He was found naked on his bed, with pills around. This is sounding word for word almost like the account of Anna Nicole Smith's death.

Why is there always some eerie interview found after a person dies of them talking about death. Here is an interview he did a few weeks ago.

http://www.tmz.com/2008/01/22/ledgers-eerily-prophetic-interview/

I posted on the Dead Pool thread before I saw this. How sad.
The only movie I've seen with him is "The Patroit" with Mel Gibson.

They are having a story on MSNBC now and evidently he was found as reported with pills/pill bottles all around him and he was found naked on the bed (as opposed to earlier reports that he was near the bed). They claim, on the surface, it almost looks like suicide, but so far the authorities can't say they've found evident that it is. They reported also, that Heath was suffering from Pnemonia and was very sick. So, I guess it possibly could be an accidental overdose?

I know nothing, for the most part, of his personal life, although just today I heard he did have a drug problem.

What a shame.

TIS

Ledger shot all his scenes for TDK.

And from what someone who saw a rough cut claimed, at least on a website...that Ledger outshines Christian Bale.

That really is the best way anyone could ever word that statement... Like an early 19th century oil tycoon who wears a top hat and a monical. "This joker's a madman I tell'ya, a mad man!" *throws arms up in a fit of rage and confusion*

Had to do that.

I was watching this on television last night, several times over as every major news station was covering it, and I just sort of sat in surprise. So, I guess Batman's going to be his last film, eh? I wonder which of his films he'll become synonymous with.

But really, when you think about it, he's going to be remembered as a legend now. That's how it works with stardom. You have your John Lennon's, Jimi Hendrix's, James Dean's, Marylin Monroe's, Kurt Cobain's, and all the other people who met a premature death. At the risk of sounding cynical, dying was really the best career move he could have made.

Autopsy results are inconclusive. They need to await results of toxicology tests.

Westboro Wackos are out again. I guess they can't separate a character in a movie from the actor?

Mary Kate Olsen.

Yeah, she does look starved.

What are they gonna say the next time Topeka gets hit by a tornado??

One of the caveats of free press.

I think its funny that they state that God hates "Brokeback Mountain."

I didn't even know that God watches movies, let alone review them. But I guess he gave this one two thumbs down. But how does the Wetboro Baptist Church know that God didn't like a couple of other of Ledger's films? If they show up protesting and God is a big fan of aKnight's Tale and the new Batman movie, they are going to look pretty darn stupid out there with their signs.

That is pathetic

what an awful shame

RIP!

Nice folks. I urge everyone to go to their website, which you can see on their rant. These people are really nuts. They have Reagan, John Paul II and Benizar Bhutto all in hell. I cannot believe these people are serious.

Talk about stretching tolerance for free spech and free religion!

A white powdery substance is now reported to have been found.

TMZ has confirmed with NYPD sources in the Heath Ledger investigation that cops found a $20 bill rolled up "in a certain way" with a powdered substance on it. Our sources say they don't know what the nature of the powder is, but it's being tested at the police lab.

CBS 2 in NYC is reporting cops found drug packets along with the $20 bill in Ledger's apartment.

Our sources say the manner in which the bill was rolled made them "suspicious."

I rather wait and let the police tell us what happened.

Take the Chris Benoit case from last summer. The media reported rumors/suspicions as fact over how he died from steroids, which was totally inaccurate. He was using them, but "Roid Rage" didn't make him kill his wife and son.

Instead, they did a CAT scan of his brain, and for a man in his 40s, his brain was similar to that of an Alzheimer's patient in his 70s.

His finisher as a Pro Wrestler was the "Flying Headbutt," where he would jump and land his head on the other wrestler's shoulder.....

Now imagine doing that 3-4 times a week for 20+ years.

Well, its like Bruce Lee becoming immortal with ENTER THE DRAGON.

Or Brandon Lee with THE CROW.

Or even River Phoenix*.

*=Which sadly, like Ledger it seems, a tabloid photographer snapped some shots of the corpse and sold them.

Someone has shots of his corpse? I didn't hear that.

Well, he had been hanging with Lindsay Lohan lately, something no one seems to be bringing out, so anything is possible.

These people in Topeka are wack jobs. They have no respect for the dead.

They don't seem to have much for the living, either.

sounds like he had been sniffin a bit of charlie

And I heard on CBS radio that there was no residue on the bill, and no illegal drugs had been recovered. Will any of them get their story straight??

Probably not.

It looks like there's a very small window of what time he could have died. I would like to know why they called MK Olsen before they called 911. When he was found dead he was naked. I wonder if he had his clothes on when the maid first went into his bedroom.

Authorities found six different types of prescription drugs in Ledger's apartment, including pills to treat insomnia and anxiety, according to two law enforcement officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. Three of the drugs were prescribed in Europe.

Ledger's housekeeper, Teresa Solomon, arrived at his apartment with her own key and let herself in. At 1 p.m., she went to his bedroom to change a light bulb, and saw Ledger sleeping and heard him snoring. She left the room without thinking anything was wrong.

At 2:45 p.m., a masseuse named Diana Wolozin showed up for her massage appointment with Ledger, who didn't answer when she knocked on his door.

She then tried to call him on his cell phone, but again got no response. She went into the bedroom, set up her massage table and again tried to wake Ledger.

Wolozin told police that Ledger was cold to the touch, but she just assumed he was unconscious. She proceeded to grab his cell phone and call Mary Kate Olsen, whose number is programmed into the phone. Wolozin knew that Olsen and Ledger were friends, and she asked Olsen for advice on what she should do next.

Olsen, who also lives in Manhattan but was in California at the time, responded by saying she would send over her private security guards to help deal with the situation. In the ensuing moments, Wolozin realized that Ledger might be dead, and called 911.

The emergency operator provided Wolozin directions on how to do CPR, but it was too late.

Paramedics arrived minutes later - at about the same time as Olsen's security guards.

Just saw an update on the news.A rolled up piece of currency did NOT contain traces of illegal drugs.

Whisper, I'm assuming Heath was especially well liked in Australia? Did he come from an area you are familiar with?







TIS

Quite sad. I liked his work in Brokeback Mountain. I hope it wasn't due to his involvement in his latest role as I read elsewhere.

I am also surprised to see quite a few condolence messages in this thread from members who haven't seen his movies but have nonetheless expressed their sadness because of his age.

I REALLY hope people realize that there's a difference between Christians who follow Christ (as best they can, like myself, while knowing there's a little bit of forgiveness down the line) -- and among most other faiths who don't discriminate among equals -- as opposed to those totally misinformed and narrow-minded people who *claim* to be Christians yet still absent-mindedly and blindedly continue to spew their HATE-FILLED VENOM which totally CONTRADICTS Christ's messages. Despicable. In fact, I think they're worse than atheists (and even atheists are okay!)

These "people" don't even realize HE WAS ACTING????? And even if he wasn't... WHO CARES??

This HATE makes me so MAD it's not even funny.

IN THE END we'll find out. But I really doubt that any God would promote HATE at all. SUCH HATE IS MAKING THIS WORSE FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING SO-CALLED 'CHRISTIANS'!

[THEY] ARE NOT CHRISTIANS! [THEY] ARE HATE-FILLED -- JESUS NEVER HATED ANYONE! [THEY] ARE NOT WITH JESUS!

cc: Satan