Heath Ledger found dead

[Nieninque]

Hollywood actor Heath Ledger has been found dead in his New York apartment, according to police, who say it was possibly drugs related.
A police spokesman said Ledger had an appointment for a massage at the apartment that is believed to be his home.

The housekeeper went to tell Ledger the masseuse had arrived and found him dead.

The 28-year-old Australian-born actor received an Oscar nomination for the hit film Brokeback Mountain.

Sky's entertainment correspondent Matt Smith said: "We don't know what has happened here yet - whether it was accidental or not.

"He was not someone who troubled the headlines - he and his partner kept out of the limelight."

- Sky news

:(

[Latrinsorm]

Ditto that.

[Mistomeer]

* Heath Ledger just bit the dust!

[Rimalon]

* The death cry of Heath Ledger echoes in your mind!

[Some Rogue]

Wow

[Danical]

That's terrible news :(

[Eoghain]

Kind of interesting that it happend in Mary Kate Olsen's apt. Or was it Ashley's?

[Apotheosis]

good thing he finished filming batman.....




* The Stock Market just bit the dust!

[diethx]

That's pretty sad. Doesn't he have at least one young child? Feel worse for him/her.

[BigWorm]

This is surprising. He wasn't the type you'd expect to go young in a drug overdose.

[Mistomeer]

* The Stock Market just bit the dust!


It's up from where it opened at least.

[Danical]

That's pretty sad. Doesn't he have at least one young child? Feel worse for him/her.

Yeah, with Michele Williams I think.

They called off their engagement in Sept. 2007 so says IMDB.

[Celephais]

good thing he finished filming batman.....
Those were my first words upon hearing. Cause if he fucking "crowed" I'd be piss.

[diethx]

Those were my first words upon hearing. Cause if he fucking "crowed" I'd be piss.

At least with Brandon Lee, they had finished filming pretty much all of the close-ups. The scene that got him killed was one of the last yet to film. They only needed a double in some of the far away shots like when he was playing guitar on the roof of his building.

[Sweets]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[Mistomeer]

Those were my first words upon hearing. Cause if he fucking "crowed" I'd be piss.

Spoiler Alert:

The joker dies.

[BigWorm]

Kind of interesting that it happend in Mary Kate Olsen's apt. Or was it Ashley's?
Mary-Kate (http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003699996)

[Warriorbird]

Wasn't her place. They're not sure whether the death was suicide or accidental stupidity with drug/alcohol synergy.

[BigWorm]

Wasn't her place.

The New York Times and CNN reported that it is.

CNN report (http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/22/heath.ledger.dead/index.html?eref=rss_topstories)

Ok, so I checked the Times again and they are in retraction mode:

Paul J. Browne, the Police Department’s deputy commissioner for public information, initially said that the apartment was owned by the actress Mary-Kate Olsen, but later reversed himself and said that was not the case.

A representative of Ms. Olsen said that the apartment did not belong to the actress. “It is not her apartment,” the representative, Annette Wolf, a publicist for Ms. Olsen, said in a phone interview. “She does not own the apartment. She has never owned the apartment. She and her sister have an apartment in New York City but they are not in this building.”

[Hips]

Nooooooo

Between Brad Renfro and now him, all my childhood heartthrobs are le dying. :(

[Savageheart]

...I loved this man in a very real and sexual way... He made A Knights Tale, I think thats all that we need ever say.

Brad Renfro started the celebrity death pool (even if he was obscure as hell, seriously Michi, Renfro, the most famous thing he will ever do is die in the same month Heath Ledger did... well that and The Client/Sleepers) ((Sleepers reference caused me to cringe a little bit)), now Heath, who's taking odds on the Third?

[Hips]

WTF ever, he was in Tom and Huck with Jonathan Taylor Thomas and that so was enough for my pre-teen self!

[Soriel]

My God, this is insane news. I heard about it over the radio and I thought it was a joke...sorta a runup to hype things up since the new Batman movie is coming out this summer.

