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I don’t know about you, but what the f*ck? Floored. Sad. Floored. Heath Ledger, 28, was found dead yesterday in New York City.
We have clearer reports now about what went on. Apparently, Heath WASN’T staying in one of the Olsen twin’s apartments. He wasn’t found face down on the floor surrounded by pills. He was found naked, in bed, with a pill bottle on the dresser. And reports say he was battling pneumonia at the time of his death. Pneumonia’s no joke, by the way. The housekeeper let the masseuse in, she found his body and she called in assistance.
Heath’s ex fiancee and the mother of his daughter Matilda Rose, Michelle Williams, was said to be “devastated” by Heath’s death and flying to New York. Heath’s family has released a statement and several Hollywood types have publicly expressed their condolences. She met Heath on the set of “Brokeback Mountain” and their relationship ended several months ago.
Heath’s parents, uncle, and several Hollywood types including fellow Australians Mel Gibson and Nicole Kidman have publicly expressed their condolences. Keep reading for those after the jump.
Photos: Bauer-Griffin Online
Heath’s parents: “We, Heath’s family, confirm, the very tragic, untimely and accidental passing of our dearly loved son, brother and doting father of Matilda. He was found peacefully asleep in his New York apartment by his housekeeper at 3:30 p.m. U.S. time.
We would like to thank our friends and everyone around the world for their well wishes and kind thoughts at this time. Heath has touched so many people on so many different levels during his short life but few had the pleasure of truly knowing him.
He was a down to earth, generous, kind-hearted, life-loving and selfless individual who was extremely inspirational to many. Please now respect our families need to grieve and come to terms with our loss privately.”
Heath’s uncle Neil Bell, who was his personal assistant according to In Touch Weekly: “The last thing that Heath would want to do is throw it all away. He was very happy living in New York. The tragedy was made worse for the Ledger family in Australia because Heath was so far away. “His mother and father heard of his death on the news. We are all devastated. The whole family is devastated over his death, and more so over having to learn of his death from the media.”
Mel Gibson: “”I had such great hope for him. He was just taking off and to lose his life at such a young age is a tragic loss. My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.”
Nicole Kidman: “”What a tragedy. My heart goes out to his family.”
The heads of Warner Bros. film studio: “The studio is stunned and devastated by this tragic news. The entertainment community has lost an enormous talent. Heath was a brilliant actor and an exceptional person. Our hearts go out to his family and friends.”
We will be keeping you posted throughout the day on this tragedy. Goddamn.
Is it sad? Sure.
Did we lose a Mensa mind? NO.
A cure for cancer? NO.
Talented? NO.
The only movie he was known for is Brokeback.
Any A or B list actor would have gotten the same reaction.
It was the movie that was the draw, not the actors.
You want to mourn someone? Mourn someone one who busted their ass for someone other than themselves.
Last week everyone was talking about what a self-absorbed balding ass-hole this guy was, now everyone loved him.
Hypocrites.
Wow…sad that Matilda lost her dad…sad that “One more time” is so bitter…I’m feeling very blessed right about now.
I was shocked and greatly saddened by the news. I was looking forward to seeing him in many roles as he had great versatility. I think even those that did not like him or previously said bad things would not be vile and spew venow from their mouths at this time. God Bless Heath, his family and the many fans that loved him.
Hey ‘One More Time,’ guess your tastes center more along the line of Blonde Ambition or Dukes of Hazzard remakes. Perhaps you should check out I’m not There, Brothers Grim, Ned Kelly, Casanova, 10 Things I hate about You, etc.
Most of the current actor lot never get academy nods or golden globe nominations, unlike Heath. No, we didn’t lose a Mensa certified scientist, but a seemingly kind actor who wasn’t a celebutard who loved his family (and was loved by them, and even his ex) has passed, and many people are indeed sad.
Did you get insulted or denied recently? Fell better after your saddo little rant? No doubt these folks do mourn someone who has ‘busted their ass’ for others, but given that this is a celebrity blog, you retard, people are going to mourn Heath Ledger’s passing right here. Go figure. Totally crazy that.
“One more time,” stop being bitter. He’s *dead*. It’s *sad*. Just because he wasn’t important on YOUR grand scale doesn’t mean that the rest of us aren’t allowed to be sad at his passing.
