Heath Ledger: Found dead in New York city
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January, 22 2008
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 Heath Ledger: Found dead in New York city
Heath Ledger was found dead in a Manhattan apartment on Tuesday afternoon, the New York City police said. Famous actor Heath Ledger has possibly died of a drug overdose as police say that pills were found near the body.
The police said Heath Ledger, 28, was discovered facedown, naked, and unconscious at the foot of his bed in an apartment at 421 Broome Street in SoHo. Police officials said that a bottle of prescription sleeping pills were found on a nearby night table, but that they did not know whether they played a role in Mr. Ledger’s death.
According to the NYPD a masseuse came to Heath Ledger’s apartment for an appointment and was allowed in by the housekeeper. The two then went and knocked on his bedroom door and when he didn’t answer the two let themselves in and found Ledger unconscious. After attempting to wake him with no luck they called the police. Paramedics arrived and tried to revive him from a full cardiac arrest with CPR but to no avail. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Tamba Mossa, the superintendent of 421 Broome Street — where Heath Ledger had lived for the past four or five months — called the "Brokeback Mountain" actor a "very great man" but said he was blindsided by the news. "I wasn't prepared to hear about his death at that moment," Mossa told a crush of reporters at the scene. "I'm very, very sad."
"We are all deeply saddened and shocked by this accident," Heath Ledger's publicist, Mara Buxbaum, said in a statement. "This is an extremely difficult time for his loved ones and we are asking the media to please respect the family's privacy and avoid speculation until the facts are known."
 In a statement read by Ledger's father, Keith Ledger, on Australian television, Ledger's family expressed their shock at his "untimely and accidental" death, language aimed at thwarting media speculation that what appeared Tuesday to be a drug overdose could have been a suicide.
Heath Ledger, who was born in Australia, began his movie career as a teenager working on independent films before moving to Los Angeles. He starred in - "A Knight's Tale" and in 2000 he starred alongside fellow Australian Mel Gibson in "The Patriot."  His most memorable role was, perhaps, alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in "Brokeback Mountain", where he played a cowboy conflicted by his homosexuality. The role earned him critical acclaim and the admiration of gay rights activists.
Heath Ledger had just finished filming "The Dark Knight", the second part of "Batman Begins". He plays The Joker in the upcoming Batman film, The Dark Knight. In an interview earlier this month, director Christopher Nolan told reporters, "Heath Ledger has given an amazing performance in the role. It's really extraordinary."
In 2006, he was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Heath Ledger also received a nomination for Golden Globe Best Actor in a Drama and a nomination for Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Brokeback Mountain.
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