My opinion, it's foul play. There is just no reason for him to commit suicide, given that everything was going ok in his private life, professionally he is a star and doesn't have a bad reputation or anything.

[Savageheart]

WTF ever, he was in Tom and Huck with Jonathan Taylor Thomas and that so was enough for my pre-teen self!

You were pre-teen in 1995?

Gentlemen, draw your own conclusions...

[Hips]

I was 10.

Actually, I was probably 9, I turned 10 in December of that year.

[Hips]

I hate to say it, but... like others, I'm glad Heath Ledger finished filming Batman.

I LOVE the Joker and can't wait to see it this summer.

[diethx]

...I loved this man in a very real and sexual way... He made A Knights Tale, I think thats all that we need ever say.

Way to pick the worst movie of his career, and possibly the decade. (Unless that was (crappy) sarcasm, and then consider this to NOT be sarcasm).

[Asha]

My opinion, it's foul play. There is just no reason for him to commit suicide, given that everything was going ok in his private life, professionally he is a star and doesn't have a bad reputation or anything.

Such an educated opinion. Are you 12?

[Warriorbird]

I'm sorry that you have no taste, diethx. Maybe you'll get over it.

;)

I love a Knight's Tale and Cassanova both.

I'm sorry that Heath Ledger's gone. It always makes you feel a bit mortal when people your age die.

I'm glad that he'll be remembered for a bunch of pretty darn good films and even the less great but still groundbreaking Brokeback.

I'm glad he made it through The Dark Knight.

[Makkah]

I think Soriel has proven in no less than 5 other threads he is only 12 years old.

[Sean]

Brad Renfro started the celebrity death pool (even if he was obscure as hell, seriously Michi, Renfro, the most famous thing he will ever do is die in the same month Heath Ledger did... well that and The Client/Sleepers) ((Sleepers reference caused me to cringe a little bit)), now Heath, who's taking odds on the Third?

I remember him most from apt pupil. That being said when the most famous thing you've done is try and buy heroin from an undercover cop it's not exactly the saddest thing when you kick the bucket.

[diethx]

I'm sorry that you have no taste, diethx. Maybe you'll get over it.

lol, i've shit out more entertaining pieces of crap than the one called A Knight's Tale.

[Warriorbird]

Maybe I should get Drew2 in to explain the meaning of camp.

;)

[Lysander]

I call rezz.

[Burnt out Priestess]

Sad thing to see him pass,he was a good actor in my opinion and will be missed in the movie business.

[Sean of the Thread]

My God, this is insane news. I heard about it over the radio and I thought it was a joke...sorta a runup to hype things up since the new Batman movie is coming out this summer.

My opinion, it's foul play. There is just no reason for him to commit suicide, given that everything was going ok in his private life, professionally he is a star and doesn't have a bad reputation or anything.

For fucks sake you're stupid.

[RichardCranium]

I liked A Knight's Tale. I liked The Patriot better.

[Hulkein]

Patriot was awesome.

[LMingrone]

Reminds me of River Phoenix. Really fucking sad.

[Augie]

My girlfriend called me at work to tell me this news. :( Definitely sad. It's weird when someone who is so close to your age bites it over stupid reasons like drugs/alcohol.

Definitely agree with LMingrone - reminds me of River Phoenix too :( Sad sad sad

[Skeeter]

I thought Knight's Tale was amusing. At least it didn't try to take itself seriously.

[Clove]

My opinion, it's foul play. There is just no reason for him to commit suicide, given that everything was going ok in his private life, professionally he is a star and doesn't have a bad reputation or anything.

If it was foul play things couldn't have been going THAT great in his private life.

[Asha]

Reminds me of River Phoenix. Really fucking sad.

Rofl I thought you were Strayrogue being sympathetic.
Phew.

[Sean of the Thread]

Patriot was awesome.

Was great for an action flick but the historical inaccuracies drove me nuts the entire ride.

[Savageheart]

Was great for an action flick but the historical inaccuracies drove me nuts the entire ride.

this...

But, it was like Braveheart 2, so I was good with it.

