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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: Chris_ on January 22, 2008, 03:49:58 PM
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Breaking on Fox News
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What?!
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Huh? I'll save my comments for later.
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Wow. Another one. RIP.
(I was just kidding when I said God would get him for "Brokeback Mountain". I swear.)
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Holy.... :o
I never ever saw this coming!
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Dude was only like what, 28 or 29?
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I guess he does know how to quit you. I know that was just wrong. Seriously, rest in peace.
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http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/actor-heath-ledger-is-found-dead/
January 22, 2008, 4:42 pm
Actor Heath Ledger Is Found Dead
By Sewell Chan
The actor Heath Ledger was found dead this afternoon in an apartment building at 421 Broome Street in SoHo, according to the New York City police. Mr. Ledger was 28.
At 3:31 p.m., a masseuse arrived at Apartment 5A in the building for an appointment with Mr. Ledger, the police said. The masseuse was let in to the home by a housekeeper, who then knocked on the door of Mr. Ledger’s bedroom. When no one answered, the housekeeper and the masseuse opened the bedroom and found Mr. Ledger unconscious. They shook him, but he did not respond. They immediately called the authorities. The police said they did not suspect foul play and said they found pills near body.
Mr. Ledger, a native of Perth, Australia, won acclaim for his role as a co-star in “Brokeback Mountainâ€, a 2005 film. The film, based on a novel by Larry McMurtry about two cowboys who fall in love, won critical acclaim. Reviewing the film in The New York Times, the critic Stephen Holden wrote, “Mr. Ledger magically and mysteriously disappears beneath the skin of his lean, sinewy character. It is a great screen performance, as good as the best of Marlon Brando and Sean Penn.â€
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Dude was only like what, 28 or 29?
April 4, 1979.
Wiki says heroin overdose.
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Dude was only like what, 28 or 29?
April 4, 1979.
Wiki says heroin overdose.
Jeeze -- the dude had it all. The new Batman movie (he plays the Joker) was expected to be a real success.
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That is so sad, what a shame. :(
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I thought he was great in 10 Things I Hate About You. He was delicious to watch. So sad. Way too young to go like this.
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I thought he was great in 10 Things I Hate About You. He was delicious to watch. So sad. Way too young to go like this.
I loved him in that movie, too. The Patriot, as well.
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Dude was only like what, 28 or 29?
April 4, 1979.
Wiki says heroin overdose.
Playing roulette with drugs is a death wish.
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Wow, just wow. Drugs...just nasty stuff
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Dude was only like what, 28 or 29?
April 4, 1979.
Wiki says heroin overdose.
Initial police reports seem to indicate pills were the cause, but whether it was an accidental or deliberate overdose is not known yet.
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Dude was only like what, 28 or 29?
April 4, 1979.
Wiki says heroin overdose.
Initial police reports seem to indicate pills were the cause, but whether it was an accidental or deliberate overdose is not known yet.
Wikipedia has already gotten rid of the heroin reference and replaced it with:
Sewell Chan of The New York Times writes:“ "At 3:31 p.m., a masseuse arrived at Apartment 5A in the building, at 421 Broome Street in SoHo, for an appointment with Mr. Ledger, the police said. The masseuse was let in to the home by a housekeeper, who then knocked on the door of Mr. Ledger’s bedroom. When no one answered, the housekeeper and the masseuse opened the bedroom and found Mr. Ledger naked and unconscious on a bed, with pills scattered around his body. They shook him, but he did not respond. They immediately called the authorities. The police said they did not suspect foul play. The police said they believed Ms. Olsen, 21, was in California and said it was not clear why Mr. Ledger was in her apartment. "[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_Ledger
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RIP Heath.
He was awesome in A Knight's Tale.
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The police said they believed Ms. Olsen, 21, was in California
Refers to actress Mary-Kate Olsen who owns the apartment. She'll have to sell it now. Everyone has her address.
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Wow, this was so unexpected. So sad.
