OT: Heath Ledger has been found dead in a Manhattan apartment (M)

[HEAV]

Just breaking.

[2KBack]

holy ****, unexpected

[2KBack]

http://www.tmz.com/

Heath Ledger is Dead (http://www.tmz.com/2008/01/22/heath-ledger-is-dead/)
Posted Jan 22nd 2008 4:40PM by TMZ Staff (http://www.tmz.com/bloggers/tmz-staff/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tmz.com/media/2008/01/0122_ledger_ex_1.jpgTMZ has learned that 2006 Academy Award nominee Heath Ledger has died in NY.

He was found dead in his bed in one of his residences in Soho by his housekeeper at 3:35 PM ET today. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ they believe it was not a crime.

The 28-year-old actor has a two year old daughter with former fiancee Michelle Williams -- they separated in September, 2007. He plays the Joker in the upcoming Batman film, "The Dark Knight."

MSNBC (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/) is reporting that the actor was found, surrounded by pills.

[Beantown Bronco]

Brandon Lee 2.0

[JCMElway]

Wow, this news broke here before it did on Yahoo. Now that's cracker jack reporting!

[Northman]

Yea, wife just told me about this. Guess he wont be playing the Joker in the new Batman.

[Cosmo]

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/actor-heath-ledger-is-found-dead/

January 22, 2008, 4:42 pm
Actor Heath Ledger Is Found Dead
By Sewell Chan


Heath Ledger (Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)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.

[SonOfLe-loLang]

Incredibly sad. I worked on the film The Four Feathers that he starred in a ways back and he was a true down to earth dude. very sad.

[Beantown Bronco]

Guess he wont be playing the Joker in the new Batman.

They finished filming months ago.

[BMF Bronco]

Brandon Lee 2.0

Brandon Lee was shot

[Gcver2ver3]

thats crazy

[Crushaholic]

That could change the scope of the marketing for Dark Knight, since it will be his last completed movie. It will be interesting to see how they handle it...

[Beantown Bronco]

Brandon Lee was shot

and Heath shot up.

[BMF Bronco]

and Heath shot up.

damn! that's rough, funny as hell, but rough!

[Popcorn Sutton]

Sad...

[Dagmar]

Great young actor, a shame. RIP

[KCStud]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/22/heath.ledger.dead/index.html

Sad day...such a great talent

[bfoflcommish]

just read
damn

[ohiobronco2]

and Heath shot up.

Have they confirmed it was a drug overdose?

[broncocalijohn]

already posted KC. Look at the board first before breaking the news.

[Spider]

He was found deader then a door nail ....... http://www.trib.com/articles/2008/01/22/news/breaking/doc47966d7a6b785891798138.txt

[HEAV]

They finished filming months ago.

I know The Dark Knight was set to release in July. So his shot's should be complete.

Not sure if they needed him for voice over work.

[Beantown Bronco]

Have they confirmed it was a drug overdose?

It'll be awhile before the official autopsy results are made public, but I think it's safe to assume so for the time-being.

"Pills were found in the vicinity of the bed," police spokesman Paul Browne told CNN.

"This is being looked at as a possible overdose, but that is not confirmed yet."

The pills appeared to be over-the-counter sleeping medication, said police spokeswoman Barbara Chen.

[JCMElway]

Would you say that this story would fall into the category of war, religion, or politics?

[Bronco LB 59]

Am I the only one here who didn't know who this guy was?

[BroncoMatt]

Just curious, but why did this get moved? Aren't we in off season mode? Do we need to save room for more charger threads? I don't get it.

Ledger will be in the new Batman movie coming out this summer.

http://www.dogmaticblog.com/images/movies/batman_01.jpg

[Bronco Yoda]

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/news/celebrity/ny-etheath0122,0,6778210.story?coll=ny-movies-mezz

"Sleeping pills were found in the bed around him, police said."


For a second Owen Wilson came to mind.

[Rohirrim]

Off topics

[bpc]

Sucks. He was a unique actor that was truly talented. Even worse, he had a daughter.

RIP.

[TDmvp]

Just curious, but why did this get moved? Aren't we in off season mode? Do we need to save room for more charger threads? I don't get it.

Ledger will be in the new Batman movie coming out this summer.

http://www.dogmaticblog.com/images/movies/batman_01.jpg

don't ask questions ... you will get banned ...

[theAPAOps5]

Let it go TD. Just let it go.

As for Heath. If it was suicide then he is pathetic. He just left a little girl who will never know her father. We have all been through rough times get help.

I know that was harsh but as a father to be I can't fathom leaving my daughter on this earth with no dad.

[Spider]

Would you say that this story would fall into the category of war, religion, or politics?

