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Philip Seymour Hoffman's sister Emily Anne Barr penned a touching tribute to the actor 10 years after his death.

The last gift the Oscar winner gave his sibling was a two-year subscription to The Paris Review, which is where she honored him with a heartfelt essay published on Monday.

In it she looked back at moments from their childhood while detailing her way of coping with grief, after the Capote star died of an accidental drug overdose in his Manhattan apartment in February 2014, at the age of 46.

She described her brother as 'a cuddly person' and credits him for being able to take them 'away from the chaos of our house' as they were growing up.

'He loved to sit close on a couch, walk arm in arm down the street, and hug big,' she wrote, adding that the legendary actor had 'a lot of loud parts.'

Anne, a pediatric nurse practitioner, described how in their childhood she and Philip shared a bedroom with bunk beds and would 'stay up reading with our own flashlight and not disturb the other.'

'Phil loved the Encyclopedia Brown books, and he read a lot of Hardy Boys. He really enjoyed a good mystery, especially if it was funny,' she shared.

She added that one of his favorite movies was The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother (1975).

'We grew up like two hamsters making nests out of blankets and books. We burrowed together, especially when things felt scary or loud.'

'We made up stories that took us away from the chaos of our house and into building forts in the woods, rowing boats together on Keuka Lake, or walking to The Brick Oven to eat pizza by ourselves like we were grown-ups.' 

She also discussed his acting abilities, writing, 'My brother had a lot of loud parts, like his laughter and big gestures of annoyance.'

'The way he would jump up and dance around when teasing you — even after you’d pleaded for him to stop, he just couldn’t help poking fun one last time. He knew it was wrong, but he was going to do it anyway, and laugh until you were laughing too.' 

At the heart of Anne's essay is an interaction with her and a librarian at a public library near her home, where she finds out old magazines are donated to local schools for kids to cut up and make collages.