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It's still so surreal... they just removed his body from the building. :(
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The police said they believed Ms. Olsen, 21, was in California
Refers to actress Mary-Kate Olsen who owns the apartment. She'll have to sell it now. Everyone has her address.
TMZ is reporting he was in his own apartment. Not sure how Mary-Kate's name got dragged into this.
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so, as a tabloid reader... maybe this will shed some light.
he and his girlfriend just split up last year and they have a little baby girl that looks just like Heath.. she may or may not be living in oregon.. the rumors say she might move there.
i wonder if he was not handling that well?
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Wow. Another one. RIP.
(I was just kidding when I said God would get him for "Brokeback Mountain". I swear.)
I wasn't.
Though he was a decent actor in the other flicks he was in. Too bad.
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I am shocked. Never thought this could happen. I know if the divorce had anything to do with this.
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I am shocked. Never thought this could happen. I know if the divorce had anything to do with this.
they were never married... but the TMZ guy is saying Ledger was really crushed over not seeing his little girl more.. and the break up with his girlfriend.
apparently, pills were found near him...
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Oh what a circus. oh what a show.... :whatever:
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RIP Heath.
Reports say it was prescription meds (depression, anti-anxiety, possibly sleeping meds) I think that combined with a bout of pneumonia, traveling back and forth to London did him in. Entertainment outlets are saying it was an accident. One place reported that in an earlier interview, he said he couldn't sleep for days on end and took Ambien. Later in the night, he awoke in stumper and took more without realizing it. Sleep meds do weird things to people. I wonder if he accidentally took more of something??
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RIP Heath.
Reports say it was prescription meds (depression, anti-anxiety, possibly sleeping meds) I think that combined with a bout of pneumonia, traveling back and forth to London did him in. Entertainment outlets are saying it was an accident. One place reported that in an earlier interview, he said he couldn't sleep for days on end and took Ambien. Later in the night, he awoke in stumper and took more without realizing it. Sleep meds do weird things to people. I wonder if he accidentally took more of something??
I think abuse on a body that was already weak from pneumonia did the poor fella in. . .slamming yourself full of meds while your body is trying to repair itself is not always the best thing. Plus, I heard his work in The Dark Night really took a toll on his mind and probably wore him out psychologically. Either way, Heath Ledger was under a good amount of stress, weak and went a little too far in self medicating. I definitely think it was an accident and bad medicine effects...prolly took stuff that was contra-indicated.
It sucks... God rest his soul.
*TKay*
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RIP Heath.
Reports say it was prescription meds (depression, anti-anxiety, possibly sleeping meds) I think that combined with a bout of pneumonia, traveling back and forth to London did him in. Entertainment outlets are saying it was an accident. One place reported that in an earlier interview, he said he couldn't sleep for days on end and took Ambien. Later in the night, he awoke in stumper and took more without realizing it. Sleep meds do weird things to people. I wonder if he accidentally took more of something??
my nephew had something similiar happen to him. he was having stomach trouble at school and had some kind of secondary flu bug or something.. and he mixed up his meds (we think) and died at his college dorm alone.
its a terrible accident but most of us wondered if he'd killed himself. turns out the autopsy was inconclusive, but he was in a good place emotionally ... he had had a troubled teen-hood though.
whats terrible is you will just never know..
i hope it was an accident for their sakes..
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Lauri, I am so sorry for your loss.
My grandfather killed himself. He was terminally ill and wanted to end the pain. It's still devastating to know he felt that was the best option. He was in the Navy in WWII and a police detective for 30+ years. He was one of the last true blue heroes. I can kind of understand going out with your boots on I guess. It still leaves a path of devastation for your family though.
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Lauri, I am so sorry for your loss.
My grandfather killed himself. He was terminally ill and wanted to end the pain. It's still devastating to know he felt that was the best option. He was in the Navy in WWII and a police detective for 30+ years. He was one of the last true blue heroes. I can kind of understand going out with your boots on I guess. It still leaves a path of devastation for your family though.
