Actor Heath ledger found dead in apartment.

[Cyclone1]

You probably already know, but I'll post it anyway. He's dead. he co-starred in Brokeback Mountain, and played the Joker in the upcoming Batman film set to be released this year.

I don't have a link, look it up.

He was 28. What a tragedy.

PS: I hate to be off-color, but a lot of people will win this portion of their 2008 predictions. That's one no one wanted to come true.

[Brent]

Very sad.

[CajunMama]

I really liked the movie "10 Things I Hate About You" that he was in.

[Opal storm]

He was in the prime of his life and career. My favorite character of his was "Skip" from the move Lords of Dog Town.

RIP

[mf_dolphin]

Very sad indeed!

[Category 5]

Absolutely tragic. Nobody should go at 28 like that. R.I.P.

[lurkey]

From the New York Times:

“You’re forced into, kind of, respecting yourself more,” he said. “You learn more about yourself through your child, I guess. I think you also look at death differently. It’s like a Catch-22: I feel good about dying now because I feel like I’m alive in her, you know, but at the same hand, you don’t want to die because you want to be around for the rest of her life.”

He left behind a two-year daughter, Matilda.

[southerngale]

You probably already know, but I'll post it anyway. He's dead. he co-starred in Brokeback Mountain, and played the Joker in the upcoming Batman film set to be released this year.

I don't have a link, look it up.

He was 28. What a tragedy.

PS: I hate to be off-color, but a lot of people will win this portion of their 2008 predictions. That's one no one wanted to come true.

People PREDICTED he would die??


I saw the breaking news as I was leaving this afternoon and then was pretty shook up about it. I loved him as an actor. My favorite movies he was in are "A Knight's Tale" - one of my all time favorite movies, and "10 Things I Hate About You"
I haven't seen "Brokeback Mountain" nor will I, but he was an awesome actor, IMO. So young... so sad. His poor daughter...

[HarlequinBoy]

Next to Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Bell, Heath was my favorite actor. I was very very distraught..

Absolutely loved him in 10 Things I Hate About You, Brokeback Mountain, Candy, and Ned Kelly.

[Rainband]

OMG. This is really sad

[lurkey]

You probably already know, but I'll post it anyway. He's dead. he co-starred in Brokeback Mountain, and played the Joker in the upcoming Batman film set to be released this year.

I don't have a link, look it up.

He was 28. What a tragedy.

PS: I hate to be off-color, but a lot of people will win this portion of their 2008 predictions. That's one no one wanted to come true.

People PREDICTED he would die??

hmmm, no. The predictions were along the line of a major star or something will pass away.

[Miss Mary]

CM - me too, he was so good in 10 Things I Hate About You. In a quiet, unassuming way his character had such a presence in the story, much like his own life.

I hate to say this, but you may expect headlines from a certain celeb that is in the daily news media circus (er um, circuit), not that I want a headline like this for anyone but when I read - breaking news, Heath Ledger - I was shocked when I read the next line - found dead.......you just couldn't believe it. You half expected a nomination or career move announcement, not his death to be reported.

I believe this is why it is so shocking - he was young, he had real talent (unlike the celeb I didn't mention above) and a child to raise. And he wasn't a celeb that was out of control.

My heart just breaks for his family and his ex-fiance.

Mary

[TexasStooge]

I came home to this kind of news before I made dinner.

[Pburgh]

I liked him in The Patriot too. So very sad.

[HURAKAN]

Everyone focusing on Britney and no one saw this coming. Very unfortunate. He had talent and was really young. RIP.

[Ed Mahmoud]

hmmm, no. The predictions were along the line of a major star or something will pass away.

A major star, or three, or six, pass(es) away every year.


Not much of a prediction.

