Breaking News >> Actor Heath Ledger Found Dead in New York City
 

I don't know what else to say beside oh my...:o
I really hope he finished his work on Dark Knight.
I also hope this isn't the reason..:ohwell:
Crazy pretty much sums it up.

Stop Lying!! Are you serious?!

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/index.html
Look at the yellow bar...trust me I'd not bullsh1t you guys about this.
It was just on tv.
Also in the black bar here
http://news.aol.com/

Oh. My. God.
That is crazy.
Shocking, that is....

EDIT: TMZ's got it too. :(

It really is I don't want to believe it...I'd like to hope it's some sort of crazy stunt for the advertising of the movie, but I doubt it is...:cry:

Damn. He was a great actor. He was awesome in Brokeback Mountain.

Holy crap. I don't even know what to think.

Any more news? I mean what happened? He was only 28.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, what the hell? Jesus, I did not see this coming. I'm in total shock. This sucks.

Woah...Holy ****. That sucks.

I know right thats how I feel I'm in total shock!
I just turned 28 myself and it's sh1t like this that really makes you think about just how short life really can be.
I'm looking for more news but nothings come up yet.
It's all over the tv though.
I just can't believe this though I don't think he'd kill himself with such a highly anticipated movie coming out.:|

No words can express the absolute shock I'm feeling. He was a good actor and definitely was going to be big (if he wasn't already). I hope suicide wasn't the cause, as being reported, because it just doesn't add up. I'm sure more will be revealed in the upcoming days. I guess all I can say is rest in peace Heath and looking forward to another brilliant performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22788914/
NEW YORK - Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence in a possible drug-related death, police said. He was 28.

According to WNBC, Ledger was found with pills strewn all around him.

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 unconscious at approximately 3:30 p.m. ET, according to the New York Times. After receiving no response from the actor after shaking him, they called authorities.

Man....I fliped to the news when I read the headline to verify. Man. Drug overdose is the assumed COD.

Really sounds fishy to me to be real honest...:(

Yeah, who'd kill themself while waiting for a masseuse.

My thoughts exactly, Jester. What would be the point of scheduling it, if you were planning on taking your life?

Can the Superman curse be blaimed for this even tho he's in a Batman film??? :o

Holy frak!

Apperantly the apartment belonged to Mary Kate Olsen

More info here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080122/.../obit_ledger_8

Curiously, a local radio show was discussing which celebrities have died so far in 2008 and which ones are likeliest to day.

I did not see it coming that Heath Ledger would be one. He was not exactly a troublemaker.

But I did see it in Yahoo News as soon as I logged into this computer.

When I was in the 11th grade, I saw it in the morning news that River Phoenix had passed away. As soon as I got to school, I told everyone around me in the lockers what had happened. Needless to say, everyone was shocked and sad.

If that treasure troll killed him I swear to God!:evil:

Jesus, that came out of nowhere. I suppose that makes The Dark Knight his official last role. I hope the Joker wasn't intended to be in the third one.

The police are saying "accidental overdose" but they're not saying how they can tell. Ghouls are hanging around the building, waiting to see them remove the body so they can get pictures!!:x

All I've heard on the news as I was watching was how hard the role of the Joker was on him. Am I insencitive for thinking that that is fairly laughable?

I am going to say this. This is so shocking I laid an egg. Terrible news that a young up and comer like him would pass on before his prime.

Now, if this is a death related to drugs, it's not just saddening, it's angering. A lot of young, wonderful talent throws their life and career away for a cheap high. People like Joh Belushi who had his whole life ahead of him, tossing it all in for a quick sensation. These aren't irrevertably depressed people who have dead end lives (not that that would make any difference). He may have well committed suicide. So it's terrible he had to die, and even worse that's the reason he had to die.

And selfishness aside, I wonder what's going to become of the Batman film.

wow I was just sent this link http://www.tmz.com/2008/01/22/live-i...h-ledger-died/
This is disgusting I can't believe they're outside filming...
Am I the only one that thinks enough is enough already?
When will all of this madness end? How many more young stars have to go nuts or kill themselves before it does?

News that people find shocking is news that they didn't expect. This is no exception. The guy had so much to live for...and he was still young for an actor with so much ahead of him...

The New York Times is now saying that the apartment wasn't owned by Mary-Kate Olsen:
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20....html?ref=arts

And then we'll find out he's not really dead...or that it wasn't pills...and the story will keep changing over and over.

First it was Renfro just a week ago at 25, now Ledger just now at 28, and of similar causes. This is very depressing, and I hope it doesn't turn into something.

I just heard about this, and yeah I just about broke down.


As lame as that sounds, damn.


Im at a loss right now.

Was just told my brother.

At first I didn't believe him but it was on Sky News and...I'm just in shock. :o

I haven't really seen many of his performances but I couldn't wait to see him as the Joker, it's such a big shock and a real shame that he will never know how he did on his final performance and no doubt will be his greatest :(

RIP

I would have guessed britney spears, not heath. This really is unfortunate. He was just becoming a bigger time actor.

Frak that...they're showing the same footage on CNN.... I watched on tv as they took his body out of the apartment. :o

edit: Looks like The Dark Knight isn't his last film. He was currently filming this little number:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ima...ctor_Parnassus

TMZ.com is saying that Heath Ledger was sick with Pneumonia and had been taking Ambien for an Insomnia problem

Yeah, when my sister dropped by my apartment and told me about this, I didn't believe her. I thought maybe it was somebody with the same name, but she insisted that it was THE Heath Ledger. The whole situation is really depressing.

Luckily, I read that he had finished shooting The Dark Knight, so we should be able to see his entire performance, without stand-ins ala Brandon Lee's in The Crow.

People keep saying "When are these celebrities going to stop? When will they learn to lay off the drugs and partying?" Well, guess what, they never will. This **** has been going on for decades, and they will never learn. It's a sad and depressing fact.

Of course he'd be in a sequel! Everyone came back for this sequel! I'm about to kill someone! MAN!


This is right out of the blue.

****!

My thoughts exactly when I heard this in class today.

After reading the first few posts, I was imagining a mugging situation. Guess I was wrong... R.I.P. Heath Ledger.

ABC News is saying that Heath Ledger had scheduled a massage, either the masseus (sp?) or his housekeeper (conflicting reports) found him dead in the apartment surrounded by pills.

Someone already said that like 5 or 6 posts into the thread. Do you ever read anything?

Yeah, heard this as it was happening. Girl I work with's sister's husband is a director in Cali.

It's a shame, yeah. Who knows, maybe it was an accidental OD. Maybe it wasn't. But the fact that he was already in and out of rehab didn't help.

What's really sad (besides him being so young and having a little girl) is that no one needs to get involved in drugs. He didn't need to be ON the drugs at the time of death. One or two times of simple drugs and kill you years later. So you can be just taking a sleeping pill or even just going to bed without the aid of pills, walking in your room, and just die, because of those few times you made an idiotic decision.

I know. My cousin died that way.

I'm sorry, but that was tasteless and uncalled for.