Heath Ledger Found Dead in NYC at Age 28

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The Dark Knight

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Heath Ledger Found Dead in NYC at Age 28

By TOM HAYS – 7 minutes ago

NEW YORK (AP) — Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence, and police said drugs may have been a factor. He was 28. 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.

The Australian-born actor was nominated for an Oscar for "Brokeback Mountain," where he met his wife, actress Michelle Williams, in 2005. Ledger and Williams had lived in Brooklyn and had a daughter, Matilda, until they split up last year.

Ledger was to appear as the Joker this year in "The Dark Night," a sequel to 2005's "Batman Begins." He's had starring roles in "A Knight's Tale" and "The Patriot," and played the suicidal son of Billy Bob Thornton in "Monster's Ball."

Ledger grew up in Perth, and began doing amateur theater at age 10. At 16, he moved to Sydney to pursue an acting career, quickly landing TV movie roles and guest spots on Australian television.

After several independent films and a starring role in the short-lived Fox TV series "Roar," Ledger moved to Los Angeles and costarred in "10 Things I Hate About You," a teen comedy reworking of "The Taming of the Shrew."

Offers for other teen flicks came his way, but Ledger turned them down, preferring to remain idle than sign on for projects he didn't like.

"It wasn't a hard decision for me," Ledger told the Associated Press in 2001. "It was hard for everyone else around me to understand. Agents were like, `You're crazy,' my parents were like, `Come on, you have to eat.'"

His latest role was in "I'm Not There," in which he played one of the many incarnations of Bob Dylan — as did Cate Blanchett, whose performance in that film earned an Oscar nomination Tuesday for best supporting actress.

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Man, he had a 2 year old daughter too. This sucks. The Dark Knight is wrapped filming, but who knows how much post production needs to be done. Very very sad.

[Snake1399]

wow, thats nuts!

[Lord Sam]

Wow, I thought someone was posting this as a joke, but it's real. Crazy!

[Peench]

Sucks how many talented people we lose to drugs.

[D_Litch]

Damn. He was a talented actor, what a waste.

[Nolimit4show]

Ah man thats sad to hear...

Well, if i was the campaigner behind The Dark Knight i would let people know to come out and watch this movie as most of the proceits will go to help Ledger's family.

Condolences go out to his family & friends







(Should of sticked with pot son...Cocaines a hell of a drug, didnt rick james teach anyone anything?!)

[Big Slim 31]

Originally Posted by Peench

Sucks how many talented people we lose to drugs.

It is a shame how many people are lost to drugs, seems to affect those with some degree of celebrity status, or is it because of that status that we do hear about it. Either way it's tragic, I would have loved another 'Alice in Chains' album, but with Layne Staley gone, it just wouldn't be the same. And that's just one example....

[BiffCo]

I was shocked to hear this. One of my favorite actors. Really stinks. He obviously had some issues that many people didn't know about. His death was certainly unexpected.

-Brad

[Thornes70]

Yeah, my wife just told me about this literally minutes ago... What a shame and a waste... drugs... Of course it isn't confirmed yet I guess, but at 28, what else could it be?

[lovekeiiy]

could be quite a bit of things. Sad, but he made decisions that cost him the big one.

Unfortunately, a lot people go out similarly, and for what?

[BrewCityUpstart]

No sympathy here. Idiot.

[D_Litch]

Originally Posted by BrewCityUpstart

No sympathy here. Idiot.

Not even for the daughter that has to grow up without a father?