Ok .fine , it is rumored Heath Ledger had a mad crush on Condi , he saw the video I posted with her and Bush , and he couldnt handle it ........

[RhymesayersDU]

See, it wasn't as football related as this thread:

http://www.orangemane.com/BB/showthread.php?t=65314

And it also wasn't made by a mod or one of the people in the mod's clique of friends.

2 strikes, moved!

[Kaylore]

This really bothered me more than I thought it would. I guess when the person is your same age it makes it more poignant. That's terrible. You can't help but wonder what will happen with the movie.

[theAPAOps5]

This really bothered me more than I thought it would. I guess when the person is your same age it makes it more poignant. That's terrible. You can't help but wonder what will happen with the movie.

I am there with you Kaylor. It hit home I am having a kid when I finally saw what she looked like today, or sort of looked like. Can't imagine leaving a baby in this world without me. No matter how down I get or how rough things get I have a life to take care of. Ledger obviously didn't take that into account.

[Bronco Bob]

Would you say that this story would fall into the category of war, religion, or politics?

Probably religion, as the fundies hate gays.

[Blueflame]

Just curious, but why did this get moved? Aren't we in off season mode? Do we need to save room for more charger threads? I don't get it.

Ledger will be in the new Batman movie coming out this summer.

http://www.dogmaticblog.com/images/movies/batman_01.jpg

It's been explained before.... TJ has not yet made the announcement that we're in "offseason mode". Until he posts a thread or says something to indicate that we're in offseason mode, off-topic threads will be moved. Patience, guys. The change usually happens right after the Super Bowl.

[Blueflame]

See, it wasn't as football related as this thread:

http://www.orangemane.com/BB/showthread.php?t=65314

And it also wasn't made by a mod or one of the people in the mod's clique of friends.

2 strikes, moved!

Y'know, I think it's getting a tiny tad nitpicky to complain about a thread that's already slid to Page Two remaining "on the main page". Just to make you happy, I moved it, though.. (starting to wonder who went and proclaimed today to be "bash the mods" day.... ::))

[Kaylore]

Go Broncos.

[Los Broncos]

OMG, terrible news, RIP.

[theAPAOps5]

So I am going to retract my comments at this moment. His family says he did not commit suicide and it turns out he had pnemonia.

[Broncochica]

So young, very sad :(

[Drek]

CNN reporter just commented that he'd been mentioning in interviews the past several weeks about having sleep issues since playing the Joker, and that he'd made comments about taking multiple ambien and only getting an hour or two of sleep.

Sounds like he probably was just so damn exhausted he took as many as he thought would get him to sleep and it happened to be too many for his body to handle.

Its a real shame, he was an excellent actor, but like many other great actors they find it hard to separate themselves from the roles they play.

This should have no impact on The Dark Knight however, they'd wrapped on filming and its in post production, Ledger was actually off filming a different movie in England.

[RhymesayersDU]

Y'know, I think it's getting a tiny tad nitpicky to complain about a thread that's already slid to Page Two remaining "on the main page". Just to make you happy, I moved it, though.. (starting to wonder who went and proclaimed today to be "bash the mods" day.... ::))

You know what the funny thing is? I don't have a problem with Pez (or that thread) per se. And on that same note, I'm not that huge on Ledger. Batman was filmed, and that's all I care about. If I had to choose, I'd rather the Pez thread stay.

But what I (and others, I believe) would like to see is some consistency. There was some big thread about ethanol and beer that wasn't football related that got to stay too.

http://www.orangemane.com/BB/showthread.php?t=65154&highlight=ethanol

I'm not trying to personally bash anybody, but it's just odd that certain non-football threads are OK but others aren't. I'd like to know the criteria on how those decisions are made.

[HEAV]

Just have to wait and see what the autopsy finds. But still may be a week waiting for blood work on drug levels in his blood.

He said the Joker role was, and probably would be, the most fun he ever had playing.


http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tmz.com/media/2008/01/0122_heath_leger_bauergriffin.jpg

[Orange_Beard]

Sad News. Big Fan.

[Northman]

They finished filming months ago.


Oh really? I was under the impression they hadnt begun yet.

[Blueflame]

You know what the funny thing is? I don't have a problem with Pez (or that thread) per se. And on that same note, I'm not that huge on Ledger. Batman was filmed, and that's all I care about. If I had to choose, I'd rather the Pez thread stay.

But what I (and others, I believe) would like to see is some consistency. There was some big thread about ethanol and beer that wasn't football related that got to stay too.

http://www.orangemane.com/BB/showthread.php?t=65154&highlight=ethanol

I'm not trying to personally bash anybody, but it's just odd that certain non-football threads are OK but others aren't. I'd like to know the criteria on how those decisions are made.

