Heath Ledger was pronounced dead on January 22nd 2008, at approximately 3:30pm (in a New York appartment). Prescription pills were found by his body. People have been saying that he was naked on the foot of his bed, and some say he had blankets on. Some say it was an accidental death, some say it was an OVERDOSE. Some say there were sleeping pills AND prescription. Some say that he has pnemonium, and took prescription meds.There’s one thing for sure: He’s Dead.
In a video I viewed recently, Kim Ledger said his son deserved his death. I don’t know if I was too tired or not, but I’m sure he did say that. And when I watched 2 videos on: http://media.smh.com.au/?rid=34853. he semed as if he was reading off a page someone gave him. THEY WEREN’T EVEN CRYING!
Here is a bit more info I got off a site about Heath:
Ian Munro in New York, Kate Benson and agencies
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LESS than three months ago, Heath Ledger described his sleepless nights and mental exhaustion as he wrestled with his role as the "psychopathic, mass-murdering, schizophrenic" Joker in the new Batman film.
One night he took a sleeping pill, Ambien, to little effect. He took a second, slept for an hour, but then woke, his mind racing.
"Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night," Ledger told The New York Times.
"I couldn’t stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going," he said, while admitting he also "stressed out a little too much" about his role in the Bob Dylan film I’m Not There.
Yesterday, the 28-year-old Australian film star was found dead, face-down and naked at the foot of his bed in his rented SoHo apartment in Manhattan. There were prescription drugs, including sleeping pills, by his bed.
Only hours earlier, his Australian co-star in I’m Not There, Cate Blanchett, was nominated for two Academy Awards.
Despite wide speculation about suicide, nobody yet knows what killed Ledger, or what part drugs played. In Perth, his family insisted the death was accidental. It is understood they will arrange for his body to be flown home where he will be laid to rest.
Ambien is marketed in Australia as Stilnox, and has been linked with dangerous side effects. More than 500 people responded to a national drug reactions hotline last year, reporting bizarre behaviour after taking the drug. Two months ago, Australia’s medicines regulator ordered that packs of Stilnox carry warnings that the drug can cause people to walk, eat, drive or have sexual intercourse in their sleep. They now also warn Stilnox can cause rage reactions, confusion, agitation and hallucinations.
In Manhattan, police said the type of sedative found in Ledger’s apartment was uncertain. Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said the actor had an appointment for a massage at the apartment and his housekeeper found him unconscious about 3.30pm when she went to notify him of the masseur’s arrival. He was unresponsive and pronounced dead shortly after. Mr Browne stressed that the cause of death would not be known until determined by a medical examiner.
Mr Browne denied early reports that pills were scattered about the floor.
The TMZ.com website quoted representatives of Ledger’s family as saying police had advised them his death was entirely accidental. He was not a suicidal type, they had said. The website added that an unnamed family member said Ledger was ill with pneumonia. Police could not confirm this.
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