[Ambrosia]

It's not that hard to overdose on pills if you're mixing different kinds. And taking them with alcohol can cause a toxic chemical. Thats why theres a warning saying don't drink while taking this medication....Go figure.

That being said, I actually like Sleepers. I thought it was f'd up but -shrug-

It's sad that his life ended that way, and it's even more sad that his daughter no longer has a father.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

I thought he was a horrible actor myself. Brothers Grimm anyone? Knights Tale anyone?

I find this no more sad than any other person dying senselessly. He probably had a better life than most.

[CrystalTears]

I didn't like Brothers Grimm, or Brokeback for that matter, but did like A Knights Tale. Even though I may not have liked the movies, his acting was pretty good in all of them regardless.

It's a tragedy when people die so young this way.

[Celephais]

My God, this is insane news. I heard about it over the radio and I thought it was a joke...sorta a runup to hype things up since the new Batman movie is coming out this summer.

My opinion, it's foul play. There is just no reason for him to commit suicide, given that everything was going ok in his private life, professionally he is a star and doesn't have a bad reputation or anything.
To echo others; you're an idiot... foul play? What about just a fucking idiot who ODed.


You were pre-teen in 1995?

Gentlemen, draw your own conclusions...
It's no mystery how old she is... it's right in her profile.


Anyway I have very little compasion about this sort of thing, why exactly do people get all bent out of shape when some rich AHole kills themselves by overdosing. He deserves no more of our compasion than any other junkie.

[Ilvane]

Actually, they are saying the pills weren't spread all over the apartment as originally reported..and they think it might have been a combo of a sleeping pill and something else he was taking.

Of course, it's all speculation until his autopsy is done.

But it doesn't appear to be suicide according to the Police as of this morning.

Angela

[Parkbandit]

And taking them with alcohol can cause a toxic chemical. Thats why theres a warning saying don't drink while taking this medication....Go figure.


Huh? Alcohol + sleeping pills actually has a chemical reaction and creates a toxic substance? Are you sure about this? I always thought that alcohol simply magnified the effects.. essentially slowing your metabolism so much you simply die.

[Keller]

just a fucking idiot who ODed.


Anyway I have very little compasion about this sort of thing, why exactly do people get all bent out of shape when some rich AHole kills themselves by overdosing. He deserves no more of our compasion than any other junkie.


Agreed.

It's kind of amazing how people were up in arms about how Bhutto shared some responsibilitiy for being assassinated but somehow a young man who had it all and OD'd is a tragedy?

Give me a fucking break.

[TheEschaton]

yeah, I am honestly surprised this is still news today.

I have no sympathy for people who have everything and throw it away recklessly...my sympathy is reserved for people who have nothing, fight to live every day, and nevertheless fail.

-TheE-

[diethx]

yeah, I am honestly surprised this is still news today.

I have no sympathy for people who have everything and throw it away recklessly...my sympathy is reserved for people who have nothing, fight to live every day, and nevertheless fail.

-TheE-

From what I read today, it doesn't seem like this was on purpose, or even because he was trying to get high. The article I read had snippets of interviews with him about the Bob Dylan movie and Batman and how both were causing him a lot of stress and letting him sleep only 2 hrs a night, and because of that he was taking sleeping pills, which weren't working all that well anyway. The article also stated there were anti-anxiety pills in the bathroom, all still in their vial. Maybe he accidentally took too many sleeping pills (mixed with the anti-anxiety medicine?) because he was frustrated with getting no sleep? I dunno. But it really doesn't sound like he was just some loser drug addict who OD'd.

[TheEschaton]

Then it's an accident, and tragic, but certainly not newsworthy.

[CrystalTears]

Why wouldn't it be newsworthy to find out when a celebrity dies? I like to know. :(

[Nieninque]

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b46/hanagumori/heath.jpg

[TheEschaton]

What. The. Fuck.

[Celephais]

At least he wasn't building a laser to take out jesus, give the man some credit.

Hopefully they get their ass sued at this funeral too.