[lurkey]

Police Give New Details on Ledger Death

By Al Baker -- New York Times

Updated, 6:10 p.m. | The masseuse who discovered the body of Heath Ledger in a Manhattan apartment on Tuesday twice called a friend of his, the actress Mary-Kate Olsen, before calling 911, New York City police officials said on Wednesday. The officials, who provided new details about Mr. Ledger’s death, emphasized that no illegal drugs were found in the apartment and that there were no obvious signs of suicide. Tests on a rolled-up $20 bill that was found in the apartment found no evidence that the bill had been used to handle drugs, they said.

According to the police, around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, a housekeeper, Teresa Solomon, arrived at the apartment, at 421 Broome Street in SoHo, to do household chores. At about 1 p.m., she went into Mr. Ledger’s bedroom to change a light bulb in an adjacent bathroom; she found him on the bed face down, with the sheet pulled up to his shoulders, and heard him snoring.

A masseuse, Diana Wolozin, arrived to give Mr. Ledger a massage about 2:45 p.m. At 3 p.m., after Mr. Ledger did not emerge from his bedroom, with the door closed, the masseuse called him on his cellphone but got no answer. She entered the bedroom and saw him lying in bed. She took a massage table out of the closet and began to set it up near his bed. She then went over to him and shook him, but got no response. Using his cellphone, she used a speed-dial button to call Ms. Olsen in California to seek her guidance, knowing Ms. Olsen to be a friend of Mr. Ledger’s.

According to the authorities, Ms. Wolozin told Ms. Olsen that Mr. Ledger was unconscious. Ms. Olsen said she would call some private security people she knew in New York, and hung up. Ms. Wolozin again shook Mr. Ledger, called Ms. Olsen a second time, and said she believed the situation was grave and would call 911.

Ms. Wolozin called 911 at 3:26 p.m. to say that Mr. Ledger was not breathing. The call occurred less than 15 minutes since she had first seen him in bed and only a few moments after the first call to Ms. Olsen. The 911 operator urged Ms. Wolozin to try to revive Mr. Ledger, but Ms. Wolozin’s efforts were not successful.

Emergency medical workers arrived at 3:33 p.m., at almost exactly the same moment as a private security guard summoned by Ms. Olsen. The medical workers moved his body to the floor and then used a defibrillator and CPR, to no avail. Mr. Ledger was pronounced dead at 3:36 p.m. By that point, two other private security guards summoned by Ms. Olsen had arrived, as had police officers.

The police said that all five witnesses — Ms. Solomon, the housekeeper; Ms. Wolozin, the masseuse; and the three private security guards summoned by Ms. Olsen — were fully cooperating with the authorities.

The police conducted tests on a rolled-up $20 bill found in Mr. Ledger’s apartment, but found no evidence that the bill had been used for anything improper. No illegal narcotics or alcohol was found in the apartment. Prescription sleeping pills were found near the body, but it is not known if the medication played a role in his death.

The police said they were looking to examine any surveillance videos from the apartment building and the surrounding area but were also awaiting the results of an investigation by the New York City chief medical examiner. The office conducted an autopsy early Wednesday morning but said that the results were inconclusive and that additional testing was needed.

The death of Mr. Ledger, 28, the Australian-born actor whose breakthrough role as a gay cowboy in the 2005 movie “Brokeback Mountain” earned him a nomination for an Academy Award, has attracted international attention.

Sewell Chan contributed reporting.

[Stephanie]

I liked him in The Patriot too. So very sad.

That was the first movie I saw him in.

That interview was eerie. I heard that he was having trouble sleeping after making "The Dark Knight". I also saw some trailers of his performance in that movie. They say that actors tend to "become" the character that they play. You have to wonder.

The autopsy was inconclusive. They're calling it accidental. I call it a real tragedy!

Hurakan - you are so right!

[Ptarmigan]

It is a real shock that Heath Ledger died. It is out of the blue. I have read that he had sleeping problems and had to take Ambien. I remember him from The Patriot.

[Miss Mary]

Wow, stumbled upon TV Guide's Critic Michael Ausiello's blog to Heath Ledger........love or hate Mike Ausiello, it's a sad, honorable tribute to Heath Ledger. It made me tear up all over again.

http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry ... /800031653