Heath Ledger is Dead

[carnage4u]

cnn.com says Actor Heath Ledger has been found dead in a Manhattan apartment, New York police tell CNN

[IamMrDJ]

Heath Ledger is Dead

Posted Jan 22nd 2008 4:40PM by TMZ Staff

TMZ has learned that Academy Award nominee Heath Ledger has died in NY.

He was found dead in his bed in one of his residences in Soho by his housekeeper at 3:35 PM ET today. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ they believe it was not a crime.

The 28-year-old actor has a two year old daughter with former fiancee Michelle Williams. He was set to play the Joker in the upcoming Batman film "The Dark Knight."

http://www.tmz.com/2008/01/22/heath-ledger-is-dead/

The AP is also reporting this as well.

[Ewok Droppings]

Just heard this on the radio - sad, I really was looking forward to Batman and seeing him as the Joker.

[carnage4u]

I really liked him as well.

[FranklinTard]

what the ****?

[Drizzt240]

I see this on CNN. If this is true, this is awful awful news. Makes me so sad.

[Tolkien]

No way. Uh uh, no way. I gotta find a TV, I'm calling bulls**t until I see it with my own eyes. COME ON, NOT HIM. WHAT THE F**K, MAN, WHAT THE F**K?

[Boiiinng]

Oh my god. This is the first celebrity death since Phil Hartman that I can't even believe. I read one article saying he was scheduled to have a massage in his room. I wonder if foul play is suspected. I never heard about him having any drug problems, but they say pills were strewn all about the room. That sounds fishy. Suicides don't usually have pills laying everywhere, do they?

Thanks for being the Joker...RIP.

[IamMrDJ]

It is the headline on CNN.com right now too.

[Handsome Rob]

Actor Heath Ledger Is Found Dead

By Sewell Chan

The actor Heath Ledger was found dead this afternoon in an apartment building at 421 Broome Street in SoHo, according to the New York City police. Mr. Ledger was 28.

At 3:31 p.m., a masseuse arrived at Apartment 5A in the building for an appointment with Mr. Ledger, the police said. The masseuse was let in to the home by a housekeeper, who then knocked on the door of Mr. Ledger’s bedroom. When no one answered, the housekeeper and the masseuse opened the bedroom and found Mr. Ledger unconscious. They shook him, but he did not respond. They immediately called the authorities. The police said they did not suspect foul play and said they found pills near body.

Mr. Ledger, a native of Perth, Australia, won acclaim for his role as a co-star in “Brokeback Mountain”, a 2005 film. The film, based on a short story by Annie Proulx about two cowboys who fall in love, won critical acclaim. Reviewing the film in The New York Times, the critic Stephen Holden wrote, “Mr. Ledger magically and mysteriously disappears beneath the skin of his lean, sinewy character. It is a great screen performance, as good as the best of Marlon Brando and Sean Penn.”

Calls by The New York Times to Mara Buxbaum, a publicist for Mr. Ledger, and Steve Alexander, the actor’s agent, were not immediately returned this afternoon.

Man I was thinking this was a joke, but the New York Times is reporting it now.

Oh come on man! WTF!!!! Man this is so bumming me out!!

[Dan's_Gurl]

oh my god. i thought this was one of those stupid joke threads. holy crap.

RIP

[FilmJerk]

holy crap. no way.

[IamMrDJ]

Originally Posted by Dan's_Gurl

oh my god. i thought this was one of those stupid joke threads. holy crap.

RIP

Oh I would never report something like this as a joke. One of the first things I thought about when I read it was his young daughter.

[equipe]

Holy merde!

[slinger]

Originally Posted by Boiiinng

Oh my god. This is the first celebrity death since Phil Hartman that I can't even believe. I read one article saying he was scheduled to have a massage in his room. I wonder if foul play is suspected. I never heard about him having any drug problems, but they say pills were strewn all about the room. That sounds fishy. Suicides don't usually have pills laying everywhere, do they?

Thanks for being the Joker...RIP.

Same.

I went on CS! just to check before I got ready to go to university and saw the headline. It could've been a car accident but suicide or overdose, that's terrible.

[Ewok Droppings]

So - how does this affect the upcoming Batman movie?

[Project Mayhem]

Wow. This is so sad. Way too young. RIP.

[Ramplate]

Heath Ledger found dead in NYC

By TOM HAYS, Associated Press Writer 13 minutes ago

NEW YORK - Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence in a possible drug-related death, police said. He was 28.
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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 Ledger know the masseuse was there found him dead at 3:26 p.m.

The Australian-born actor was an Oscar nominee for his role in "Brokeback Mountain" and has numerous other screen credits.

[Handsome Rob]

All news agencies are reporting it in. I don't think its a hoax.

[IamMrDJ]

From NY Times City Room

Actor Heath Ledger Is Found Dead

By Sewell Chan

The actor Heath Ledger was found dead this afternoon in an apartment building at 421 Broome Street in SoHo, according to the New York City police. Mr. Ledger was 28.

At 3:31 p.m., a masseuse arrived at Apartment 5A in the building for an appointment with Mr. Ledger, the police said. The masseuse was let in to the home by a housekeeper, who then knocked on the door of Mr. Ledger’s bedroom. When no one answered, the housekeeper and the masseuse opened the bedroom and found Mr. Ledger unconscious. They shook him, but he did not respond. They immediately called the authorities. The police said they did not suspect foul play. Officials said pills fear found near the body.

Mr. Ledger, a native of Perth, Australia, won acclaim for his role as a co-star in “Brokeback Mountain”, a 2005 film. The film, based on a short story by Annie Proulx about two cowboys who fall in love, won critical acclaim. Reviewing the film in The New York Times, the critic Stephen Holden wrote, “Mr. Ledger magically and mysteriously disappears beneath the skin of his lean, sinewy character. It is a great screen performance, as good as the best of Marlon Brando and Sean Penn.”

Mr. Ledger met the actress Michelle Williams while filming ‘’Brokeback Mountain.” The two actors fell into a very public romance. They had a daughter, Matilda Rose, who was born on Oct. 28, 2005. They moved to Brooklyn, but then separated last year.

In an interview in London for an article published in November, Mr. Ledger said told The New York Times, ‘’I feel like I’m wasting time if I repeat myself.” He said in the interview that he was not proud of his latest role, in Todd Haynes’s “I’m Not There,” in which Mr. Ledger was one of a half-dozen actors depicting the musician Bob Dylan. ‘’I feel the same way about everything I do. The day I say, ‘It’s good’ is the day I should start doing something else,” said in the interview.

Calls by The Times to Mara Buxbaum, a publicist for Mr. Ledger, and Steve Alexander, the actor’s agent, were not immediately returned this afternoon.

[Diablo]

I thought this was a bogus report.. But no, this is really sad.

RIP Heath

[Handsome Rob]

God yes this is really sad. My thoughts go out to his ex Michelle and their baby girl. Sorry to hear this.

RIP Heath

[IamMrDJ]

Another thread started in Celebrities.

http://forums.comingsoon.net/showthread.php?t=50010

[Drizzt240]

Wow this is awful news. I'm so sad. Now I need to go buy Brokeback Mountain.

[Boiiinng]

Originally Posted by Ewok Droppings

So - how does this affect the upcoming Batman movie?

Well, I didn't want to be the one who asked, but yeah. I think all filming is probably done for The Dark Knight. But there were rumors that the Joker would get off on a technicality at the end and be back for the 3rd one. I doubt he will now. I can't think of anyone who can match the performance we've barely even seen.