Heath Ledger is dead

[Stevo]

Just spotted this on the BBC website BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Heath Ledger is found dead in US

Not much details atm but it seems he died of a drugs overdose.

[StevenF]

I also just read that elsewhere - Shame

[staffsMike]

feel sorry for his daughter more than anything..

It's especially worse if he commited suicide.

[pollaxe]

Very sad news indeed.

[Tobeman]

My girlfriend and flatmates are already planning a DVD marathon to aid the grieving process.

The Dark Knight / Batman Begins 2 is in post production according to IMDB... I assume it'll still make release...

[yamangman]

Who's she?

[StevenF]

Who's she?

You mean who is he*

[subucni]

It's a real shame to hear, always thought he had a lot of potential as an actor. As staffsmike said, even worse that he had a daughter.



I'm quite shocked at the BBC website's reporting of it tbh

He also starred in A Knight's Tale and The Patriot, and played a suicidal son in Monster's Ball.

There was no need for them to mention he played "a suicidal son". Seems like they are insinuating a little there. As much as it may seem that that could be the case, it's not comfirmed and to say that at the end of the report seems a little bad taste to me.

[staffsMike]

I agree, I thought that was in bad taste.

[[GSV]Trig]

Bloody hell...

[JPreston]

No, he definitely wasn't in Bad Taste

He was in Two Hands though, which is another surprisingly good antipodean film.

[TheAnimus]

Heath Ledger

I was a good attentative boy all the way through a dvd of 10 things i hate about you, even thou i was only 15..... and i still didn't get anything.

I REALLY hate that film.

[steve threlfall]

Cant believe that rip

[kopite]

ITs mad news.

I thought with his part as the joker he was going to finally make it as a super star actor...

[P2W]

shocking news, have to admit i hadnt seen him in much but he managed to hold "a knights tale" together on his own (if u can say it was "held together")

[HSK]

r.i.p.