My grandfather did as well. I think we had this conversation before.
http://usmilnet.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10001/Grandfather31stIDWWII.jpg
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Lauri, I am so sorry for your loss.
My grandfather killed himself. He was terminally ill and wanted to end the pain. It's still devastating to know he felt that was the best option. He was in the Navy in WWII and a police detective for 30+ years. He was one of the last true blue heroes. I can kind of understand going out with your boots on I guess. It still leaves a path of devastation for your family though.
My grandfather did as well. I think we had this conversation before.
http://usmilnet.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10001/Grandfather31stIDWWII.jpg
He was very handsome. God rest their souls.
Here's mine back in the early 80's with his mother. I don't have any pictures of him in the service.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v674/kademan/mamaandgranddad.jpg)
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Lauri, I am so sorry for your loss.
My grandfather killed himself. He was terminally ill and wanted to end the pain. It's still devastating to know he felt that was the best option. He was in the Navy in WWII and a police detective for 30+ years. He was one of the last true blue heroes. I can kind of understand going out with your boots on I guess. It still leaves a path of devastation for your family though.
yikes... that is definitely tough to take.
I am sorry for you and Kevin as well... that sucks. I've had deaths, but nothing like suicide.
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I thought of him as an Aussie jerk who dissed Bush, W. Virginia and Salt Lake City. (the latter two because theatres there would NOT show "Brokeback Mountain")
All that aside, it is always sad to hear about a tragic death of a young person. My condolences to his loved ones.
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they were never married... but the TMZ guy is saying Ledger was really crushed over not seeing his little girl more.. and the break up with his girlfriend.
apparently, pills were found near him...
I heard he had sleeping problems and was takng Ambien. The pills did not work well as expected and kept taking more and more. It's probably was an accidental death. I know he did not like all the attention he received.
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The news today (ABC Radio) reported there was "a rolled up dollar bill" found next to the body.
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The news today (ABC Radio) reported there was "a rolled up dollar bill" found next to the body.
and Xanax crushed up.
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The news today (ABC Radio) reported there was "a rolled up dollar bill" found next to the body.
and Xanax crushed up.
I missed that.
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I heard about the rolled up dollar bill. This sucks, I really enjoyed him as a actor.
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Phelps is at it again...
Fred Phelps Goes Down Under
By Mike S. Adams
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
(c) Townhall.com
(Excerpt)
Fred Phelps, the pastor and head lunatic of Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) of Topeka, Kansas (call 785-273-0325 or visit godhatesfags.com) has written an open letter to the family of Heath Ledger. In the short letter is a demand that the Ledger family divulge the time, date, and place of the late actor’s burial in Perth, Australia, so WBC can go - in respectful proximity - and conduct a “religious service.â€
Fred Phelps has already caused untold suffering and pain to the families of dead American soldiers by protesting their funerals with signs proclaiming that “God Hates America†because “Gad Hates Fags†and America tolerates them. He even proclaims on his website that Americans should celebrate Improvised Explosive Devices as a gift from a God who is punishing the soldiers by blowing them up – again, for America’s crime of tolerating homosexuality.
Phelps says that Heath Ledger would want the Westboro clan (or perhaps, Klan) to appear at his funeral for three reasons:
1. As a warning to the living that they should repent, "lest they also come into this place of torment. The church claims that Heath is pleading right now for somebody on earth to preach the truth to his family, unless they, too, “join him in Hell.â€
2 If Heath could come back to life to speak to his loved ones on earth, he would “lift up his voice in a hideous scream,†in order to say "Listen to Phelps! For God's sake, Listen to Phelps.â€
3. Finally, that the Ledger family owes it to the youth of a world that Heath misled in his movie "Broke Back Mountain" – specifically by misleading them into believing it was permissible, morally speaking, to be gay.
LINK (http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeSAdams/2008/01/30/fred_phelps_goes_down_under?page=1)
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I'm guessing the answer to Phelps will be something along the lines of F*ck Off Asshat.