Dark Knight Star Heath Ledger Has Died

January 22nd, 2008 · 12 Comments · Tagged as Actors · Celebrity Passings · Heath Ledger

Heath Andrew Ledger, who would be 29 in April, has been found dead in a NYC residence (UPDATE: NOT owned by actress Mary-Kate Olsen), potentially of an accidental drug overdose. The actor, one of my favorites amongst the younger set, was found in his bed surrounded by pills. He’s survived by daughter Matilda Rose, whom he fathered with actress Michelle Williams, his former fiancee.

The handsome and talented Australian has been in a number of thoughtful and/or interesting films (10 Things I Hate About You, A Knight’s Tale, The Patriot, Ned Kelly, The Brothers Grimm, Brokeback Mountain) and will appear as The Joker against Christian Bale’s Batman/Bruce Wayne in this year’s Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight. Ledger was also scheduled to be in 2009’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Both Ledger and Bale currently appear in I’m Not There, a film that muses about singer/songwriter Bob Dylan’s life.

RIP, Heath.

[sources: Popcrunch, TMZ, NY Times]

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