Actor Heath Ledger Is Found Dead
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
fallin 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 very public romance. They had a daughter, Matilda Rose, who was born on Oct. 28, 2005.
They moved to Brooklyn, but then 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.
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.
Thomas J. Lueck contributed reporting.
quote of the day
It's time to retire! Feel free to drop dead! -The Joker- Batman (1989)
fallin 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 very public romance. They had a daughter, Matilda Rose, who was born on Oct. 28, 2005.
They moved to Brooklyn, but then 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.
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.
Thomas J. Lueck contributed reporting.
quote of the day
It's time to retire! Feel free to drop dead! -The Joker- Batman (1989)
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