http://www.cnn.com/


http://www.cnn.com/2008/S...index.html
[Edited 1/22/08 14:26pm]

jesus! what the fuck!

wow

R.I.P

what in theeee fuck?

What?!!!

http://cityroom.blogs.nyt...ex.html?hp

From the NY Times online:
January 22, 2008, 4:42 pm
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 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 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.

Thomas J. Lueck contributed reporting.


updated article edit
[Edited 1/22/08 14:14pm]

some unconfirmed reports saying he hung himself.

Aw man!

WHAT THE FUCK!

No, no, no, no.

damn

What is up with these young actors dying? This is really really sad. Someone with a really promising career. Rest in peace Heath

OMG NO NO NO NOT THIS ONE NOOOOO GOD NOOOOO

Very sad. Thoughts and prayers with his kid and the rest of his family...

Will brokeback become some sort of cult thing now that he's dead? Not that it kind of wasn't before but still....

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

he's in the new batman as the joker

shit!

horatio said:

Really? I had no idea. It would really suck if this happened because he had no peace in his life. Better that it be a freak accident or something like that.

this is strange and disturbing... he was one of my fav young actors...

RIP
[Edited 1/22/08 14:01pm]

NOOOOO!!!!!

i'm in complete shock

Wow. What's going on in young Hollywood?

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horatio said:

Was filming complete?

lazycrockett said:

No. The reporter on the news said he was in NYC to finish filming.

lazycrockett said:

I think so...damn, this shit is fucked up.

lazycrockett said:

I dunno, but I think so.

sammij said:

Ok, that had to be a bad joke

this makes my stomach hurt

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

what?

I just saw it on the news. I can't believe it. Unbelievably sad.