Actor Heath Ledger Is Found Dead

[Miss Brill]

According to Police, signs point to suicide.

Such a shame.

 

[Rick Blaine]

As if

... we needed further evidence that fame is toxic. What a d@mn shame!

 

[Miss Brill]

... we needed further evidence that fame is toxic.

I don't know why anyone would choose to be famous anymore--it is all about tearing people apart. Message boards are full of spiteful talk & bashing. Heath was a target because he let his "hunky" looks go--he gained weight, and his hair was thinning, and for the past few months it was all about how ugly he was. Even if someone doesn't read that kind of thing, it seems like the negativity is still in the air.

 

[Mike in Seattle]

RIP

Did they ever finish filming his role as the Joker?

IMDB reports it's in post-production so it sounds like probably will be one of his last roles.

 

[catsmeow]

Just found out then, here is another article:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/heath-ledger-dead/2008/01/23/1201024937592.html

 

[ScionPI2005]

I just read about this as well. very sad news.

 

[Woland]

A very sad waste of talent...

 

[SamMarlowPI]

IMDB reports it's in post-production so it sounds like probably will be one of his last roles.

the last role...he was reallllly good in BrokeBack Mountain...my friend and i were just talking about him last night and how i never knew he was australian b/c the only film i'd seen him in at the time it came out was The Patriot...damn this sucks...

 

[Miss Brill]

They just brought him out--I'm watching Headline News. If he was taking TylenolPM to sleep, I'm wondering if he had a heart attack. He was also taking Ambien, but if you try to make TPM work faster or better, it just makes you jittery--and if you are like me, it makes your heart do funny things.

 

[Quigley Brown]

What a way to go.....shakeshead

 

[RBH]

REST WELL.........

You gave us much enjoyment.

 

[pretty faythe]

the blog report is updated from my first post

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/actor-heath-ledger-is-found-dead/

Seem's its Mary-Kate Olsen's apartment. But Police do not believe she is in NYC right now.
And that pills are scattered around his body....
According to Police, signs point to suicide.

or accident...sheesh..be nice, he's dead. No note or other evidence to point to suicide, they still have to go through his phone and computer records. It's not like he was living an obnoxious drug filled life, one the news every day life style such as Amy Winehouse or Anna Nichole Smith, or Bitney or Lindsey. Some times plan ol' accidents happen, even though yes, he did have a previous substance prob, which is going to be brought up often.

 

[SamMarlowPI]

just realized he was the same age as Jimi Hendrix and even died under similar circumstances, drug overdose, in an apartment, sleeping, etc...

 

[zaika]

first brad renfro...and now heath ledger. it's kind of unreal.

 

[Miss Brill]

first brad renfro

I'd never heard of him until he died.

 

[J. M. Stovall]

Very sad indeed.



Just because something is over the counter doesn't mean it's safe, I really don't think that most people understand that.

 

[zaika]

I'd never heard of him until he died.

yeah...i've sort of been following his career...so, it was a shocker to me.

 

[Pink Dahlia]

This so sucks. He was such a talented young man. Yet there are still many celebs out there who don't contribute much to society. And I had a feeling he was going to own Joker.

 

[SamMarlowPI]

And I had a feeling he was going to own Joker.

he will now...

 

[Miss Brill]

Now they are saying he had pneumonia...


Curious note--he was dating Helena Christensen a few months ago and she was dating Michael Hutchence shortly before he died.