Any action... or lack of action any mod ever takes can be second-guessed and b*tched about. We do our best to keep the forum running smoothly. Sorry if we "fall short" sometimes but hey, we are human beings...and therefore, we're not perfect.

[CBF1]

I am way out of touch.... I have never heard of the guy. RIP

[broncocalijohn]

I guess he quit the other homo now! " I cant quit you!" Well, you just did.

[Beantown Bronco]

Oh really? I was under the impression they hadnt begun yet.

Yup. As was mentioned above, he was already well into the filming of another movie (a fantasy, with Christopher Plummer).


Last night on the news, they were playing clips from a very recent interview (supposedly his last) where he was discussing another movie he recently finished about the life of Bob Dylan. He was not at all happy with the movie and was clearly on drugs during the interview. He was very fidgety, looked strung out and was speaking very oddly. At one point, they asked him about his daughter and he somehow steered the conversation towards death and how he was now ok with dying in the near future because he felt like he would live through her a little.

It was very creepy.

[Dagmar]

Confused? Here's What You Need To Know About Heath Ledger's Death (http://gawker.com/5002477/confused-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-heath-ledgers-death)



Some of the details surrounding Heath Ledger's death yesterday have been a little murky, with conflicting reports from various media outlets. Let's answer some of your basic questions: Q. Did Ledger commit suicide? A. Police have changed their tune on that, saying his death appears to have been accidental. His family's statement described him as "life-loving." [SkyNews (http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1301916,00.html)]
Q. Was Ledger found in the apartment of an Olsen twin? A. No. Mary-Kate Olsen's people were called by a masseuse at the scene. Olsen told her to call the authorities. [PageSix (http://www.pagesix.com/story/heath+s+antidepressants+and+ambien)]
Q. Which medications were found in the apartment? A. Sleeping aids Ambien, Donormyl, Zoplicone and anti-anxiety meds Xanax and Valium. They were not, as was reported, "strewn around" his dead body, but in bottles and packaging in the bedroom, bathroom and rest of the apartment. [NYP (http://www.nypost.com/seven/01232008/news/regionalnews/heath_ledger_dead_983449.htm?page=0)]
Q. What did his autopsy, performed this morning, indicate? A. The results were inconclusive, further tests to indicate a cause of death will take another ten days. TMZ reported (http://www.tmz.com/2008/01/22/heath-had-pneumonia/) last night that Ledger may have had pneumonia. [CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/23/heath.ledger.dead/index.html)]

[Spider]

Fred Phelps plans on protesting Heaths funeral ........real freaking pathetic

[Crushaholic]

Oh really? I was under the impression they hadnt begun yet.

For those of you keeping score, the release date is set for July 18th...

[BMF Bronco]

Fred Phelps plans on protesting Heaths funeral ........real freaking pathetic

who is Fred Phelps?

[Spider]

who is Fred Phelps?

A real cock sucker , WBC church , the slime ball even protest Military funerals cause God hates fags , and the troops are fight for a country that supports fags .........

[theAPAOps5]

If that guy ever shows up near my area for a military funeral I might go to jail. I will exercise my fists right to free speech on his face.

[BMF Bronco]

A real pink pony rider , WBC church , the slime ball even protest Military funerals cause God hates fags , and the troops are fight for a country that supports fags .........

OH that douche, someone needs to off him.

[Spider]

well guys I had a chance to Kick freds ass in Laramie , I was at the petro 2 days before he left , all over that Mathew Shepard case ..... I saw the prick near walmart out there ....... I didnt know who he was , I do now though , if I could go back in time , I would kick his ass so far up his back ,that bastard would be undoing his shirt to **** today ......

[Crushaholic]

OH that douche, someone needs to off him.

Believe me when I tell you some people have thought about it through the years. The problem is that he tapes all his protests and any criminal threat done to him or his family would be severely prosecuted. They are all lawyers...

[Crushaholic]

I am way out of touch.... I have never heard of the guy. RIP


Here's a brief summary list of his movies...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=509837&in_page_id=1773&ct=5

The Dark Knight (2008}


I'm Not There (2007)


Candy (2006)


Brokeback Mountain (2005)


The Brothers Grimm (2005)


Lords of Dogtown (2005)


Ned Kelly (2003)


The Four Feathers (2002)


Monster's Ball (2001)


A Knight's Tale (2001)


The Patriot (2000)


Two Hands (1999)


10 Things I Hate About You (1999)


Paws (1997)


Blackrock (1997)


Clowning Around (1992)

[TDmvp]

If that guy ever shows up near my area for a military funeral I might go to jail. I will exercise my fists right to free speech on his face.

im with you Apa .... im jobless and told my girlfriend id love to spend a week F@ucking with this guy .......... i'd protest his funeral if he would hurry up and die...

