Whatever Happened To LeVar Burton Of Reading Rainbow?

Academy Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman shockingly died in February 2014 at just 46 years old. Areport from the New York medical examiner's office ruled that Hoffman's death resulted from a lethal combination of heroin, cocaine, and other drugs. What does any of this have to do with Burton?

Academy Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman shockingly died in February 2014 at just 46 years old. A report from the New York medical examiner's office ruled that Hoffman's death resulted from a lethal combination of heroin, cocaine, and other drugs. What does any of this have to do with Burton? 

Well, shortly after the news of Hoffman's death went public, so did the ghastly nugget of information that when Hoffman's body was discovered, he still had a needle in his arm. Burton, in a rare moment of tackiness, made some crude comments on Twitter: "Damn, #PSH was SO talented! However, if Y'all should find me dead with a needle in my arm, in my underwear... please put my pants on." In another tweet, Burton said, "Not cool is shooting up when you got kids," referring to the fact that Hoffman was a father. 

The next day, Burton issued a mea culpa on Twitter: "I apologize for being insensitive regarding the death of PSH. No excuses, it was wrong! May he rest in Peace!"

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