Actor Heath Ledger, whose acting credits include such films as 10 Things I Hate About You, The Brothers Grimm and Brokeback Mountain, was found dead today in a downtown Manhattan apartment:
NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Ledger had an appointment for a massage at the Manhattan apartment believed to be his home. The housekeeper who went to let him know the masseuse had arrived found him dead at 3:26 p.m. … Ledger was to appear as the Joker this year in "The Dark Night," a sequel to 2005’s "Batman Begins. [Source: LA Times]
Police report that drugs may have been a factor in his death, however that is not officially confirmed at this time. If this is the case, Ledger will be following other famous actors whose death involved drugs, such as the tragic deaths of Chris Farley, Elvis Presley, Judy Garland and River Phoenix. Ledger is survived by his two year old daughter Matilda Rose.
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January 24th, 2008 at 9:11 am
What a waste of a talent, a life. I think it’s unfortunate how the media is so quick to jump on the drug involvement angle of the story, before anything is proven. It’s sad that people seem so ready to think the worst of this situation and of this man, rather than giving him the benefit of the doubt that he did not take illegal drugs and that the death was accidental.