UPDATING POST ON HEATH
Heath Ledger found dead in NYC apartment
28-year-old actor was nominated for Oscar for ‘Brokeback Mountain’
BREAKING NEWS
MSNBC News Services
updated 3:53 p.m. CT, Tues., Jan. 22, 2008
NEW YORK - A New York Police Department spokesman says the actor Heath Ledger has been found dead at a downtown Manhattan residence.
According to TMZ.com, Ledger, 28, was found dead in his bed in one of his residences in Soho by his housekeeper at 3:35 p.m. ET Tuesday.
The actor has a two-year-old daughter with former fiancee Michelle Williams. Ledger was set to play the Joker in the upcoming Batman film "The Dark Knight." He received an Academy Award nomination for his work in "Brokeback Mountain."
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btw, thank you to [sarcasticlastic] for getting the first post in. i dont want them to feel obligated to stick around and update.
THIS POST WILL BE UPDATED AS NEW REPORTS COME IN
CNN now says he was found by a masseuse
MSNBC says he was surrounded by pills
The New York Times
"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. Officials said pills fear found near the body."
FOX News is talking to the guy from TMZ, harvey, right now 5:05 pm
TMZ:
We're told when paramedics responded, the actor was in full cardiac arrest. They attempted to perform CPR on him, but were unsuccessful. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Fox News:
Police say death believed to be "drug related"
Apartment in SOHO
Was working on movie saturday in london called The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
5:17
Headline News has footage outside his building live
Says he was late for a massage appt (in conflict with other story)
Pills were over the counter sleeping medication
5:26 CNN says:
FOUND NUDE
Found in apartment owned by mary kate olsen?
APT Might have had video surveillance to see who came and went
Found facedown
APOLOGIES TO ALL OF LIVEJOURNAL FOR KILLING IT :[
5:39:
TMZ says the medical examiner has not yet arrived. meaning heath is currently still in the apartment.
5:41
Speculation: Any relation to oscar nominations coming out today?
Headline news: Had trouble sleeping, took ambien
5:44:
TMZ says apt NOT owned by Mary Kate Olsen
TMZ says death ACCIDENTAL
TMZ says "TMZ has learned Heath Ledger had a substance abuse problem. A Ledger confidante tells us he had been clean for a year."
5:49
Fox News says a ladder was brought in?
5:54
http://www.tmz.com/2008/01/22/live-in-nyc-outside-where-heath-ledger-died/
LIVE FEED
LIVE FEED
6:02
Headline news: His role as the Joker was so troubling and demonic to him that he had trouble sleeping at night.
"physically and mentally draining"
"i took one ambien and it didnt work. i took a second and i fell asleep only to wake up an hour later."
-rough quote from an interview about being the joker
6:23
jlai24 Hooked us up with this photo:
Pics from the 19th
Headline news:
Was trying to learn about the life of a drug addict
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tmz.com
Warner Bros. Issues a Statement
Alan Horn, President and COO of Warner Bros. and Jeff Robinov, President, Warner Bros. Pictures Group have issued the following statement to TMZ. The studio is producing the next Batman film, "The Dark Knight."
"The studio is stunned and devastated by this tragic news. The entertainment community has lost an enormous talent. Heath was a brilliant actor and an exceptional person. Our hearts go out to his family and friends."
6:39
Headline news:
Mel Gibson released a statement of general sympathy (I didnt write it as it was said :P)
Heath Ledger was very jittery in interviews lately and scratched himself often
6:46
Aurosan is on the scene:
"Wow.
So I'm at 425 Broome St picking up my boyfriend from work and it's a madhouse."
Headline news:
2 bottles of sleeping meds at the scene. one prescription, one over the counter
US Weekly:
Friends say he was going through a dark time
Fox news:
No suicide note found
Fox News (the only station covering it still):
7:05
http://www.corcoran.com/property/listing.aspx?Region=NYC&listingid=1100251
Real Estate Listing of *EDIT* an apartment similar to his
7:23
TMZ:
TMZ has learned Heath Ledger was sick with pneumonia when he died today in NY.
7:30-TMZ
TMZ has been contacted by reps of Heath's family. They've been told by police that Heath's death was absolutely accidental.
7:39-tmz
Lohan Won't Comment on Ledger's Death
Posted Jan 22nd 2008 7:07PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ tried to get a comment from Lindsay Lohan about her recent rebound guy Heath Ledger's shocking death this afternoon.
Lindsay looked distraught, covered her face and hid before her driver took off.
POST OVER lol
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