"Academy Award nominee Heath Ledger, 28, has died of a possible drug overdose involving sleeping pills in New York, police have confirmed.Ledger was found dead in his bed at his apartment on Broome Street, Soho, in Manhattan, by his housekeeper about 3.35pm local time, the TMZ website said.
Ledger's body has been removed from his New York apartment and wheeled into the back of a medical examiner's van.
A huge crowd of news photographers gathered outside the apartment in the Soho building lit up the scene with flashes as authorities wheeled his body on a trolley from the complex into the van.
A police spokesman told smh.com.au the cause of death was unknown, despite the presence of drugs.
Ledger was an Oscar nominee for his role in Brokeback Mountain and had numerous other screen credits.
Ledger's other film credits included A Knight's Tale, The Patriot and Monster's Ball.
Ledger was born in Perth, Western Australia.
He had a two-year-old daughter, Matilda, with former fiancee and Brokeback Mountain co-star Michelle Williams."
3 comments:
seriously, what the heck? Hubby is going to be shocked..Heath was his FAVORITE actor!!!
This is the first celebrity that I've cried over. He was my favorite male actor (have you seen The Four Feathers?)...
Absolutely devastating.
I was SO sad yesterday when the CNN newsflash popped up on my e-mail. He was a fantastic actor...he was SO great in Brokeback Mountain.
Today I heard the most sickening thing on the radio...One of those homosexual hater groups is planning on picketing his funeral because of his role in Brokeback. Is that not the most disgusting thing ever!
Donna
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