High School Teacher Loved the Way Philip Seymour Hoffman Tried to 'Get Under Stuff'

Memories of Fairport High School, written by a former classmate

New York Daily News reporter Andy Martino tweeted that today’s piece about his former Fairport High School classmate in Rochester ranks as “the most emotionally complicated story I’ve ever reported.” So we should all be grateful that Martino forged through the complications and shared some wonderful memories of Philip Seymour Hoffman, on the anniversary of the actor’s death.

Martino (Class of 1999) journeyed back to his Alma Mater and spoke with his one-time English teacher John Baynes about Hoffman.

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