Heath ledger Found Dead

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Heath Ledger has been found dead in the US....

All that has beens aid in a news break released at 8:44am is the following

HEATH Ledger has been found dead at a downtown Manhattan residence, a New York Police Department spokesman says.

[LeojVS]

yeah, omg. Thats terrible. He has a 2 yo daughter doesnt he? I hope it wasnt drug related. That would be such a shame.

[ProphetVX]

Wow I thought this was a joke when I clicked the link. Such a shame, the bloke was so young and had so much to live for.

January 22, 2008, 4:42 pm
Actor Heath Ledger Is Found Dead

By Sewell Chan

The actor Heath Ledger was found dead this afternoon in an apartment building at 421 Broome Street in SoHo, according to the New York City police. Mr. Ledger was 28.

At 3:31 p.m., a masseuse arrived at Apartment 5A in the building for an appointment with Mr. Ledger, the police said. The masseuse was let in to the home by a housekeeper, who then knocked on the door of Mr. Ledger’s bedroom. When no one answered, the housekeeper and the masseuse opened the bedroom and found Mr. Ledger unconscious. They shook him, but he did not respond. They immediately called the authorities.

The police said they did not suspect foul play. Officials said pills were found near the body.

Mr. Ledger, a native of Perth, Australia, won acclaim for his role as a co-star in “Brokeback Mountain”, a 2005 film. The film, based on a short story by Annie Proulx about two cowboys who fall in love, won critical acclaim. Reviewing the film in The New York Times, the critic Stephen Holden wrote, “Mr. Ledger magically and mysteriously disappears beneath the skin of his lean, sinewy character. It is a great screen performance, as good as the best of Marlon Brando and Sean Penn.”

Mr. Ledger met the actress Michelle Williams while filming ‘’Brokeback Mountain.” The two actors fell into a very public romance. They had a daughter, Matilda Rose, who was born on Oct. 28, 2005. They moved to Brooklyn, but then separated last year.

In an interview in London for an article published in November, Mr. Ledger said told The New York Times, ‘’I feel like I’m wasting time if I repeat myself.” He said in the interview that he was not proud of his latest role, in Todd Haynes’s “I’m Not There,” in which Mr. Ledger was one of a half-dozen actors depicting the musician Bob Dylan. ‘’I feel the same way about everything I do. The day I say, ‘It’s good’ is the day I should start doing something else,” said in the interview.

Calls by The Times to Mara Buxbaum, a publicist for Mr. Ledger, and Steve Alexander, the actor’s agent, were not immediately returned this afternoon.

Thomas J. Lueck contributed reporting.

[Cobez]

I am honestly speechless, i still can't believe what i was reading on yahoo7......

[Cobez]

Heath Ledger found dead in NY apartment - Yahoo!7 News

[Grennan]

Heath Ledger was one of my favoruite actors this is amazing, he was so young and he seemed like he was doing really well with his career, he was supposed to be in Batman as well dunno whats going to hapen with that. I feel sorry for his daughter, she wont get to know him.

[Cobez]

Now they "think" it was Mary Kate Olsens apartment he died in (highly doubt it, they are just throwing around rumours to keep it interesting and for the money factor):

Heath Ledger dead of 'drug overdose' | Herald Sun

[Macca&Mrs]

Thats horrible. His family are all so lovely and his poor daughter. Gone WAY to young.

[f1tzy]

At first i thought the thread title was a joke but holy crap, thats unreal. His poor daughter

[hsvpunk]

apparently we all knew before his family knew..... as it happend at like 8am eastern time. which makes it like 5am or so in WA where he has family.
RIP Mr Ledger.
He'd not long finished making batman aswell. which comes out soon i think.

[VLDavo]

damn thats just not good......

[minux]

Amazing to see how quickly the US tabloids put their own spin on things.

I really feel for his family, authorities should of let the family make the announcement, could you imagine his mother listening to the news to find out her son is dead before she even knew?

[Bax]

She would have received a phone call wouldn't she?

Never good when this kind of thing happens. Drugs/Suicide isn't the best way to deal with problems though.