[Trouble]

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b46/hanagumori/heath.jpg

Sheesh. I wonder if that's real. Are they the same idiots who protested the Iraq War funerals? People need to l2chill.

[Nieninque]

The very same people.

[Skeeter]

not surprising.

[Methais]

Hollywood actor Heath Ledger has been found dead in his New York apartment, according to police, who say it was possibly drugs related.
A police spokesman said Ledger had an appointment for a massage at the apartment that is believed to be his home.

The housekeeper went to tell Ledger the masseuse had arrived and found him dead.

The 28-year-old Australian-born actor received an Oscar nomination for the hit film Brokeback Mountain.

Sky's entertainment correspondent Matt Smith said: "We don't know what has happened here yet - whether it was accidental or not.

"He was not someone who troubled the headlines - he and his partner kept out of the limelight."

- Sky news

:(

Did he drop any good loot?

[Gan]

I liked A Knight's Tale. I liked The Patriot better.
x2


Reminds me of River Phoenix. Really fucking sad.
I said the same thing yesterday when this came up in a conversation.


http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b46/hanagumori/heath.jpg

These guys really need some smiting.

[Gan]

* Heath Ledger just bit the dust!

>prep 116
>
You gesture while calling upon the lesser spirits to aid you with the Locate Person spell...
Your spell is ready.
>cast Heath Ledger
You gesture into the air.
Awareness expands as your mind reaches out, questing for Heath Ledger. Images flash past your senses...
A maze of forest trails leading towards a tall, rusty gate.
A gigantic peak rising above the clouds as if reaching towards the gods themselves.
Shambling bodies struggling up from the dirt as they converge on a pair of warriors standing back to back, blades drawn in defense.
Slowly the images fade as the magic begins to unravel.
Malrocky must be beyond the reach of your spell.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
(Forcing stance down to guarded)

>Mutter damn.

[Hips]

* Heath Ledger just bit the dust!

>prep 116
>
You gesture while calling upon the lesser spirits to aid you with the Locate Person spell...
Your spell is ready.
>cast Heath Ledger
You gesture into the air.
Awareness expands as your mind reaches out, questing for Heath Ledger. Images flash past your senses...
A maze of forest trails leading towards a tall, rusty gate.
A gigantic peak rising above the clouds as if reaching towards the gods themselves.
Shambling bodies struggling up from the dirt as they converge on a pair of warriors standing back to back, blades drawn in defense.
Slowly the images fade as the magic begins to unravel.
Malrocky must be beyond the reach of your spell.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
(Forcing stance down to guarded)

>Mutter damn.

Malrocky = Heath Ledger?!

[Skeeter]

the celebrity rumors are true.

[Gan]

Malrocky = Heath Ledger?!

LOL

I logged on to get the messaging and knew that Malrocky was in another part of Elanthia from me.

Busted. :(

[Methais]

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b46/hanagumori/heath.jpg

I wanna call them with a Sling Blade soundboard just to see how they react to it.

"I wanna be baptized."

"BIBLE SAYS 2 MEN OUGHT NOT LAY TOGETHER!"

"Them stories you told me weren't in there."

[Some Rogue]

I am so making a paladin named Hearthledger or maybe an undead priest named Healthledger.

[diethx]

Why wouldn't it be newsworthy to find out when a celebrity dies? I like to know. :(

Ditto.


And damnit, what was that picture? It's removed now :/

[Hulkein]

Then it's an accident, and tragic, but certainly not newsworthy.

It's newsworthy because a lot of people are a fan of his work.

Why do people always complain about this? If millions of people will pay 8 dollars to watch you in a movie, it is newsworthy when you die.

Newsworthiness doesn't mean it is earth shaking information.

[Asha]

Fergie pissing herself was newsworthy. So I believe a mistake like ODing on relaxo pills is too, for someone who's achieved '10 things I hate about you' fame.
Becouse to be fair, that was his high point.
Hot.

[Crazy Bard]

I feel bad ..The fact that he died so young, and actually had talent

[Asha]

Yeah it's sad. Whatever happened, him being dead is as bad as any young death.
Poor bastard either way.