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Heath Ledger dead at 28

tmz.com — TMZ is reporting an unconfirmed rumor that Brokeback Mountain star Heath Ledger was found dead in his apartment in New York earlier today. The gossip rag is following the story until a more legitimate news source confirms.

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  • DurtyJ, on 01/22/2008, -15/+2No sequel to Brokeback Mountain. Frowny face.
    • OwdenBowden, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1what the ***** TMZ.com get top billing on digg?
  • bigfinger, on 01/22/2008, -2/+16R.I.P. mate. I look forward to seeing you as Joker, and I'm sure you did the role justice.
    • Archon810, on 01/22/2008, -0/+2Guess the director of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is ***** his pants right about now:
      http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005132/

      But yeah, R.I.P.
    • SolidSnake24, on 03/28/2008, -2/+5I am shocked and saddened that he has died. He had the potential to become a great actor, a big loss indeed :(
  • teitho, on 01/22/2008, -6/+1Now it's on Fox News. Hardly more legitimate than TMZ, but still... damn.
    • Drood, on 01/22/2008, -1/+3Confirmed on CNN. If it is a drug overdose, all I have to say is STUPID *****. WTF is wrong with these idiot celebrities? Clearly they're too ***** stupid to learn from guys like River Phoenix etc...
  • bunkka, on 01/22/2008, -10/+1ZOMG, 2nd!
  • kickcows, on 01/22/2008, -3/+3holy *****.
  • Pete7872, on 01/22/2008, -3/+1damn...that sucks..
  • Fanboy1, on 01/22/2008, -3/+5No Dark Knight sequels either. How soon til the Why so Serious posters get pulled?
  • nesstheking1, on 01/22/2008, -11/+1Please tell me that TDK was finished filming!
  • SleepJunkie, on 01/22/2008, -1/+6RIP..
    Great actor.
  • funnyman, on 01/22/2008, -12/+2WHAT ABOUT THE BATMAN MOVIE?!?!?!?!
    • MikeMitchell, on 01/22/2008, -2/+1you are a stupid piece of *****. the end.
    • Archon810, on 01/22/2008, -0/+2They'll probably put his name in a black border. Anything else you'd like to know?
    • Glorax, on 01/22/2008, -1/+1i feel you, i really hope they finished filming.
  • juventusc, on 01/22/2008, -3/+1Good night sweet prince.
  • HOTM, on 01/22/2008, -9/+1This probably isn't the time for this....but is The Dark Knight done filming? I assume so...
    • kylejn, on 01/22/2008, -0/+2I guess it is now.

      Condolences to his friends and family.
  • TimmyGUNZ, on 01/22/2008, -1/+6Man, so sad. I'm glad Batman is in post production though. It's going to be bittersweet to see his performance in that movie.
    • zephc, on 01/22/2008, -0/+2Better than dying right after a turd of movie (poor Raul Julia)
  • cubswin297, on 01/22/2008, -2/+29Amy Winehouse outlasted this guy?
  • MarshallX, on 01/22/2008, -3/+1The 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 Mountain”, a 2005 film. The film, based on a short story by Annie Proulx 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.”
  • damnyooneek, on 01/22/2008, -3/+2so young, i wonder how he died?
    • Drood, on 01/22/2008, -1/+2***** stupidity by the sounds of things.
  • AlexPod, on 01/22/2008, -2/+2RIP Heath.
  • AcePup, on 01/22/2008, -3/+2First Brad Renfro now Heath Ledger.. wow what a sad 2 weeks! R.I.P. to them both!
    • bingobongony, on 01/22/2008, -3/+3LEGALIZE IT NOW!
      • bingobongony, on 01/22/2008, -3/+2Why am I getting buried? If it is OK to say that at all, then it should be OK to say it when some idiot is dead at age 28 most likely due to drugs.
        Can't have it both ways. Drugs kill people. You can't hide your head all the other times until some actor is the one dead and then say it is insensitive to say that.
        • alexforcefive, on 01/22/2008, -2/+1Wow, did he die of marijuana?
          • bingobongony, on 01/23/2008, -3/+2Are you new to Digg? You get a whole LOT of posts about legalizing ALL drugs. Especially from the RonPaulians.
  • Worldchrisis, on 01/22/2008, -3/+4Confirmed on CNN. All I can say is...wtf? Where did that come from?
  • tweetsa, on 01/22/2008, -10/+0he committed suicide due to his early on-set baldness
  • peeeanuts, on 01/22/2008, -4/+1WHO??
  • MikeDugg, on 01/22/2008, -2/+1Damn. and I just took photos of him three days ago in London on the set of his film they are shooting by my place.
  • MikeMitchell, on 01/22/2008, -2/+1So sad, he is one of the greats. RIP man.
  • q314, on 01/22/2008, -8/+3IT'S A MOVIE PROMOTION! He's alive! He will be re-born as The Joker!

