Has any one else heard about this ?

It's on Yahoo news

Someone called me and told me about it but I couldn't find anything about it , now it is popping up every wear. Thanks Sage. How tragic , he was only 28 years old.

TMZ has learned that 2006 Academy Award nominee Heath Ledger has died in NY.

He was found dead in his bed in one of his residences in Soho by his housekeeper at 3:35 PM ET today. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ they believe it was not a crime, adding prescription pills were found near his body.

The 28-year-old actor has a two year old daughter with former fiancee Michelle Williams -- they separated in September, 2007. He plays The Joker in the upcoming Batman film, "The Dark Knight."

According to NYPD a masseuse arrived at Ledger's apartment and was let in by a housekeeper. When Ledger didn't answer his bedroom door, the housekeeper and the masseuse opened it and found him unconscious. They attempted to wake him; when they couldn't, they called 911.

We're told when paramedics responded, the actor was in full cardiac arrest. They attempted to perform CPR on him, but were unsuccessful. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Ledger is best known for his groundbreaking role as Ennis in "Brokeback Mountain."

Story developing...

Fox news is reporting that his death was an apparent overdose possibly sleeping pills. They keep throwing the word suicide around. Only 28 what a drag.

Over-the-counter sleeping pills is what I'd seen.  Don't see that happening.

I agree, most likely a combination of prescribed, OTC and maybe even a little alcohol.  We should form our own long distance CSI team.

Another Hollywood actor dead? And we should care, why?

We should care, OldBlue, because it's going to drive less-important news (the Stock Market, Iraq, politics, global warming) off the TV "news" shows for days.

RF is correct on that one!

There's a hell of a lot more important news going on right now than the "gay cowboy" from Broke Back Mountain OD'ing on prescription meds.

But this will consume the cable news networks (Fox included) for days while the world economy is in turmoil.

But Blue is right that in and of itself it is a pfffffffffft!

drug abuse or mental illness which led to drug use. Sad to lose someone who had so much talent.

Damn Blue your cold.lol

MAYBE IT WAS MARIJUANA .....I READ ON THIS BLOG YOU CAN O.D. ON THE STUFF

rumors are he was sick...so maybe it was antibiotics

I never saw Brokeback Mountain due to lack of interest in the subject matter, but I really liked him in other movies, particularly A Knight's Tale, one of my favorites. This one I find sad. I heard that he had battled severe depression since his marriage broke up.

An old cowboy sat down at the bar and ordered a drink. As he sat sipping his drink, a young woman sat down next to him. She turned to the cowboy and asked, "Are you a real cowboy?"

He replied, "Well, I've spent my whole life, breaking colts, working cows, going to rodeos, fixing fences, pulling calves, bailing hay, doctoring calves, cleaning my barn, fixing flats, working on tractors, and feeding my dogs, so I guess I am a cowboy."

She said, "I'm a lesbian. I spend my whole day thinking about women. As soon as I get up in the morning, I think about women. When I shower, I think about women. When I watch TV, I think about women. I even think about women when I eat. It seems that everything makes me think of women."

The two sat sipping in silence.

A little while later, a man sat down on the other side of the old cowboy and asked, "Are you a real cowboy?"

He replied, "I always thought I was, but I just found out I'm a lesbian."

How sad some of the comments that have been made on here regaurding the death of a person.

No goblue41 you can go blog in hell for all I care.If you don't want to blog about it then get the hell off.

Top 10 Signs You Are a Gay Cowboy

10. Your saddle is Versace.
9. Instead of Home on the Range, you sing It's Raining Men
8. You enjoy ridin', ropin' and redecoratin'.
7. Sold your livestock to buy tickets to Mamma Mia!
6. After watching reruns of Gunsmoke, you have to take a cold shower.
5. Native Americans refer to you as Dances With Men.
4. You've been lassoed more times than most steers.
3. You're wearing chaps, yet your "ranch" is in Chelsea.
2. Instead of a saloon, you prefer a salon.
1. You love riding, but you don't have a horse.

11. you date guys named Chico

The joke was cool Chico......I've Got to use that someday......

I was thinking about his performance in Monsters Ball~ what a great role.There are many things "more important" going on ,but the loss of a human being is worth a moments pause.So young.

Don't flatter yourself Goblue41,fortunately  I don't have to let you practice your ignorance on my blog, that is why I have chosen to delete your idiotic and senseless posts from my blog. So once again (DELETE)

You missed a couple Chico.

