Actor Hoffman's cause of death remains undetermined - official

A memorial for movie actor Philip Seymour Hoffman is displayed in front of his apartment building in New York February 3, 2014. REUTERS/Joshua Lott

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman's cause of death remains undetermined, pending further studies, a spokeswoman for New York City's Chief Medical Examiner said on Wednesday.

The Academy Award-winning actor's body was discovered on Sunday in a Greenwich Village apartment, officials said. Dozens of tiny bags of what appeared to be heroin were found in the apartment, police sources said.

(Reporting By Chris Francescani; Editing by Ellen Wulfhorst)