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Heath Ledger: Dead
Submitted by imaginary stella on January 22, 2008.Heath Ledger was found dead in his NYC apartment today, early speculation being that it could be drug-related. Ledger was set to play the Joker in an upcoming Batman flick.
I can honestly say that not much surprises me anymore -- for instance, the footage posted earlier today of Amy Winehouse doing crack. But this has left me utterly shocked.
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Imaginary Shrie said on January 22, 2008:
Michelle Williams is a doll. "The Baxter" - comedic genius. I'm sure there baby is too cute for words. RIP Heath.
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imaginary liz said on January 22, 2008:
And it all happened in the apt he was subletting from Mary Kate Olsen? So weird. I can't believe out of all the folks out there that are living on the edge, he's the one that passed away. Poor Michelle and Matilda.
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imaginary stella said on January 22, 2008:
New reports coming in indicate it could be suicide...which is just a shame. Ledger was so talented -- he was absolutely fantastic in "Lords of Dogtown." I expected to see so much more of him in the future.
Sad all around.
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imaginary dana said on January 22, 2008:
I agree -- for some reason this news hit my sad button pretty hard. Such a waste.
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Erik Gonzalez said on January 23, 2008:
Supposedly it was an accident, mixing the wrong drugs and sleeping pills. And it wasn't in MK's apartment.
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imaginary chona said on January 23, 2008:
i found out about this through my coworker(his wife called on the phone all distraught) around 3pm today. apparently, some of 10 things i hate about you was filmed in tacoma and she got to meet him during it and claimed he was the "sweetest guy ever". what a bummer. he was ridiculously talented and mantastically handsome. more talent the world will never see.
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imaginary dana said on January 23, 2008:
I forgot about "10 Things" -- now I'm even more bummed. And Chrisb, I must confess I thought the same thing about the obit. I bet he caught the AP off guard.
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JL said on January 24, 2008:
The only film of his that I liked was "Black Eyed Dog." Brilliant.
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Shane Curry said on January 24, 2008:
interesting tidbit:
Jack Nicholson was furious that he wasn't consulted about the role of Joker being reprised,
and upon hearing of Heath's death, Jack said only "that's awful... I warned him."
I think he was just refering to the use of Ambien, but still. Eerie.
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imaginary stella said on January 24, 2008:
*Shiver.* I always thought Nicholson was creepy, but that's a whole new level.
And from the clips I've seen of Ledger's interpretation of the Joker, it looks like he's gonna slay Nicholson's performance.
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randy said on January 25, 2008:
Nicholson was being incredibly arrogant and a total ass to say something like that. I don't believe it for a second.
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imaginary ash said on January 22, 2008:
I was just on my way to post this. They say sleeping pills were scattered about. I mostly feel bad for his baby and his ex, Michelle Williams, who I really adore. Really surprising, indeed.