So, One More Time, if one of your family members (God forbid) were to die suddenly, and they happened to not be college educated, or they were a janitor, or they were an alcoholic, or they were depressed or cranky most of the time, would they not be worth your mourning? I would say that pretty much every human being deserves (and will get from somewhere) some sympathy. I would really hope that when I die, people don’t feel less sad because of what I did or didn’t do.
I wasn’t being sarcastic, by the way, about the “God forbid.” It’s hard to interpret online.
Well said, Bird.
UKLady, well put.
This just shocked me when I heard yesterday. I couldn’t do anything but say ‘Oh My God’ a few times… I was a fan of Heath Ledger, ever since I saw 10 Things I Hate About You as a teenager… he took on roles other people were afraid of and many good roles people are (seemingly) unaware that he was the actor.
He’ll be missed. Prayers to his family, friends, and fans.
Very well said, Bird.
“ella said:
“One more time,” stop being bitter. He’s *dead*. It’s *sad*. Just because he wasn’t important on YOUR grand scale doesn’t mean that the rest of us aren’t allowed to be sad at his passing.
Posted on January 23, 2008 08:55 AM”
Don’t worry about that, there’s always one person who is desperately jealous of the attention and affection other people receive.
That guy wouldn’t have a clue what it is to be moved or changed or uplifted by a movie, performance, book, anything. So he wouldn’t feel affection and gratitude towards actors or writers, like normal people do.
He is probably just thrilled to bits that you noticed the spiteful stuff said. That probably made his sad, pathetic little day.
Boy this is a shocker! Too bad, Heath Ledger was a really good looking guy, and seemed nice. So sad that he’s gone. Lately he had been looking kind of rough though. I saw a picture of him a couple months back. I thought he looked about 38, was quite surprised to find out he was only 28. But then people look rough all the time, most of them don’t drop dead.
Yeah Loob, seems that “One more time” felt it important for all to read his/her cruel words as “One more time” is also “Um yeah” in a previous post. The poison was the same, just changed his/her name…
One more time: I won’t comment on the contents of your post; I will say however that I don’t believe this is the proper forum for you to have made it in! This is a site for fans of celebrities; nobody wants to see a post like yours at a time like this! I think that having a bit of tact would do you some good.
uklady…
“I’m not There” Sucked., “Brothers Grim” was for 10 year olds., “Ned Kelly” SUCKED , “Casanova” SSSSUCKED, “10 Things I hate about You” wasn’t bad (if you were a 12 year old girl). The last GOOD thing he was in, if your honest with yourself, was Roar.
“Most of the current actor lot never get academy nods or golden globe nominations, unlike Heath.” He got the “nod” because he was in a controversial film. Period. He was a half rate actor. Period.
Does it make all of you pathetic little schmucks feel connected to something special to come here and cry and moan about how you’ll miss some actor you never knew? Sad.
Am I bitter? No. Is it too bad the guy died. My life is no worse without the great Heath Ledger…
Oh, and Zekers, read a book or something, you spend WAAAAAY too much time on this site.
Yeah Zekers, I noticed that too. And that is quite telling, as to their mental state. *I’ll say it again, lookit me lookit me!!*
But all you guys here have made excellent responses to that.
We had this lovely newscaster in my town, who had been the face of the news for decades, and when he died of cancer some jackass wrote stuff like *So what? People die of cancer every day! He’s not more important than anyone else.* And we were all “Uh no, he’s AS important, he made an impression on us and we miss his presence in our lives, and it hurts. And go fuck yourself, jackass.”
So yeah, that holds true here too. :)
The question is, *too gutless to commit to a nickname* why are YOU here if you don’t care and it’s boring and unimportant to you?
Because you only feel good when you are picking fights with strangers, that’s why.
Don’t let us keep you, move along.
I couldn’t believe it when I saw the news broadcasting everywhere last night – completely floored. I loved Heath, he was absolutely amazing in any movie I’ve seen him in. Still is going to take time to sink in that he’s gone. I would agree with the parents though – I don’t believe it was a suicide. From all the quotes I’ve read from him, he loved his daughter too much to do such a thing (but we’ll see, I guess). I’ve seen it all too well – people over medicate (sleeping pills or otherwise), thinking it’ll be okay, but that’s so very dangerous. I am just so heartbroken for his daughter, family, and anyone dear to him. Such a talent, such a tragedy… Rest in peace, Heath. You will be missed.
