Heath Ledger is dead

[abaici]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

And Hollywood won't change its habits after this anymore than it did after River Phoenix died of an OD outside of Johnny Depp's club.

Well, I still get a little sad everytime I pass by The Viper Room.

I'm really shocked and sad. I'm shocked that I'm so sad. I really liked him and thought he had alot of potential, especially after Brokeback Mountain. His performance was amazing.

[KSUViolet06]

Young Hollywood needs to wake up, but sadly I don't think they will.

[BetteDavisEyes]

No I don't mean for this to be disrespectful. Someone made it, I saw it, so now I'm posting to share.

[PM_Mama00]

They said that his breakup with Michelle was more of a sad one and that they talked everyday. I can't imagine what she is feeling right now. I think I'm more shocked about his death because he wasn't in the limelight, out partying hard every night. You never really heard about his life besides his movies and the very little we heard about his marriage. And I admire that he was very picky about his roles and didn't just choose some because of the money. He was a true actor who just wanted to act and he was amazing at it. Hollywood lost a good one today.

[a.e.B.O.T.]

Well, He took one too many sleeping pills. He reported he had a ton of trouble sleeping since he started playing the joker, that was in the new york times like a month or two ago. He said he would take a sleeping pill and it didnt work, so he took another, and that didnt work. With his wife and baby going to oregon, and his trouble with this role, I can't blame him for having a lot of sleep trouble. I don't think we should chalk this up to another hollywood not learning their lesson case, i think it might just honestly be an accident. I am not sure, and its too soon to tell.

[Tippiechick]

Originally Posted by a.e.B.O.T.

Well, He took one too many sleeping pills.

OK, Mr. Coroner...

You DON'T know that for sure. Let's be honest and admit that we are all speculating based on info that seems to change as time goes on.

Let's not accuse him of overdosing on sleeping pills until the experts in the case figure out why he died. Remember, some are saying he had pneumonia, too... Point is, who are we to sit back and judge this guy for the way he was living his life? We know nothing about the guy personally other than some reports from a couple of valid sources and oh, yeah --- TMZ.

[a.e.B.O.T.]

Originally Posted by Tippiechick

OK, Mr. Coroner...

You DON'T know that for sure. Let's be honest and admit that we are all speculating based on info that seems to change as time goes on.

Ok, Ms. Sarcastic,

Read something before you criticize it, at the end I said "i don't know, and its too soon to tell." I was just addressing the people on here with the media jump that he was some drug addy. Saying, as far as we know (and at the end I said we dont really know) but as far as we can tell right now, he took one too many sleeping pills. I was presenting a simple, non-hollywood perspective

I was basically saying the same thing you were. Its too soon to say anything for sure, and therefor you can't judge the guy. So, dont judge me!

[MTSUGURL]

I teared up over this one. OTW, how appropriate.
How sad.

[LeslieAGD]

I heard this last night on the news and my husband and I just stared at each other in disbelief.
Then I called my sister and, after barely saying hello, she was like "are you calling because you heard Heath Ledger died?"

His death was just so sudden...he didn't seem to be "troubled." I feel really bad for his little girl.

[smiley21]

Yeah that Joker character is really intense and dark. Well "Batman: The Dark Knight" is definitely the more sinister of all the Batman movies. The graphic novel is insane.

Edited to add: I do not know why I keep reading about Michelle being his wife. There were still engaged when they separated last September.

[luv n tpa]

From Perez:

The "Reverend" Fred Phelps's Westboro Baptist Church announced plans to protest at the funeral of Heath Ledger.


Why?


The "God Hates Fags" hatemongers will picket the decease Aussie actor's funeral because he is a pervert who promoted homosexuality by appearing as a gay man in Brokeback Mountain.


We wish we could laugh at this stupidity, but it just makes us angry!


Heath may not have been perfect, but he doesn't deserve this.

Ridiculous.

[DSTCHAOS]

Saying someone overdosed on sleeping pills does not mean that you are saying it was an intentional overdose rather than an accidental overdose. Chill out, people. Celebrities and noncelebs combine medications, and take too many doses of a single medication, and accidentally die sometimes. It happens. Gerald Levert allegedly mixed medications or something to that effect.

We can not know his intent until there is further investigation--if it is ever known. There is no suicide note or suicide conservation that he had with someone that has been uncovered yet.

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The View's discussion was interesting. Whoopi was talking about her dark days. Every human being has dark days. Magnify that by the loneliness and whatever else of being a celebrity who is going through "regular people stuff" mixed with "celeb stuff." This doesn't mean that every sad and lonely nonceleb and celeb will consider and attempt suicide. Even if they do, a "successful suicide" is often a cry for help that accidentally resulted in death. Just things to consider because in suicidology we use a typology and find that there's nothing new under the sun, unfortunately.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Saying someone overdosed on sleeping pills does not mean that you are saying it was an intentional overdose rather than an accidental overdose. Chill out, people. Celebrities and noncelebs combine medications, and take too many doses of a single medication, and accidentally die sometimes. It happens. Gerald Levert allegedly mixed medications or something to that effect.

We can not know his intent until there is further investigation--if it is ever known. There is no suicide note or suicide conservation that he had with someone that has been uncovered yet.

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The View's discussion was interesting. Whoopi was talking about her dark days. Every human being has dark days. Magnify that by the loneliness and whatever else of being a celebrity who is going through "regular people stuff" mixed with "celeb stuff." This doesn't mean that every sad and lonely nonceleb and celeb will consider and attempt suicide. Even if they do, a "successful suicide" is often a cry for help that accidentally resulted in death. Just things to consider because in suicidology we use a typology and find that there's nothing new under the sun, unfortunately.

Key word: "allegedly"

[honeychile]

I thought I heard he was taking Ambien. If that's true, I'm fairly sure that, pharmaceutically, you can't die from an overdose of Ambien. Unless, of course, you combine it with other meds or alcohol.

But then again, Ambien realy messes with your head. I've had clients do all sorts of crazy things while taking it. He could have taken a couple Ambien, and done something "normal", but the combination was lethal. I'm withholding judgment until the final coroner's report.

Yahoo mentions Ambien use, Heath's trouble sleeping.

[Jill1228]

Fred Phelps is a major asswipe!