Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967â2014) Film and stage actor and theater director Philip Seymour Hoffman was born in the Rochester, New York, suburb of Fairport on July 23, 1967. He was the son of Marilyn (Loucks), a lawyer and judge, and Gordon Stowell Hoffman, a Xerox employee, and was mostly of German, Irish, English and Dutch ancestry. After becoming involved in high school ... Born:
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Tweet. The Temptations baritone singer and choreographer Paul Williams was found dead today (August 17, 1973) in an alley in Detroit. Paul Williams was a founding member and original lead singer of The Temptations, until David Ruffin took over in 1963. Williams shot himself in 1973, just two years after a personal drug habit and failing health forced him to retire from the group, in 1971. Paul Williams. Paul Williams body was found in an alley, on the ground next to his car. He had just left the new house of his then-girlfriend, after an argument.