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RIP Heath Ledger

POSTED BY: CREVANREAVER
UPDATED: Friday, January 25, 2008 19:47
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:46 PM

CREVANREAVER


Tragic. He was a magnificent actor and he no doubt had a great career ahead of him. The Dark Knight will of course be dedicated to him.

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Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence, and police said drugs may have been a factor. He was 28.

NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Ledger had an appointment for a massage at the Manhattan apartment believed to be his home. The housekeeper who went to let him know the masseuse had arrived found him dead at 3:26 p.m.

A large crowd of paparazzi and gawkers began gathering Tuesday evening outside the building on an upscale block in SoHo, where several police officers guarded the door.

The Australian-born actor was nominated for an Oscar for "Brokeback Mountain," where he met Michelle Williams in 2005. The two had lived in Brooklyn and had a daughter, Matilda, until they split up last year.

He most recently appeared in "I'm Not There," in which he played one of the many incarnations of Bob Dylan - as did Cate Blanchett, whose performance in that film earned an Oscar nomination Tuesday for best supporting actress.

Ledger was to appear as the Joker this year in "The Dark Night," a sequel to 2005's "Batman Begins." He's had starring roles in "A Knight's Tale" and "The Patriot," and played the suicidal son of Billy Bob Thornton in "Monster's Ball."

Ledger grew up in Perth, and began doing amateur theater at age 10. At 16, he moved to Sydney to pursue an acting career, quickly landing TV movie roles and guest spots on Australian television.

After several independent films and a starring role in the short-lived Fox TV series "Roar," Ledger moved to Los Angeles and costarred in "10 Things I Hate About You," a teen comedy reworking of "The Taming of the Shrew."

Offers for other teen flicks came his way, but Ledger turned them down, preferring to remain idle than sign on for projects he didn't like.

"It wasn't a hard decision for me," Ledger told the Associated Press in 2001. "It was hard for everyone else around me to understand. Agents were like, 'You're crazy,' my parents were like, 'Come on, you have to eat.'"



http://apnews.myway.com//article/20080122/D8UB70600.html

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:55 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Too young, by far and much too early does he leave. As more info comes out, I'm sure the loss will only be felt more and more.

He will be missed.

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:15 PM

RIGHTEOUS9



God that sucks,

Heath Ledger was turning into one of those actors you go to see a film for, because he was picky with the movies he chose, and damn good in them.

We've lost something big here I think.

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:18 PM

OUT2THEBLACK


God Speed You , Man...


Will look for you on the other side of

the 'Verse...

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:27 PM

SIGNYM

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Wow. Too tragic.

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:44 PM

FLETCH2


:(

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008 2:10 AM

LWAVES


Yeah he had the potential to be a great actor, someone who took his work seriously and wasn't there for fame and fortune only.
If his performance in The Dark Knight is as good as what the trailer suggests then it's a fine note to end his career on. But at 28 it's way too young, he had so much more to go.

As a side question will this mean The Dark Knight will be his last film or does anyone know if he finished another after TDK stopped shooting.



"I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it it might cheer me up to watch."

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008 2:22 AM

CREVANREAVER


Quote:

Originally posted by lwaves:
As a side question will this mean The Dark Knight will be his last film or does anyone know if he finished another after TDK stopped shooting.



Apparently, just last Friday he finished filming a supporting role in a movie named The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. It will be out in 2009.

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:43 AM

FREDGIBLET


Apparently the Westboro Baptist Church will be picketing his funeral.

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:26 PM

PIRATENEWS

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Ambien kills.

Or the masseuse did it with a candlestick, then phoned the Olsen twins before dialing 911.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22788914/

Or his gay lover had his way with him, leaving his nude corpse with his butt in the air. Brokeback was gay porn.

A good actor got addicted to acting instead of living.



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Thursday, January 24, 2008 8:44 AM

OLDENGLANDDRY


Quote:

Originally posted by fredgiblet:
Apparently the Westboro Baptist Church will be picketing his funeral.




And if Mel Gibson attends do you think he will stand with the mourners or the Westboro Wacko's?
Something of a conflict of interests there dont ya think?
I'm sure PN will be there too doing his usual "investigative reporting".

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Thursday, January 24, 2008 11:48 AM

STRANGEBIRD


Truly a great actor and from what I've heard an even better father. It's sad when anyone this young dies so tragically. Especially someone with so much raw potential and talent. I've been a fan since "A Knight's Tale". All this media speculation is disgusting and immature. They need to take care and respect and report only researched, important facts and not rumor and fiction they make up on the spot, just to get people talking. My heart goes out to his family, having to deal with such bogus garbage on top of his untimely death.

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Thursday, January 24, 2008 1:35 PM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.


PirateNews, how is it you have not yet been banned from this site? That was disgusting. Are you going to be on the picket line with the other sick Baptists?

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Thursday, January 24, 2008 6:45 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Quote:

Originally posted by ecgordon:
PirateNews, how is it you have not yet been banned from this site? That was disgusting. Are you going to be on the picket line with the other sick Baptists?