Living in the real world: please don’t start calling us names. I guess YOU are above having feelings for public figures whose films you have watched, whose lives you have followed in the press, and whose personas have made an impact on you. We are not here because we want to feel “special”. We are here because we have lost a public figure that made an impression on us and we feel a sense grief that we will no longer be seeing his films, or hearing about him in the news, that a promising life was cut short too soon. You seem like kind of a cold person to me, and an angry one.
Living in the real world:
My sympathies to you and your family. :)
LOL Zekers
Like everyone else – I was/am stunned. Still stunned this morning, after a night of sleep.
My favorite HL film was “The Order”. He was SO good in it. My children loved him in “The Brothers Grimm”. And they weren’t “sucky” films, “One More Time” or whoever you are. They were awesome. Just because they didn’t get the Oscar nod, doesn’t mean they weren’t good.
People who have no sympathy or heart over this devastating tragedy can just go about their everyday business of bombing clinics and running over little children. Little do they realize, it is their insignificance that dictates their coldness; it is their perception of “if only people loved me as much as they loved him”, that rules their very weak constitution. You are hollow and shallow and your fears that no one will care when you are gone, will be realized if you keep up this charade.
Be do whatever, “one more time” or whatever other name you call yourself. Just do ME the favor of STFU and stepping aside while us normaltons grieve. We have that right, asswipe.
crazy-person-with-many-usernames, like i’ve said on several other posts where you are picking fights with folks…
cut it out, man. it’s too early in the morning for your silly histronics. if you want readers to take you seriously, say something intelligent. otherwise, go on about your business.
elsewhere.
…oh, and since you seem to be lurking here at ASL with your many names, I wanted to make sure that you saw this post:
“respect said:
Dear Um, yeah
Perhaps you miss the point. There is a word that can by times escape most of us. It is called “Humanity”. Today it has escaped you.
1) Opinions on his acting ability are subjective. Many thought he was extraordinary
2) All or nothing statements are distortions of fact “everyone thought he was an asshole…” now “everyone loves him” neither statement is true. Your own words prove that clearly not “everyone” loves him.
3) You have no idea what kind of a man he was and are basing your views on what the media has presented of him.
FACT: He was a father, son, friend and loved one to many, many people. His passing offers a time for people, friends and family to reflect on the loss of life.
Just because he does not matter to you does not make “everyone” else hypocrites.
The only thing I agee with you on is that we all need do alot more mourning for the world we are living in and our collective loss of humanity.”
Amen.
Really, it’s so true that when you kill yourself, you hurt a lot of other people too. Especially if you are a public figure. Killing yourself is kind of a selfish act. It also introduces more ugliness into the world (like we need more of that!). I’m not saying Heath Ledger killed himself! Apparently he didn’t. Though it is possible to kill yourself slowly, through gross neglect of your health. To me, that’s as much suicide as taking an overdose of pills.
One More Time – you just here to piss people off? Last week I know *I* wasn’t slagging Heath off. Maybe someone was, but not everyone. So he didn’t cure cancer – that’s not really up for debate. What’s sad is he was a talented, driven YOUNG father and now he’s gone, end of story. It’s sad when anyone checks out so early in life, with so much to offer other people. What great things are you offering to the people around you or the world in general? Your snotty and unwelcome sarcasm and bitterness? This ain’t the place for it.
But then depression is such nasty stuff… Really it is a disease. You can’t blame a person who is really sick with depression for dieing anymore than you can blame someone who is really sick with cancer for dieing. I guess. You just wish they would have gotten treatment earlier, especially if they have the money, like Heath did. And I’m not saying he was depressed! I didn’t know him. I’m just saying that looking at it from the outside it looks like he might have been depressed… Who knows, it might turn out that he wasn’t depressed at all, that he just had a congenital heart condition or something… Oh this whole topic is starting to make ME depressed! LOL
Guys, please.. “one more time” and crazy-person-with many-nicknames are called TROLLS. They feed on reactions from you. They need responses (negative or positive) to fulfill their goal, which is “somebody is paying attention to me”. One advice: IGNORE! why give them the benefit?
