"Drug Demons Win Battle Against Oscar-winning Actor After Fighting Him Half of His Life"

From The Mirror:
Tenacious Class A drug heroin finally won its battle against Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman after fighting him for more than half of his life.
The century old morphine substitute won its final victory over the weekend, leaving the 46-year-old star dead in his New York apartment. The highly addictive substance had to first overcome his treatment for heroin use and dependency to pills.
Sources close to the opium related industry said the demon drug had long been struggling to overcome the actor's attempts to stay clean.
But last year it was reported that the popular sedative had managed to pull him back "off the wagon" 23 years after he first quit booze and drugs, having feared that it would fail to kill him.