I was greeted with the news this morning just as I walked into work that Heath Ledger had been found dead. This isn’t the type of news to expect as you get to work in the morning but death is shocking. Death is even more shocking when it happens to someone young, with a child.
The News.com.au website said:
HEATH Ledger has been found dead of an apparent drug overdose in a New York apartment reportedly belonging to fellow actor Mary-Kate Olsen.
Ledger, an Academy Award nominee, was found naked and unconscious in bed at the apartment in the trendy Manhattan area of SoHo by a housekeeper at 3.35pm (7.35am AEDT).
I’ve enjoyed watching movies that Heath Ledger was in, and now he will stay forever young like James Dean.
My condolences go to his family and to his poor daughter, Matilda.
Australia has lost another great.
And although this is a bit insensitive, I can’t help thinking how much the producers of the next Batman, ‘The Dark Knight’ ,would be loving it. His role as the next Joker will be forever remembered, enshrined in history as his last living role. It will be interesting to see if ‘The Dark Knight’ producers do indeed play up on his death.
R.I.P Ledger.
I think it incredibly sad – a bit like a River Phoenix moment.
Apparently it was an accidental overdose of sleeping pills, but a damn waste of a life nevertheless.
A very sad ending to a young actor’s incredible life and journey to Hollywood stardom.
That he becomes immortalised in history is of little consequence to his family. The media have gone crazy. RIP in peace Heath.