A child lost it’s father and two parents lost their son. This fact only makes me so fucking sad. We are not to judge what he was or did. I was never a big fan, but I was absolutely shocked…
Yeah, this is sad but where is all of the news about Bhutto dying. She was a pretty incredible woman trying to make change. Oh, I guess she doesn’t matter because she isn’t American or a celebrity.
HERE HERE!!!!
Its a tragic loss for his daughter, parents, family , friends and fans. He was only 28. God rest his soul. I hope he finds paradise.
Absolutely dead on Mojoman. Living in Real World, yup, you’re right about some of those movies not being must-see, fantastic films. I was reacting to the ridiculous comments of One More Time’s. It’s a rare actor who has no rubbish films on their resume. Just was saying (I guess very inarticulately) that Heath was a good actor. Some of those films show that.
I should just pass on the commenting though because it obviously adds fuel to the negative fires that so many folk seem to feel. I bristle at your thinking me a schmuck who cries and moans here because I don’t believe that’s what I did at all. I was merely commenting on the hating One More Time. You know?
You are spot on too: my life is no worse or less either with the good Heath’s passing. I just felt compelled to tell someone when they say something mean-spirited and crazy that maybe they should reconsider their words.
Living, I indeed hope you have a better day now than you were evidently having a few hours ago. Cheers all.
so upesetting about nice actor he was good
As I do no think any of us knew Heath Ledger personally, isnt what we really mourn the loss of promise? And don’t we mourn that loss of promise regardless of who has died – if the loss was a talented actor, a world leader trying to make great change or a brilliant mind trying to cure disease – does it matter?
Heath Ledger is not more or less important because he was an actor or because his death is getting so much media coverage. I was not even a huge fan, but I mourn for him because he was so very talented and he left family behind that loved him.
“one more time”-
thats what wrong with ppl today, heartless and cold… it doesnt matter whether anyone on here knew him or not, we were all touched in some way by his work and are sadened by the fact that someone has lost their life. life is precious. this is not a movie. he wont b comming back after these messages… its sad man.
get a life!
“one more time”-
thats what wrong with ppl today, heartless and cold… it doesnt matter whether anyone on here knew him or not, we were all touched in some way by his work and are sadened by the fact that someone has lost their life. life is precious. this is not a movie. he wont b comming back after these messages… its sad man.
get a life!
“one more time”-
thats what wrong with ppl today, heartless and cold… it doesnt matter whether anyone on here knew him or not, we were all touched in some way by his work and are sadened by the fact that someone has lost their life. life is precious. this is not a movie. he wont b comming back after these messages… its sad man.
get a life!
Feeling sadness because a good (value judgement) young (fact) man (fact) died doesn’t make us “schmucks” – it makes us human.
“joan durtz said:
Yeah, this is sad but where is all of the news about Bhutto dying. She was a pretty incredible woman trying to make change. Oh, I guess she doesn’t matter because she isn’t American or a celebrity.
Posted on January 23, 2008 12:36 PM”
Of course she matters. Her murder was very sad and infuriating.
She wasn’t the topic at THIS moment, so she wasn’t being discussed today. Personally I have already talked that one out, to the point of miserable resignation.
Who else would you like to change the subject to and talk about?
George W Bush is a fucking USELESS President. That’s not the topic here EITHER, but do you want to change the headline and talk about that instead? Idiot.
I thought of another one. There are too many stray kittens and puppies. Discuss how we can find them homes.
Joan Durtz’s comment is in the same vein with people who ask why we’re not concerned about homeless people (when we’re talking about homeless pets) or about crime in Neighborhood X (when we’re talking about Neighborhood Y).
The fact is, people CAN care, think, and act about multiple things AT the same time. Just because we’re not talking about Bhutto (or JFK, or Robert Kennedy, or John & Caroline, or Princess Di, or my late grandmother, or…) doesn’t mean we don’t care about them. This just isn’t the place.
Well said, Cupcake.
That’s what I was trying to say, but you did a much better job. :)
Heath Ledger was a great actor
and I think you will find in most cases people loved him already
his death was devastating.
