Heath Ledger is Gone

 BBC News - Hollywood actor Heath Ledger  has been found dead at a residence in Manhattan. 

“He was found unconscious at the apartment and pronounced dead,” the New York Police Department said, adding that pills were found near the body.

Police are reportedly investigating if the Australian actor, who earned an Oscar nomination for Brokeback Mountain, died of a drug overdose.

Father Kim Ledger said that the death of his 28-year-old “dearly loved son” had been “tragic” and “accidental”.

Speaking in the actor’s home town of Perth, in Western Australia, Mr Ledger said that his son had been a “down to earth, generous, kind hearted, life-loving, unselfish individual”.

“Heath has touched so many people on so many different levels during his short life that few had the pleasure of truly knowing him.”

The 28-year-old was found dead in the flat at 1526 (2026 GMT) on Tuesday.

New York police said they did not suspect foul play and that his body had been discovered surrounded by pills.

“We are investigating the possibility of an overdose,” police spokesman Paul Browne told Reuters news agency. “There were pills within the vicinity of the bed.”

The death of another young, talented actor leaves the Hollywood in shock.    I guess this is how fame and fortune can bring a person down, once he has become totally obsessed by it.  You just can’t have it all.  Heath Ledger was very young and had a promising career ahead of him…. and only drugs brought him down.   

And I was looking forward to seeing him as the new Joker in the coming Batman movie….  sigh..what a waste….