[Via Bowery Boogie]
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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