11. Instead of a stiff whiskey, you just prefer a stiff one.

12. You say "Gimme a sarsaparilla bartender."

Love the jokes, Chico.  I've passed them along to my cowgirl friends.  As for Heath Leager's death, I heard about it about 15 minutes after learning an old school friend had passed away.  You tend to prioritize these things, I think.

OH I SEE, HERE LET ME TRY THIS.....AHEM!......UH THIS IS A SAD LOSS FOR US THIS WAS A GOOD MAN WHO RESPECTED LIFE BY ABUSING DRUGS AND HE DID NOT DESERVE SUCH FATE, THIS MAN WAS AN ACTOR AND SHOULD NOT BE LOOKED DOWN UPON BECAUSE BEING AN ACTOR AND LOTS OF MONEY AND NO WORRIES ABOUT WHEN HIS NEXT MEAL WILL BE OR HOW HE WILL PUT HIS KIDS THROUGH COLLEGE OR HOW HE WILL MAKE THE INSURANCE PAYMENT ON HIS BENTLY THAT PROBABLY COST MORE THEM MOST OF US PAY FOR THE ROOF OVER OUR HEADS.....YES LIFE IS SO HARD WHY CANT WE ALL UNDERSTAND HIS PAIN.......LORD HAVE MERCY ON THIS MAN THAT SHOWED NO RESPECT FOR YOUR GIFT (IF YOU ARE NOT RELIGIOUS THEN IGNORE THIS LAST SENTENCE) OF LIFE YOU SO GRACIOUSLY GIVEN HIM.....WHY IS HE THE ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD THAT HAS PROBLEMS. WHY CANT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE STARVING CHILDREN THAT WE SEE ON INFOMERCIALS AT 3 AM HAVE IT SOOOOOOO MUCH EASIER THEN HE DID...........BLAH BLAH BLAH....... LOOK RALPH, IF HE IS YOU DREAM BOAT, THAT'S FINE, JUST ADMIT IT, AND IF YOU ARE SO DISAPPOINTED BY WHATS BEEN POSTED THEN NEXT TIME YOU SHOULD USE YOU FRIGGEN HEAD BEFORE YOU POST THIS USELESS CRAP.

I'M DONE, DELETE AWAY BIG BOY

Ennis: This is a one-shot thing we got goin' on here.

Jack: It's noboby's business but ours.

Ennis: You know I ain't queer.

Jack: Me neither.

Ennis: You got any of them pain pills Jack?

RE: goblue41

Proof of the ignorance I spoke of earlier.

YOU KNOW IM RIGHT RALPHIE

Jack Twist: You gonna do this again next summer?
Ennis Del Mar: Well, maybe not. Like I said, Alma and me's gettin' married in November, so... I'll try and get something on a ranch, I guess. And you?
Jack Twist: I might go up to my Daddy's place and give him a hand through the Winter. But, I might be back... if the army don't get me.
Ennis Del Mar: [casually] Well... I guess I'll see you around, huh?
[long pause]
Jack Twist: Right.
 

[first lines]
Joe Aguirre: You pair of deuces lookin' for work, I suggest you get your scrawny asses in here pronto.
 

Jack Twist: Brokeback got us good, don't it?
 

Farmer #1: [noting Jack outside] Say... that the piss ant that used to ride the bulls?
Farmer #2: Used to *try*.
 

Basque: Thought you didn't eat soup.
Ennis Del Mar: Yeah, well I'm sick of beans.
Basque: Too early in summer to be sick of beans.
 

Brokeback Mountain was difficult to watch because of the subject matter.  HOWEVER, it did open my eyes to the problems that gay men encountered in 1950 and today.  I guess that's what good writing and acting does.  

Heath Ledger was a good actor and I've seen most of his movies.  Even that (Mel Gibson) piece of crap "Patriots".  

I wonder how this will affect the ticket sales of Batman?

Ticket sales of Batman movie will be greatly enhanced.

For a whole day all you've heard is how "over the top" he was as Joker. Even an interview with Nicholson.

I don't care for the Batman movies myself, but even I am interested in seeing his performance in it.

I watched Monsters Ball again last night,the only movie I own with Ledger in it~he did a creditable job as the suicidal son of Billy Bob's character,part of the family triangle including Peter Boyle as the patriarch. The way to early speculation as to the cause of his death should give us all pause~so eager to add another name to death by drugs. However he passed,the film world has lost a good actor and a daughter her father.

Audrey Patriots was a good movie what are you talking about ?

