Actor Heath Ledger, 28, Found Dead, Possible Suicide
This is just really horrifyingly awful. Popular actor, and Academy Award nominee Heath Ledger has been found dead in his Soho, NY apartment. MSNBC is reporting:
A New York Police Department spokesman says the actor Heath Ledger has been found dead at a downtown Manhattan residence. According to TMZ.com, Ledger, 28, was found dead in his bed in one of his residences in Soho by his housekeeper at 3:35 p.m. ET Tuesday.The actor has a two-year-old daughter with former fiancee Michelle Williams. Ledger was set to play the Joker in the upcoming Batman film "The Dark Knight." He received an Academy Award nomination for his work in "Brokeback Mountain."
Additional information on Heath's death is being reported by NY Times:
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 fear found near the body.
Heath, who won critical acclaim for his role as a bi-sexual cowboy in the widely praised hit film Brokeback Mountain met his ex-fiance, Michelle Williams, who's the mother of his two-year old daughter, Matilda Rose, while filming that movie. Heath and Michelle have been separated since last year. Heath's most recent finished project was playing the Joker in the new Batman film, The Dark Knight. Ledger was currently working on the new Terry Gilliam film in London,"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," which is set to be released next year.
No confirmed cause has been given for how or why Heath died. But based on reports, and recent stories about Heath in the tabloids he may have been suffering from some sort of depression over his split back in the fall from Michelle Williams.
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