Heath Ledger Dead at 28

[Disease]

Originally Posted by missmacabre

I'm actually 100% completely shocked about this one. Some people, you can accept that they are gone but heath is on the same level as Steve Irwin for me. A friend of mine told me yesterday that Heath had died and I just sat there for a while cause I thought it was a joke, and then I came on here and yep he's dead. It's so wierd. At least we know Dark Knight is going to do super in theatres.

That's a bit harsh, Ledger wasn't any where near as annoying as Steve Irwin...:rolleyes:

[missmacabre]

This is how obituaries happen now days. In the one posted by Cailtlyn she spelled his name "Heith" through the whole things and yet he is "one of her favourite actors" Just thought it was funny.

[missmacabre]

Originally Posted by Disease

That's a bit harsh, Ledger wasn't any where near as annoying as Steve Irwin...:rolleyes:

I loved Steve Irwin. I rushed home from school everyday to watch Crocodile Hunter. Loooved him.

[massacre man]

Originally Posted by missmacabre

This is how obituaries happen now days. In the one posted by Cailtlyn she spelled his name "Heith" through the whole things and yet he is "one of her favourite actors" Just thought it was funny.

Hey, I'm the one in the middle.

Rest In Peace.

[Psycom5k]

Originally Posted by missmacabre

I loved Steve Irwin. I rushed home from school everyday to watch Crocodile Hunter. Loooved him.

Yeah, Steve Irwin was great, he was all like "Oi! Lets go wrestle me some 300 pound animal with razor sharp teeth that could kill me without a second thought!" and he had fun doing it.

[Despare]

Accidental Pill Overdose Killed Ledger


Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of painkillers, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medication and other prescription drugs, the New York City medical examiner said Wednesday.

The cause of death was "acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine," spokeswoman Ellen Borakove said in a statement.

The drugs are the generic names for the painkiller OxyContin, the anti-anxiety drugs Valium and Xanax, and the sleep aids Restoril and Unisom. Hydrocodone is a widely used prescription painkiller.

Borakove wouldn't say what concentrations of each drug were found in Ledger's blood, or whether one drug played a greater part than another in causing his death.

"What you're looking at here is the cumulative effects of these medications together," she said.

The ruling comes two weeks after the 28-year-old Australian-born actor was found dead in the bed of his rented SoHo apartment. Police found bottles of six types of prescription drugs, including sleeping pills and anti-anxiety medication, in his bedroom and bathroom.

Ledger was discovered by his masseuse on Jan. 22 after she arrived for an appointment that afternoon. She entered his bedroom to set up for the massage and found him unresponsive, and proceeded to call Mary-Kate Olsen three times over the next 9 minutes before dialing 911. Ledger had been dead for some time, and police say no foul play occurred.

Ledger, nominated for an Oscar for his role in "Brokeback Mountain," had returned to New York from London days before his death, where he had been filming a $30 million Terry Gilliam film. He said in a November interview that his most recent completed roles in the Batman movie "The Dark Night" and Bob Dylan biopic "I'm Not There" had taken a toll, saying he couldn't sleep.

"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 he had taken two Ambien pills, which only gave him an hour of sleep.

Ledger's family returned to the actor's hometown of Perth, Australia on Tuesday to prepare for his funeral. Arrangements were private.

In a statement released through Ledger's publicist, Ledger's father, Kim, said Wednesday: "While no medications were taken in excess, we learned today the combination of doctor-prescribed drugs proved lethal for our boy. Heath's accidental death serves as a caution to the hidden dangers of combining prescription medication, even at low dosage."

[Disease]

That's a lot of shit to have in your system at one time, especially since they are mainly downers, I really don't see the need to take diazapam and temazapam together, just dubble the dose of one or the other...

[newb]

They should arrest his fucking doctor.

[horrorchic]

He probably got them from several doctors and didn't tell each of them what they were prescibing to him. I know on that form in the doctor's office it is an option to fill out the "Are you taking any prescriptions", but in the same respect I usually try to inform some one of what I am taking. So that may be a lot of doctors to be suing.

He had some great movies though. RIP Heath Ledger.

[knife_fight]

to get back to a point made earlier, about the reason we (humans in general) feel sad when a celebrity, that we don't know, dies:

many people in today's world of media overkill (and increasing feelings of isolation, but that's another topic altogether) see celebrities' faces more than they see their own family. the average american could probly tell you the last time Britney Spears was in the hospital but balk at the same question concerning their own grandmother. americans are media-obsessed, let's face it. here we are, spending generous amounts of time discussing, what else? media and pop culture (albeit a dirty corner).
it sorta explains the phenomena of why average people routinely feel comfortable approaching movie stars and talking to them... it's b/c they know them better than they know most "real" people that they see every day. you can ask anyone who is even moderately famous and they will say he same thing: that the "public," in a way, feels as though they have some claim on you (whether they truly do or not is up for debate also) and, when denied access to your life/info/whatever, they react (as in a death, or even when a celebrity denies an autograph).

so, even though I certainly feel worse about innocent lives being lost (such as in the recent tornado attack in the south), you can't blame people for freaking out when a celebrity, which they feel is someone they know, dies. it's just yet another example of the adage,

"people suck."