    All hail our marketing gurus.
  • dudefaceguyman, on 01/22/2008, -3/+2Wow I didn't really believe it when I first heard it. Crazy how some people you think are perfectly fine may be truly ***** up in the head and suicidal.
    • bingobongony, on 01/22/2008, -0/+2Who is saying anything about suicide at this point?
      • dudefaceguyman, on 01/22/2008, -0/+1Well when I first heard about it, all I heard was overdose. So I assumed suicide, I'm hearing it was just sleeping meds or something. Bad things happen to good people I guess.
  • Skanadian, on 01/22/2008, -3/+2There is 9 pages of Heath Ledger deaths in upcoming and all the top 10 are Heath Ledger stories. Bunch of ***** idiots reposting the same *****.
    • bingobongony, on 01/22/2008, -0/+2We think your submission might be a dupe....
  • MisterSam, on 01/22/2008, -2/+1Damn :/
  • IAmLegend24, on 01/22/2008, -8/+3RON PAUL!!
  • Qtip42, on 01/22/2008, -2/+2This is terrible. He was a great actor.
  • andrewcsayer, on 01/22/2008, -2/+1Heath, we'll miss you.
  • psbpv3o, on 01/22/2008, -2/+1oh god this sucks. Looked to be an amazing joker. I'm so sad.
  • Conwaysb0718, on 01/22/2008, -2/+1Inconceivable.
  • InuX, on 01/22/2008, -2/+1His legacy will carry on in TDK.
  • matthewdestroys, on 01/22/2008, -1/+1why are we doubling up on this?
  • Chaoticfist, on 01/22/2008, -1/+2Buried because there is already one just below this one on the front page.
  • stuartcow, on 01/22/2008, -2/+3this is a dupe story.

    orig: http://digg.com/celebrity/Heath_Ledger_is_Dead_4?O ...
  • orangerust, on 01/22/2008, -2/+2Being a celeb is not something I envy, You either die young (heath), go bat ***** crazy (spears) or pick up a real bad drug addiction (the rest of hollywood). Coupled with that papparazzi harassing you constantly---I can see why this happens.
    • bingobongony, on 01/22/2008, -1/+21 and 3 seem to be the same in this case.
      • bingobongony, on 01/22/2008, -1/+2Wow...getting buried for suggesting that this was drug related, like the article says?

        You "Legalize It" assholes really are in denial over this.
  • KloroFormd, on 01/22/2008, -2/+0Wasn't this on the top of the front page.. 2 minutes ago?
  • doublsh0t, on 01/22/2008, -2/+1i sure will miss his gay ass :-(
  • MarroarMuffins, on 01/22/2008, -1/+1Wow, thats horrible news. He was a great actor and he will be missed.
  • metalgel, on 01/22/2008, -2/+3in other news, jake gyllenhaal was seen sneaking into heath's apartment and hugging his coat on a hanger

    but seriously this really pisses me off. he totally didnt look like the type of guy that would do this. i expected britney, amy winehouse, lindsay lohan, but heath ***** ledger? cmon! :(

    RIP to a *great* actor, dark knight is going to blow us all away
    • bingobongony, on 01/22/2008, -0/+2Yeah...because you knew him so well? And do what? There is no evidence to point to suicide.
  • amar5677, on 01/22/2008, -1/+0ny times confirmed

    http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/actor ...
  • giddieon, on 01/22/2008, -1/+1A great light has gone out... god bless him and his daughter... My thoughts are with his family...
  • bingobongony, on 01/22/2008, -2/+1LEGALIZE IT!
  • einnej, on 01/22/2008, -1/+1Damn; he was young and had a kid and all, not to mention a career that was just starting to take off. What a waste.
    Don't do drugs kids.
    RIP
    • bingobongony, on 01/22/2008, -0/+3LEGALIZE IT NOW! RON PAUL 2008!
  • mywhitenoise, on 01/22/2008, -1/+1I know this is highly inappropriate, I find this news extremely shocking that he died at such a young age in his acting prime, but it also really sucks that we wont see him play Joker in the third film.
  • bingobongony, on 01/22/2008, -1/+1I guess they will never start filming Roar again. Damn.
  • dtele, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1Australia confirms - here is a statement from his family: http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,2204 ...
  • pandaking, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1This is a duplicate, please see original digg post: http://digg.com/celebrity/Heath_Ledger_is_Dead_4
  • jackieaxe, on 01/23/2008, -0/+0Who? Yesterday, The European and World Markets fell over 5%, The Fed lowered rates 75 basis points, there was a Democrat debate the previous night and Fred Thompson withdrew from the Presidential race. So what do I see when I turn on the news?? Some fag actor died of an overdose. BFD and boo freakin' hoo!
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