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Beckie03
Member
07-05-2007
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 3:13 pm
Rissa, I watched that. It was hilarious! Good job Jerry to have the cojones (like you said) to do that.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 3:18 pm
It says that him and Michelle separated just back in Sept. There are a lot of people that just don't move on from break ups, how very sad
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 3:26 pm
I just read about Heath. So sad. His poor family. And his poor daughter.
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 3:29 pm
A more developed look...apparently he was found in Mary-Kate Olsen's apt... Heath Ledger found dead in NYC apartment: Authorities say Oscar-nominated actor's death possibly drug related NEW YORK - Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence in a possible drug-related death, police said. He was 28. According to WNBC, Ledger was found with pills strewn all around him. NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Ledger had an appointment for a massage at the Manhattan apartment believed to be his home. The housekeeper, who went to let Ledger know the masseuse was there, found him unconscious at approximately 3:30 p.m. ET, according to the New York Times. After receiving no response from the actor after shaking him, they called authorities. The Australian-born actor was nominated for an Oscar for “Brokeback Mountain,” where he met his wife, actress Michelle Williams, in 2005. Ledger and Williams had lived in Brooklyn and had a daughter, Matilda, until they split up last year. Ledger was to appear as the Joker this year in “The Dark Night,” a sequel to 2005’s “Batman Begins.” He’s had starring roles in “A Knight’s Tale” and “The Patriot,” and played the suicidal son of Billy Bob Thornton in “Monster’s Ball.” Ledger grew up in Perth, and began doing amateur theater at age 10. At 16, he moved to Sydney to pursue an acting career, quickly landing TV movie roles and guest spots on Australian television. After several independent films and a starring role in the short-lived Fox TV series “Roar,” Ledger moved to Los Angeles and costarred in “10 Things I Hate About You,” a teen comedy reworking of “The Taming of the Shrew.” Offers for other teen flicks came his way, but Ledger turned them down, preferring to remain idle than sign on for projects he didn’t like. “It wasn’t a hard decision for me,” Ledger told the Associated Press in 2001. “It was hard for everyone else around me to understand. Agents were like, ‘You’re crazy,’ my parents were like, ‘Come on, you have to eat.”’ His latest role was in “I’m Not There,” in which he played one of the many incarnations of Bob Dylan — as did Cate Blanchett, whose performance in that film earned an Oscar nomination Tuesday for best supporting actress. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22788914/
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 3:31 pm
I wonder if it was "accidental" in that, if he KNEW he had an appointment...perhaps he thought he would be found in time. It isn't typical for someone trying to commit suicide to leave pills "strewn about", is it? Wouldn't they take them all? Quite a surprise.
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Beckie03
Member
07-05-2007
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 3:35 pm
Bee when I tried to commit suicide I separated all the different pills that I was planning on taking on the bed. I just never got to them all because obiviously the ones I had taken were already working. That could be a possiblty...but like you said he could have been reaching out for help also...
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 3:38 pm
I'm glad you passed out before getting to the others, Beckie. Very glad!
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Snoopsmom
Member
02-19-2003
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 3:39 pm
Latest tmz reports state he was in Mary Kate Olsen's apartment.
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Beckie03
Member
07-05-2007
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 3:40 pm
Yeah am I too. I'm so very grateful that I was given another chance. Heath being in Mary Kate Olson's apt seem so untrue. I mean maybe he was...but yeah...that just seems unreal that he would be there...
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 3:45 pm
I am just stunned. So much to live for.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 3:47 pm
wow!!
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Hypermom
Member
08-13-2001
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 3:52 pm
How very sad. Such a talented actor. 
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 3:52 pm
He made an appnt for a massage at Mary Kate's house?
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Snoopsmom
Member
02-19-2003
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 3:54 pm
Latest update states it was not an apartment owned by Mary-Kate and that Heath had a substance abuse problem, but had been clean for a year.
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Beckie03
Member
07-05-2007
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 3:54 pm
it says on TMZ.com that it wasn't Mary Kate's apt. I don't know how true that is or isn't, but yeah...that's what is being reported now...
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 3:58 pm
She could be the owner but may not have been in town for several months. I hear Mary-Kate is more on the West Coast these days. Like everyone else, not sure what's up...
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 4:07 pm
I can definitely see owner thing
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Beckie03
Member
07-05-2007
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 4:08 pm
http://www.tmz.com/2008/01/22/nypd-confirms-ledger-not-at-mary-kates-apartment/ NYPD is saying that it isn't Mary Kate's apartment
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 4:09 pm
Oh my goodness. How very sad. This is as devastating news as when River Phoenix died. By some kind of coincidence I just watched Brokeback Moutain today. I'm glad I didn't know this before I watched, I would have cried through the whole thing. 
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 4:24 pm
So sad. OMG. He was so talented and so good looking. He had a beautiful smile.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 4:25 pm
And with such a young daughter who will never know her father. tsk.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 4:52 pm
I think people QUICKY reinterpret the statement "pills found near the body" to mean that someone dumped pills all over a bed or carpet. Chances are the bottle was on a nightside table or something. I doubt many people who commit suicide (or OD) have the pill bottle shaken around and thrown all about. It's just a case of people taking a benign statement and sensationalizing it.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 6:23 pm
Eeyore, completely correct. There were pills 'in the apt' not all around the bed and/or room. From what I gather from the family's statement and the authorities it is starting to look like an accident. He apparently had pneumonia, took a sleeping pill(s) which suppressed his breathing and heart rate. When paramedics arrived he was in cardiac arrest from which he didn't recover. For his daughter's and family's sake I hope this is true, much easier to live with.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 7:28 pm
I heard this earlier and was stunned and saddened. My first thought was that it had to be an accident. I was wondering if he mixed alcohol with pills. I, too, heard he had pneumonia and was on medication for it. So it seems reasonable that the mix of Rx and non-Rx drugs killed him. There was no suicide note, I hear, either.
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Dolphinschild
Member
06-21-2006
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 7:38 pm
Rissa where is the report you saw? When I heard he was having a hard time sleeping, being an insomniac myself, I know how desperate one comes to try to get to sleep. When the pills were mentioned, I in my minds eye saw them on the night stand. (My mother tried to commit suicide several times in my childhood, so I agree with Eeyores statement.) I agree Rissa, for his daughter's and family's sake, I hoping it was an unfortunate accident. My his family be filled with great love and peace.
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