It was overly sentimental, like most of Gibson's films.  "Patriot" put so much emphasis on silly romances and "father knows best"  subplots that it interferred with the real drama of the Revolutionary war.

Nevertheless, my brother and most men loooooooved it.

Audrey you just described my pet peeve with a lot movie's and that is ruining the movie with romances. My wife is used to me mumbling under my breath'' it's a love story uggh'' lol

"Monsters Ball" = Alternate Title = "Billy Bob Gets REALLY Lucky on the Couch!"

Another good alien bites the dust, tragic we need more of these Aussies before we are overcome. Lets finish the fence, put the middle-class to work,  and save America from Satan's flock.

You say "Gimme a sarsaparilla bartender."

Or "thathparilla" if you're trolling.

When does "Brokeback 2: The Women" come out?

As a big fan of CSI and other TV forensic stuff, and an admitted conspiracy freak, I can't understand why the NYPD is not pursuing the Olsen Twin connection to this story? Why was she called instead of 911? Why did she send her personal security team to the apartment instead of calling 911? Did her security guys take anything from the crime scene and leave with it? I haven't heard if they were there when the police arrived. If not, they should be charged with leaving the scene of a crime or accident or something? The rolled up $20 bill had no trace of drugs on it. Did Olsen's men take away her $20? Was she at the scene earlier? There are a million unanswered questions to me.

ArmchairD, do you really labor under the misapprehension that CSI is anything like real life in LE?

Just wondering.

If you do it might explain the conspiracy freak part I guess.

Marlon Brando's troubled son died too.  Where are the headlines?  Where is the hoopla?

Whether this Heath would have gone on to be famous on his own merits or not is something we'll never know.  Sort of like James Dean or River Phoenix.    Suzanne Pleshette died too and hardly a mention here...because she'd run her race so to speak?  Or it wasn't sensational enough even though she was outstanding?  She said she was never a star...and that was why she was still working.

Ned Beatty?  One of the finest character actors around so I don't see the Ned Beatty syndrome thing here.  Like Suzanne..he was never really a star in spite of Deleverance, but he never sopped working.  My hat goes off to those who help make the "star" look good.

Oh yeah...I'm not a conspiracy theorist,  but a rolled up 20 dollar bill..unused?  Anyone know of any other reason you'd roll one up?  I know, I know..you folks do that all the time when you have too much time on your hands.

I ain't accusing...just saying...................

I'm curious.  In the overall grand scheme of things exactly what impact does his death have in this world?   

Is his death any more significant than say anyone else in today's Obit page?

I don't think so.  Ten years from now, (other than family mambers and a small cult of fans) no one will have a clue who Heath Ledger was and the world will have changed little for his life or death. 

Again I am left to wonder what's the big deal and why anyone should give a rat's hiney?

This is another example of "much ado about nothing".

But Curt..whatever would people have to gossip about if not the Anna Nicoles, the Paris Hiltons, the Brittany Spears and all the other troubled celibrities?    :-)

I think people have a desire to be a part of La Vita Loca even if it is vicariously.  Personally, I find it mildly, briefly, interesting but I'm studying to get my Real Estate License back and that's a lot more important.  Now..back to the grindstone.

p.s....Go see "The Bucket List" if you want a good movie with a real message.  And it's funny too.

Nancy--

"The Bucket List" is on my list of "must see" movies. I like both leading actors and as I get older, the topic is more and more timely.

:-)

 Why do we tell stories? Why read novels? Why watch films? It is some vicarious thrill or something deeper?

I recently did a blog on Norse Mythology~ a group of "stories" all about their equivalent of stardom,rolled up $20 bills and untimely deaths. As a culture they used these tales to see themselves,record history and ultimately used the Eddas to study their societies structure,identify a critical flaw and change it.Not just with Erick the Reds death...but the whole history. (great bit about finding American,the first European baby born here by the way).To my mind some read the Enquirer~others see more,perhaps beyond a signal persons death.

In the grand scheme of thing none of us matter one wit. But when I told my story here on b.com,of my personal losses,I heard back from more than one who had learned something from my tale. That is the most we can hope for.

As I stated ,I am not so callous as to not give pause for all who have passed. I hear the "Bucket List" is a 50/50 ,so I am waiting for the DVD~though Freeman and Nicholson are good actors.

Chico, you mean CSI is NOT like real life? Aren't all detectives hot chicks who run around in tank tops with a flack vest over them? Jeeez, now I'm disapointed, I'll have to call off my trip to Las Vegas just to see the cops.