Heath Ledger Found Dead in Apartment

[Stealth Hunter]

CNN, just about 2 minutes ago, reported in that the young actor was found dead. He was recently starring the the film "The Dark Night" (sequel to "Batman Begins") as The Joker and had starred in the film Brokeback Mountain. He was 28 years old, and he leaves behind a 2-year old daughter.

Recent sources indicate that Mr. Ledger had an appointment with a local massager who was coming to perform his service. Towards 3:30ET, Ledger's maid knocked on his door to check on him. There was no response. She entered the room and found him, unconscious and naked, on the bed. He did not respond to anything that she tried on him. He was pronounced dead by the paramedics at the scene. A recent interview with Mr. Ledger indicates that he was suffering from sleep problems due to his recent role in "The Dark Knight". He was only getting about 2-3 hours a night. Ambien pills were found near his body (or so the news claims). It is unclear whether or not he died from an accidental overdose or an allergic reaction, although suicide has been ruled out.

An autopsy report will be stated later on.

[Syxx_Killer]

I thought he was older. Oh well.

[silentrunner]

Yeah I just heard about that in a pop up window when I was checking my e-mail. It is allready on wikipedia, they say that when they found him dead there was a bottle of pills beside him.

[Rhodes]

:huh: ???????????????????????????:o !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is this true?

Edit: Found this in yahoo:

http://omg.yahoo.com/heath-ledger-found-dead-in-nyc-at-age-28/news/5898

and CNN website

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/22/heath.ledger.dead/index.html

[Stealth Hunter]

Such a shame, too. Very talented actor who was also very dedicated to his work. So much unfair speculation on the news about him, and he can't defend himself. Insolent bastards. Some even had the audacity to claim that he committed suicide.

[Syxx_Killer]

I'm eager to hear what the autopsy results will be.

[Stealth Hunter]

As am I. Should be a few hours away. Hard to think he's gone, but, we learned this same lesson from Steve (Crocodile Hunter) and Pavarotti.

[bookworm_020]

we learned this same lesson from Steve (Crocodile Hunter)
What? Not to provoke Australian wildlife??:hmm:

I'm sad to hear it and feel sorry for his daughter who will never realy know her father.

[sonar732]

That's just harsh, man.

It looks like he was relating to how you said...

Hard to think he's gone, but, we learned this same lesson from Steve (Crocodile Hunter) and Pavarotti.

What lesson are you talking about?

[Stealth Hunter]

Sorry about that. Mutual misunderstanding.

I was relating to how hard the nation was hit by Steve's death. For two weeks, CNN reported on him and how tragic of a loss it was. It really hit people hard. Russell Crowe, for instance, actually cried, something I've never seen him do before (and I've seen him do a lot of things, including hurling telephones and books at people he doesn't like).

[August]

Sorry about that. Mutual misunderstanding.

I was relating to how hard the nation was hit by Steve's death. For two weeks, CNN reported on him and how tragic of a loss it was. It really hit people hard. Russell Crowe, for instance, actually cried, something I've never seen him do before (and I've seen him do a lot of things, including hurling telephones and books at people he doesn't like).

You actually saw Russel Crowe cry?

[JSLTIGER]

I really enjoyed Ledger in The Patriot.

[mcf1]

I really liked a knight's tale and the patriot. But whatever happened to him suicide or not, may he rest in peace

[Dmitry Markov]

R.I.P. He was a talented actor.

[Venatore]

RIP Aussie boy.

My favourite H-L move was Ned Kelly, he did a fine job of Australia's iconic Bush ranger.

Ven :cry:

[elanaiba]

Damn shame, very promising actor and he took on very interesting roles.

And so young ?!?!!?!?!?

[HunterICX]

Thats really young...:nope:
and a lost of talent, what a shame.

R.I.P Heath Ledger

HunterICX

[Syxx_Killer]

It was on Fox News a little bit ago that the autopsy was "inconclusive". It will now take about 10 days to get any further results.

[Jimbuna]

Probably witing on results of toxicology tests.

[lesrae]

I only ever saw him in 'A Knight's Tale'. Too young to die.

RIP

[bookworm_020]

It will be intersting to see how he went being the joker in "The Dark Knight". He will most likley be remembered like Brandon Lee, an anctor who was on the verge of becoming great!

[Stealth Hunter]

I'm fairly sure that they'll give him a dedication in the credits of "The Dark Knight". He was a dedicated actor who was of quality talent. Hopefully, he shall not be forgotten by future actors.

[darius359au]

Some people have no shame :down:

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23100746-38198,00.html

These are the same nutjobs that piquet funerals for U.S Soldiers from Iraq saying that god killed their son because the U.S allows gays :x:nope:

[mrbeast]

Some people have no shame :down:

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23100746-38198,00.html

These are the same nutjobs that piquet funerals for U.S Soldiers from Iraq saying that god killed their son because the U.S allows gays :x:nope:

Lovely bunch at that church, I watched a Louis Theroux docu about them (IIRC Keith Allen did one too only he wasn't as polite as Louis). The way i understand it they seem to think that everyone is going to hell and for some pretty bizzare reasons too. For example they say all of Sweden is going to hell because a Swedish judge found a case in favour of a gay man. So they piquet a local hardware store that sells Swedish made vacuum cleaners to demonstrate this. :roll:

'nutjob' is an under statement. :yep:

[Konovalov]

Some people have no shame :down:

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23100746-38198,00.html

These are the same nutjobs that piquet funerals for U.S Soldiers from Iraq saying that god killed their son because the U.S allows gays :x:nope:

Lovely bunch at that church, I watched a Louis Theroux docu about them (IIRC Keith Allen did one too only he wasn't as polite as Louis). The way i understand it they seem to think that everyone is going to hell and for some pretty bizzare reasons too. For example they say all of Sweden is going to hell because a Swedish judge found a case in favour of a gay man. So they piquet a local hardware store that sells Swedish made vacuum cleaners to demonstrate this. :roll:

'nutjob' is an under statement. :yep:

Bad taste also extends to cable news channel and radio hosts with big hair like this guy John Gibson from Fox News. (http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/23/gibson-mocks-ledger/)

That's poor form. :down: