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Lenny 2008-01-22 03:36 PM

Heath Ledger found dead in NY apartment
 
Australian-born actor Heath Ledger has been found dead at a downtown Manhattan residence in what authorities say is a possible drug-related death. He was 28.

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 about 3.30pm New York time (0730 AEDT), Paul Browne said.
Ledger was an Oscar nominee for his role in Brokeback Mountain and had numerous other screen credits.

The Perth-born actor had a two-year-old Matilda, with former fiancee and Brokeback Mountain co-star Michelle Williams.

US television network NBC reports his body was found surrounded by pills.
"We are investigating the possibility of an overdose," Browne said.
Ledger and Williams split in September last year.

Ledger played the suicidal son of Billy Bob Thornton in Monster's Ball and had starring roles in A Knight's Tale and The Patriot.

He was to appear as the Joker this year in The Dark Knight, a sequel to 2005's Batman Begins.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/080122/2/15ltq.html

iceman887 2008-01-22 04:11 PM

damn this was actually something i might have posted lol but that is wow, him dying is pretty suprising

anyone know if they already finished filming the dark knight?? i wonder who they are gonna replace if they didn't

sheerx 2008-01-22 04:45 PM

According to Yahoo he finished working on his role as the Joker.

RIP bro

Thanatos 2008-01-22 09:32 PM

Well that's pretty damn unexpected.

Wonder if he's allowed in heaven for his role in Brokeback Mountain

Acer 2008-01-22 09:58 PM

This pissed me off. he was def one of my favorites.... ugh =[

RIP

HandOfHeaven 2008-01-22 10:53 PM

That's dumb. Oh well. I enjoyed him in A Knight's Tale, but that's because all the ladies loved it.

D3V 2008-01-23 07:09 AM

Heath Ledger dies at 28.. pretty sad indeed.

Actually, heard it on the news last night right around the time the story was breaking, and I guess now apparently he may have accidently overdosed on sleeping pills that we're mixed or something, i'm sure we'll find out soon enough :(

Quote:

Originally Posted by CNN
Story Highlights
NEW: Former girlfriend, daughter leave Sweden after learning of actor's death

NEW: Oscar nominee's "Dark Knight" role disturbed his sleep, he told press

Ledger's family calls his death "very tragic, untimely and accidental"

No note was found and there was no indication of foul play, police say

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movi...ead/index.html

http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2008/SHOWBIZ/...er.obit.gi.jpg

-Movies.

-Brokeback Mountain
-Casanova
-Lords of Dogtown
-A Knight's tale
-The Patriot
-10 things I hate about you, etc.

Sad story, definately an unfortunate occurance.

Titusfied 2008-01-23 12:21 PM

Heather Deadger.

HandOfHeaven 2008-01-23 12:51 PM

I love how they assume that it was 'accidental'. I would like to have forensic proof that it was actually accidental. Furthermore, people are saying that his character, "The Joker", could have caused him to go insane. I'm sure he'd tell us, but he's not in the condition to do so.

Thanatos 2008-01-23 09:22 PM

The Patriot is a badass movie.

Vault Dweller 2008-01-24 12:15 AM

He was the highlight of Lords of Dogtown as far as I was concerned. The documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys was a much more entertaining watch overall, though.

!King_Amazon! 2008-01-24 12:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thanatos
Well that's pretty damn unexpected.

Wonder if he's allowed in heaven for his role in Brokeback Mountain

Westboro Baptist Church is picketing his funeral because he once played a gay character.

I fucking hate Westboro Baptist Church.

Thanatos 2008-01-24 09:56 AM

Are you kidding me!? If hell were real, those retards would have a first class ticket. I don't understand how people get that brainwashed.

D3V 2008-01-24 11:07 AM

Just think, these are all Huckabee supporters as well, I guarntee it what, the FUCK is this country coming to?....

Titusfied 2008-01-24 04:06 PM

No idea?

Death Deadger.

slaynish 2008-01-24 08:46 PM

Gayeth Tituser

Kidding:)

Grav 2008-01-24 10:52 PM

Breaking News: I don't give a shit! Not even half a shit!

!King_Amazon! 2008-01-24 11:09 PM

I find it so attractive how you don't care about anything and how you're such a non-conformist, Grav.

Grav 2008-01-24 11:22 PM

I don't give a bag of intimate fucks about Heath Ledger dying. I mean, that sucks for Heath Ledger and everyone he knows but you are not Heath Ledger or Heath Ledger's posse so stop acting like its Pearl Harbor. Also I noticed that no one at all was talking about Heath Ledger before he died, and now suddenly everyone is The Biggest Fucking Heath Ledger Fan Dot Com. You know what? YOU fake fucking Heath Ledger fans are the reason he died. If even one of you bastards had been there to take that bullet or sleeping pill or whatever for him, he might still be here today, waxing one of his eyebrows for the Batman premier.

Lenny 2008-01-25 05:28 AM

See! He does care! He's just trying to hide it all with anger.

I thought it was a shocking story, so I posted it. 28 is an extremely young age to die at.

D3V 2008-01-25 06:07 AM

Grav is just mad there isn't going to be a Brokeback sequel.

Grav 2008-01-25 06:28 AM

I actually just copied that from somewhere. I really couldn't care less.

!King_Amazon! 2008-01-25 07:18 AM

Your coolness factor is so much higher than everyone else's, Grav.

Thanatos 2008-01-25 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by !King_Amazon!
I find it so attractive how you don't care about anything and how you're such a non-conformist, Grav.

LOL I've been saying that for a while now. Actually I think it's..... unattractive?

By the way, who are you talking to that's acting like this is similar to Pearl Harbor? Certainly not anybody here. Nobody's taking it that hard. I think you're delusional.

Titusfied 2008-01-25 12:30 PM

Hearse Deadger.

I just keep bringing the funny!!

Raziel 2008-01-26 04:33 PM

I'm just hoping they weren't planning on bringing The Joker back for the next Batman movie.

Demosthenes 2008-02-02 02:24 PM

So the Phelps family, who protest soldier deaths, have an open letter to Heath Ledger's family a letter to disclose the location of the funeral so that they may protest it. Apparently, he's evil since he portrayed a homosexual character in one of his movies. They even claim that Heath Ledger would want the Westboro Baptist Church to protest his funeral:

Quote:

If Heath himself could come back to life for a brief period to speak to his loved ones on earth, he would lift up his voice in a hideous scream, to wit: "Listen to Phelps! For god's sake, listen to Phelps!"
For those who would like to read the letter:

http://www.goodasyou.org/westledg.png

Raziel 2008-02-02 02:27 PM

Oh, those Westboro people. They're a wacky bunch!

Atnas 2008-02-03 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lenny
I thought it was a shocking story, so I posted it. 28 is an extremely young age to die at.

People die even younger all the time.

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And that Westboro thing is wrong on so many levels. I would not want some preacher yelling over my dead body about how people will be damned by an all-benevolent God for a hormone imbalance.

Demosthenes 2008-02-03 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atnas
hormone imbalance.

If you're implying that homosexuality is caused by a hormone imbalance, I'd like a citation, please.

Atnas 2008-02-03 08:20 PM

There is no citation - the cause of homosexuality has not yet been determined.

I wasn't claiming that was the only cause, as homosexuality is thought to be caused by a number of different things - most commonly a mixture of biological, social, and psychological circumstances.

There is no actual proof for hormone imbalances causing homosexuality. However the traits that homosexuals possess hint at the presence of a dominant sex hormone which - in heterosexual cases - is not prevalent. One might look at a lesbian and notice she is more masculine. Masculinity is caused in part by testosterone. The same may go for gays - they are more effeminate. Ergo, more estrogen.

I'm not making broad generalizations, as each case differs.

We have really only been studying homosexuality for a short time, as it has recently become more common.

My thought on the prevalence of homosexuality in recent times (and possibly metrosexuality) is that pesticide usage is a key factor.

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I love being proven wrong; it's some sort of academic masochism.

Do me in.

Grav 2008-02-03 08:23 PM

Are you aware that the Greeks and Romans had widespread homosexuality as well, far before the prevalence of pesticides?

Atnas 2008-02-03 08:32 PM

They promoted homosexuality in their armies.

Demosthenes 2008-02-03 08:32 PM

No, I wasn't trying to prove you wrong. I just generally keep up with such things, and hadn't heard that a hormone imbalance caused homosexuality.

You may be interested in checking out information on a gene called xq28, however. If you're interested, I could get you pdfs of some papers.

Atnas 2008-02-03 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mjordan2nd
No, I wasn't trying to prove you wrong. I just generally keep up with such things, and hadn't heard that a hormone imbalance caused homosexuality.

Sorry.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mjordan2nd
You may be interested in checking out information on a gene called xq28, however. If you're interested, I could get you pdfs of some papers.

I'd love to read them. Just by looking at the wikipedia entry on it, I can tell it isn't confirming evidence of anything, as the results of the data collection are not consistent. But I think that illustrates the idea that there is no one definitive cause.

D3V 2008-02-06 10:02 AM

Well, an update has been announced, it's officially stated that an accidental overdose was the cause of his death.

Quote:

Originally Posted by CNN
Medical examiner's office: "Manner of death is accident"

"Brokeback Mountain" star, 28, died January 22 in a New York apartment

The 2005 film won Ledger an Oscar nomination for best actor

Colleagues say actor had been suffering respiratory ailment

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movi...ger/index.html

Titusfied 2008-02-07 11:23 AM

Dead.

Adrenachrome 2008-02-14 02:05 PM

I hate that they call it an "Accidental overdose" his ingestion of those drugs was NO accident, he knew he was taking drugs and did it anyway, don't gte me wrong I liked the guy, the movies I saw him in were epic and he was a phenominal actor, but he didn't accidently take 6 different drugs

Thanatos 2008-02-14 02:19 PM

I hear that. There is no such thing as an accidental overdose, IMO.

Adrenachrome 2008-02-14 02:26 PM

maybe in the rare circumstance that you take the wrong pills for some sort of illness, you know,,,, You need to take 4 of your diabeetes pills but somehow 30mg oramorph made it into your scrip bottle


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