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Heath Ledger

  • 28 years old
  • Male
  • Born Apr 04, 1979
  • Died Jan 22, 2008
  • United States
This page is created for Heath Ledger who starred in "Brokeback Mountain" and "The Brothers Grimm."
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The actor Heath Ledger was found dead this afternoon in an apartment in Manhattan owned by the actress Mary-Kate Olsen, 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, at 421 Broome Street in SoHo, 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 naked and unconscious on a bed. 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 were 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 romance and moved to Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, where their comings and goings were widely noted by paparazzi. They had a daughter, Matilda Rose, who was born on Oct. 28, 2005. The couple separated last year.


In an interview in London for an article published in November, Mr. Ledger 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.



Source: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/actor-heath-ledger-is-found-dead/

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I Miss You, Heath

Anna Oct 29, 2012

Heath, Rest In Peace and be remembered for your curiosity and bravery.


We Will NEVER forget you!!!
Love you!:-]]
May Heaven's Angel's watch over you!

Heath

Maira Linz Jan 23, 2012

Heath, we love you so much,you will never be forgotten!! i love the movie Brokeback Mountain, you were so good! excelent! and the joker in The Dark Knight was awesome... love you now and forever, kisses from Brazil :)

Miss you still darling

Anisha of Sydney Dec 22, 2011

Heath babe, am back, didn't forget you, just was gone for awhile.

Heath

Sophy Oct 12, 2011

Ok. The first time I saw him was on "A knights Tale"(on 2009). He was amazing, a person with a lot of talent. I knew about his death on 2009, and I was in shok. JUST ENOUGH TO SEE HIM IN A MOVIE TO ENTER IN SHOK Then I saw him on "The Patriot" and I was enchanted... and that day three years and met of his death fulfilled so I cry a lot.
Then I saw him on "The Imaginarium Word of Dr. Parnassus"
I ´M so sorry for his family, friends and fans, and I know that is too late, but I always want to know him, so now, he only leaves us memories. I want to follow his steps like an actor (actress, in my case).
Nothing.... Now, I can see his photo with out crying... Handsome
Extraordinary
Amazing
Too much for his fans!
Heath!
I LOVE YOU!

FOR EVER MISSED BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN!
:)

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