Source: New York Post http://www.nypost.com/seven/01222008/news/regionalnews/heath_ledger_dead_916418.htm
January 22, 2008 — Actor Heath Ledger was found dead today in his Broome Street apartment, apparently from a drug overdose. His apartment was strewn with sleeping pills and it was unclear if it was an intentional or accidental death.
Ledger, 28, was well known for his role in “Brokeback Mountain,” and he stars in the upcoming “The Dark Knight” Batman movie as the Joker.
He split last year from wife, Michelle Williams, with whom he has a daughter, Matilda.
His housekeeper tried to wake Ledger up for a massage appointment and found him unresponsive at 3:20 p.m. She then called paramedics at 3:26 p.m. and was pronounced dead at 3:35 p.m.
Ledger earned critical acclaim with his poignant performance as a gay cattle rancher in director Ang Lee’s “Brokeback Mountain,” for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.
In 2007, he appeared in the independent film “I’m Not There,” as one of many incarnations of Bob Dylan. He recently wrapped filming on ‘The Dark Knight,’ the sequel to ‘Batman Begins,’ in which he plays the villainous Joker. His most recent role was in director Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,’ which is listed as still “in production” on imdb.com.
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Goddamnit.
One of the most talented up and coming actors I was looking forward to seeing movie in and movie out. I was so thrilled to hear he got the Joker role in the upcoming Batman movie and now he’s done at 28 fucking years old because of drugs. Obviously I’ll wait to see what the final verdict is on cause of death.
This just happened so I’ll update if necessary.
RIP Heath.
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