I suppose yes, your opinion but cruel to do it at this time he was a human being, no matter what you think of him and he has passed over. Have the decency to take that in and have some respect!
my thoughts go out to his family and I hope he rests in peace. He was a great actor and a brilliant tribute to the movie world.
He will be greatly missed
xxxx
Heath Ledger was a great actor
and I think you will find in most cases people loved him already
his death was devastating.
I suppose yes, your opinion but cruel to do it at this time he was a human being, no matter what you think of him and he has passed over. Have the decency to take that in and have some respect!
my thoughts go out to his family and I hope he rests in peace. He was a great actor and a brilliant tribute to the movie world.
He will be greatly missed
xxxx
Heath Ledger was a great actor
and I think you will find in most cases people loved him already
his death was devastating.
I suppose yes, your opinion but cruel to do it at this time he was a human being, no matter what you think of him and he has passed over. Have the decency to take that in and have some respect!
my thoughts go out to his family and I hope he rests in peace. He was a great actor and a brilliant tribute to the movie world.
He will be greatly missed
xxxx
‘One more time’ i think you should really think about the things our saying. Hes dead. Dead. Im sure he worked hard to get where he was and stay where he was. Especially in this buisness. So techncially he did work his ass off. You shoudl think about his family friends and daughter before you say things like that. I usually dont comment on things liek thsi becuase i dont feel its my place but thats jus completely out of order. If you cant say anything nice dont say anything at all.
&& can you please tell me somebody who doesnt work there ass of for anybody but themselves. Of course its for yourself. So you have money to spend on the things YOU want.
Plus what did he really do to you. So get these words into your mind becuase your bang out of order.
‘One more time’ i think you should really think about the things our saying. Hes dead. Dead. Im sure he worked hard to get where he was and stay where he was. Especially in this buisness. So techncially he did work his ass off. You shoudl think about his family friends and daughter before you say things like that. I usually dont comment on things liek thsi becuase i dont feel its my place but thats jus completely out of order. If you cant say anything nice dont say anything at all.
&& can you please tell me somebody who doesnt work there ass of for anybody but themselves. Of course its for yourself. So you have money to spend on the things YOU want.
Plus what did he really do to you. So get these words into your mind becuase your bang out of order.
Please, have some respect guys..
You are arguing about his acting skills. By my opinion Heath Ledger was a rising star, making Brookeback Mountain the start of his career, but this is not why we are here.
Heath has passed away, he has left life behind, departed to the spiritual life. I feel that people take life from granted, we have one life to create our identity, and now he has lost his, in an age of just 28. Death is serious, but people don’t accept that fact. 100.000′s die every day, and everyone deserves to be mourned without people kicking them while they are down. I feel a loss over his death, a piece of my memory will be saved for him for always, i hope he has arrived at a better place now, and enjoy the life of his daughter from the sky.
In memory of Heath Ledger – Died 22-01-01, at age 28.
I am totally shocked by all of this! It doesn’t matter if you liked his acting skills or not. He achieved some greatness in a short amount of time that the average person has not. We all have dreams, he followed his. But the most important thing is that a life is lost, it’s over, no retakes! If we are human, and some on here are questionable, then WAKE UP>>>A LIFE IS GONE! Yes, he was an actor, but he was someones love, a parents son, a lil girls daddy, a friend to many, and a talent to the world! We have come to a sad day when we, as humans, can’t respect life…in the giving of, or the taking of. We are here only a short while, and it takes half of our lives to figure out how fragile that truth is! Hearts a breaking everywhere today for Heath and for other loved ones that have been lost today or recently. Please respect this simple fact or we have all seriously LOST IT!
If life were a movie and you could guess the plot then I am truly amazed that no one ever hinted on the fact that they say Heath had drug problems etc in the past yet it isn’t until he does the joker that he ‘overdoses’. so like a movie you look to motive possibly someone he had something in common with say playing the same character only his is a real pyscological depth where anothers proformance was a cartoon in compairison so when you ego is hurt by every one else saying his is teh best you and being Hollywood royality others listen to you even a little skank actress that slips him pills to teach him a leason and of course he has to be found nude to humilate him. and yet the skank is never taken to court and no one would ever look into this motive detectives are only good when written! lets hope ther isn’t anymore joker portrays in the years to come no else need give a six foot under proformance!