Heath Ledger , “Joker” from Dark Knight , found dead
Heathcliff Andrew Ledger was born on the fourth of April 1979, in Perth, Western Australia. Heath Ledger was an Academy Award-nominated Australian actor.
After appearing in television roles during the 1990s, Ledger developed a Hollywood career. His first real acting job came in a low budget movie called Blackrock (1997), a largely unimpressive cliché; a teen angst film about one boy’s struggle when he learns his best mate raped a girl.
He starred in both critical and financial successes, including The Patriot, Monster’s Ball and Brokeback Mountain, and completed the role of The Joker in the forthcoming The Dark Knight (Batman 2008) . Ledger had been working on his latest movie, “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,” directed by Terry Gilliam, which was due to be released for 2009.
Ledger was found dead in a New York City apartment on January 22, 2008.
“Heath Ledger was found dead at 3:26 pm this afternoon,” a police spokesperson said, saying he was found in an apartment in the posh district of Soho. “We don’t know the cause of the death.”
The entertainment website TMZ said Heath was discovered “face down on the floor” adding that “law enforcement sources … believe it was not a crime.”
The New York Times said Ledger was discovered by the housekeeper and a masseuse who arrived in the afternoon for an appointment.
They knocked on the door, but “when no one answered, the housekeeper and the masseuse opened the bedroom and found Mr. Ledger naked and unconscious on a bed. They shook him, but he did not respond,” the Times said.
Both the New York Times and TMZ quoted officials as saying pills were found near the body, but gave no further details.
According to the newspaper, the apartment was inhabited by actor Mary-Kate Olsen.
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