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TIL actor James Hayden received a standing ovation for his role as a drug addict in the Broadway play American Buffalo. Just 6 hours later, while on the phone with his estranged wife, he suddenly stopped speaking. Police were called and found him slumped over. He died of an apparent heroin overdose

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