Heath Ledger is dead!

From what I’ve read, they’re done filming the Batman movie. So, unless they’re going to reshoot all the scenes, we’ll have another Crow. :frowning:

There will be an autopsy on Wednesday.

Why did he and Michelle break up? Anybody know?

I just turned on my computer and saw the news.

Goddamn.

I can’t think of anything else to say at the moment. What a horrible, horrible waste. :frowning:

very sad, indeed.

it’s reported that they found sleeping pills near him, although it’s probably just a rumor.

According to Aint It Cool, Heath had completely finished his work as Joker on the next Batman movie.

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A quick Google indicates that it was a amicable breakup, and most quotes have been the polite “we just grew apart” and “we tried to make it work and failed” type lip service. Depends how cynical you are I suppose, but I haven’t heard anything that would indicate that drugs or psychological problems were at it’s root. Being that they were a pretty low profile and outwardly wholesome couple, it seems the tabloids took that at face value. I suppose time will tell if there was more to it.

This detail appears to have been confirmed. Whether they were OTC or prescription has been unclear, some reports say that both were present.

I just heard. So, so sad.

It’s sad, as I enjoyed his acting, especially Brokeback Mountain, and I thought 10 Things I Hate About You was a cut above the typical teenage romance. But, and this is nitpicky, but I liked this detail from the article in the New York Times: “The housekeeper had been in the apartment for some time before Mr. Ledger’s body was discovered, and she let the masseuse in when she at the apartment for a 3:31 p.m. appointment with Mr. Ledger, the police said.” Perhaps it’s a typo because why wouldn’t the appointment be for 3:30pm or 3:45pm or 4pm? (Then again, the word “arrived” appears to be missing from that sentence, so perhaps it wasn’t edited as well as it should.)

harvey levin is being interviewed on keith olbermann. he states that the police are leaning toward accidental death.

10 Things I Hate About You is one of my favorites.
Man, this is sad.

Which is why I said

I’ve really liked this young man since I saw “A Knight’s Tale” and I’m really saddened to learn of his death. I feel like I might cry. To be 28 then die - for whatever reason is tragic. My daughter is 28. I’m going to bed.

:frowning:

They can just film the reshoots in an industrial freezer. Tape his mouth and eyes back and you’ve got a very young Jack Nicholson. From there all you’d need is some wire and a good puppeteer…

I think you got lost. This isn’t the IMDB boards or AICN’s Talkbacks. Go away.

This is a damn shame. :frowning:

You’re right, it was a little tacky.

How f****ng ghoulish! I checked CNN to see if there were any updates, and they had a link to a video: “Watch Ledger’s body being removed”.

The hell? That’s not “news” that’s bizarro, voyeuristic weirdness! I know they’re going to bring out a body bag on a gurney, but that is something the world needs to see? Why?

Let me be the first to say, Who?
OK - I Googled him. Never heard of him before. Yawn.

What the hell is WRONG with you? Just because you haven’t heard of him, if you’d look through this thread you’d see that a lot of people have, and they’re very sad. How rude of you to “yawn” at the pain expressed in this thread!

Unbelievable!

There’s no sense in things like this in the world, not a bit of it. For what its worth he was very respected in the acting community, particularly for his voice which gave him a rare versatility to play parts of any age and kind.