[TDmvp]

Kansas Baptist Church Intends to Picket Heath Ledger's Funeral Because He Played Gay Character jesus .... wtf


A radical Baptist church in Kansas known for picketing the funerals of soldiers who perished in Iraq said it intends to protest Heath Ledger's memorial service with signs claiming the actor died and is in Hell because he played a gay character in “Brokeback Mountain.”

Shirley Phelps-Roper of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka said that she and other members will picket Ledger’s United States memorial services, not those held in his native Australia.

“You cannot live in defiance of God,” she said. “He got on that big screen with a big, fat message: God is a liar and it’s OK to be gay.”

A press release circulated by the church references Leviticus 18:22 in the Bible, which states that “thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.”

“Heath Ledger is now in Hell, and has begun serving his eternal sentence there,” the Westboro Baptist announcement says.

[BMF Bronco]

Believe me when I tell you some people have thought about it through the years. The problem is that he tapes all his protests and any criminal threat done to him or his family would be severely prosecuted. They are all lawyers...

nothing a good scope and a high powered rifle couldn't take care of.

BMF's Note: opinions just expressed are a joke, it is not real nor is it a threat and should not be taken that way.

[Spider]

BMF's Note: opinions just expressed are a joke, it is not real nor is it a threat and should not be taken that way.

ROFL! a Dead Plech is a good Plech ........
How can you tell if a Plech is well hung ?
you cant get your fingers between his neck and the rope .....
too bad there is a song out called , Good bye Pelch .....

[TDmvp]

since

BMF is speaking in jest a little so shall i ..... why can't people who snap and kill and bunch of people be creative ... like the DC snipe ... what a waste and to kill kids and people pumping gas and stuff is wrong ... IF i was to go crazy i would at least be selective ... by sitting on a golf course for hours and wait on O.J. .... and then you could move onto phelps and phil spector , Robert Blake , but to just go around killing innocent is lame ...

[theAPAOps5]

nothing a good scope and a high powered rifle couldn't take care of.

BMF's Note: opinions just expressed are a joke, it is not real nor is it a threat and should not be taken that way.

HA I thought about putting in the same disclaimer. I wouldn't want beerslu.... I mean someone here turning me in.

[KCStud]

Heath Ledger took the role as the Joker very seriously because he didn't want to disappoint. The guy is a great actor and even he admitted back last summer that it was going to take his very best to pull off the Joker.
It was reported a number of times throughout the last few months that he has had some serious sleeping problems throughout the movie production and even after it was done.

Apparently he tried taking sleep medicine and a it only helped him gain minimal sleep, so he took more. When he took more, his body was already weakened due to the lack of sleep and possible pneumonia

[broncocalijohn]

since

BMF is speaking in jest a little so shall i ..... why can't people who snap and kill and bunch of people be creative ... like the DC snipe ... what a waste and to kill kids and people pumping gas and stuff is wrong ... IF i was to go crazy i would at least be selective ... by sitting on a golf course for hours and wait on O.J. .... and then you could move onto phelps and phil spector , Robert Blake , but to just go around killing innocent is lame ...


Someone jobless and loves Charles Bronson would be the perfect one. And who could prosecute someone that is sooooo good at being a vigilantie.

[Dagmar]

Kansas Baptist Church Intends to Picket Heath Ledger's Funeral Because He Played Gay Character jesus .... wtf


A radical Baptist church in Kansas known for picketing the funerals of soldiers who perished in Iraq said it intends to protest Heath Ledger's memorial service with signs claiming the actor died and is in Hell because he played a gay character in “Brokeback Mountain.”

Shirley Phelps-Roper of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka said that she and other members will picket Ledger’s United States memorial services, not those held in his native Australia.

“You cannot live in defiance of God,” she said. “He got on that big screen with a big, fat message: God is a liar and it’s OK to be gay.”

A press release circulated by the church references Leviticus 18:22 in the Bible, which states that “thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.”

“Heath Ledger is now in Hell, and has begun serving his eternal sentence there,” the Westboro Baptist announcement says.

Utter ****ing scum.

[Chris]

Walked by the memorial again today (I work in the neighbourhood). Just very sad. It's a true loss. People are shocked not because they're celebrity obsessed (I could care less if Affleck kicked the bucket) but because of his talent and because he was known to be a great, old fashioned person.

[BMF Bronco]

I was watching the Soup on TV the other night and at the end of the program they gave him a pretty good tribute, it went something like this...

this week we lost Heath Ledger, a man we never highlighted on this show, so you haters stop digging, he never did anything wrong, he was a good man and it's a trajic loss

I was very impressed with the tribute.