Heath Ledger, Actor, Is Found Dead at 28 - The New York Times
WEBJan 23, 2008 — Heath Ledger, the Australian-born actor whose breakthrough role as a gay cowboy in the 2005 movie “Brokeback Mountain” earned him a nomination for an Academy Award and comparisons to the likes ...
Heath Ledger - The New York Times
WEBLedger was found dead on the floor near the bed in an apartment in SoHo that he had been renting. Police officials said that a bottle of prescription sleeping pills was found on a nearby night table.
The Death of Heath Ledger - The New York Times
WEBJan 22, 2008 — Updated, 10:17 p.m. | The actor Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday afternoon in an apartment in Manhattan, according to the New York City police. Some signs pointed to an accidental overdose or a suicide, although no note was found, police sources said. Mr. Ledger was 28.
Heath Ledger, Actor, Is Found Dead at 28 - The New York Times
WEBJan 22, 2008 — The actor Heath Ledger was found dead in a Manhattan apartment on Tuesday afternoon, the New York City police said. The police said Mr. Ledger, 28, was discovered facedown in bed in an apartment ...
Heath Ledger earns Oscar as Joker in 'Dark Knight'
WEBFeb 23, 2009 — Los Angeles — Heath Ledger has won the supporting-actor Academy Award for his demented take on Batman villain the Joker in "The Dark Knight," becoming only the second performer to win an Oscar ...
Heath Ledger - The New York Times
WEBJan 27, 2008 — Heath Ledger passed away only Tuesday, but his transformation is already under way, from acclaimed actor to most-searched Internet term, from film star to cultural touchstone.
Medical Examiner Rules Ledger’s Death Accidental
WEBFeb 7, 2008 — Heath Ledger died accidentally from the abuse of prescription medications — specifically, six kinds of painkillers, sleeping pills and anti-anxiety drugs.
Heath Ledger - I’m Not There - - The New York Times
WEBNov 4, 2007 — In the movie Mr. Ledger is not playing Dylan per se, but an actor famous, in the fictional world of “I’m Not There,” for portraying Dylan in his early years as a singer-songwriter of protest ...
Heath Ledger's death is ruled an accident - The New York Times
WEBFeb 6, 2008 — The New York City chief medical examiner's office has ruled that the actor Heath Ledger, whose body was found in a SoHo apartment on Jan. 22, died of an accidental overdose of prescription ...
Prince of Intensity With a Lightness of Touch - The New York Times
WEBJan 24, 2008 — Mr. Ledger had an unusual ability to mix lightness and gravity, an emotional nimbleness he displayed most fully in Todd Haynes’s “I’m Not There.”