Never does cease to amaze, does it, at just what the moderators of this site will alow PN to get away with. Makes coming to RWED less and less appealing.



It is not those who use the term "Islamo-Fascism" who are sullying the name of Islam; it is the Islamo-Fascists. - Dennis Prager

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

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Friday, January 25, 2008 6:09 AM

FREMDFIRMA


"Never does cease to amaze, does it, at just what the moderators of this site will alow AURaptor to get away with. Makes coming to RWED less and less appealing."

Works both ways, guy - some of your conduct here hasn't been exactly humanitarian, nor has mine.

Freedom of Speech starts with the people you most dislike, or there's no point to having it.

As for Mr. Ledger, I've seen him act, and wasn't displeased with it - beyond that his life is utterly none of my business nor do I want it to be, I hope he finds whatever afterlife he hoped for to be all that he wished, though.

-Frem

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Friday, January 25, 2008 8:36 AM

JAYNEZTOWN


Quote:

Originally posted by fredgiblet:
Apparently the Westboro Baptist Church will be picketing his funeral.



Here's another



http://www.1wrestling.com/news/newsline.asp?news=31117

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In the interest of full disclosure, I must tell you I have watched Brokeback Mountain no less than 45 times and I own the Limited Edition DVD, signed by Willie Nelson a short time after he wrote that queer cowboy song as a tribute to the courage of the producers and actors who broke such incredible creative ground when they made their agenda-less movie. Serious. Until I saw Bendover Brokeback, Braveheart was my favorite movie. But the love scenes of Brokeback sucked me right in and I had no choice but to give myself over to the passion of its wide open range, if you get my drift. Such courage this young man and his colleagues have. Reminds me of the courage of classic movie stars, where during the War they enlisted and flew bomber planes and fought on frontlines, then came back and picked up their lives and careers right where they left off, without anti-American sentiment, whining and complaining, or self-destructive self indulgence. I’m equally inspired.

Apparently, Leather Hedger had sleeping troubles and anxiety and dealt with terrible mood swings. So do soldiers but they don’t self-destructively **** up their lives. In fact, they don’t sleep, handle anxiety and mood swings while dealing with whether or not they might at any moment lose their life. And they do this all the while they are dangerously protecting the freedom of others to **** up their own. By the way, how many 28 (or older or younger) year old soldiers met their death yesterday? It’s not easy to find out. None of them made the headlines of any news.

By today’s standard, though, I do have to agree that he was a great father. Perhaps even greater then the father of the year, Hulk Hogan. After all, Leather Hedger did what it took to kill himself. His kid is without a father, yes, but the negative influence is now removed and his own child has the chance for a full recovery. Hogan, on the other hand, won’t go quite that far. He insists on sticking around to keep further ruining, and profiting off of, the parentally mismanaged lives of his own children.

It is sad and tragic….that we don’t demand attention be paid to greater things.


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Friday, January 25, 2008 11:54 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Quote:

Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
"Never does cease to amaze, does it, at just what the moderators of this site will alow AURaptor to get away with. Makes coming to RWED less and less appealing."

Works both ways, guy - some of your conduct here hasn't been exactly humanitarian, nor has mine.

Freedom of Speech starts with the people you most dislike, or there's no point to having it.

As for Mr. Ledger, I've seen him act, and wasn't displeased with it - beyond that his life is utterly none of my business nor do I want it to be, I hope he finds whatever afterlife he hoped for to be all that he wished, though.

-Frem




My conduct has been that of an Eagle Scout in comparison to the trash PN has dished out. There's disliking folks, and then there's being told we have to accept the Fred Phelps of the world. I for one wouldn't stand for it, were I in control.

It is not those who use the term "Islamo-Fascism" who are sullying the name of Islam; it is the Islamo-Fascists. - Dennis Prager

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

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Friday, January 25, 2008 4:02 PM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.


Quote:

Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
Freedom of Speech starts with the people you most dislike, or there's no point to having it.


I would never say that PN does not have the right to express his own opinion, but I reserve the right to be disgusted with his outright stupidity and bigotry.



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Friday, January 25, 2008 6:31 PM

FREMDFIRMA


Oh you're completely welcome to do so, I sure ain't adverse to ripping him on quite a bit of it either - but it's not like he's got the market cornered on either one of those items around here... but we got as much right to tear him a new one for sayin it, as he does to say it, that's freedom, innit ?

-F

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Friday, January 25, 2008 7:47 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


Heath's just chillin' on an island with Elvis and Tupac. Smart man I think. Getting away from all that Hollywood BS before he got life in prison for braining some paparazzi asshole.

May I be wrong, RIP my man. Gotta be more fun wherever you are now than most of this lot is having down here now. You did more in your short life than most of us ever do in our idle capacities.

Either way, I'm pretty let down that this is pretty much the final nail in the coffin in my hopes of seeing "Roar" brought back to TV.

It also makes you wonder if they foolishly killed the best Batman villian off in his first appearance this time around like they did the first time. Maybe they learned their lesson this installment and they're going to have to give the Joker the Dumbledore treatment. And by Dumbledore treatment, of course, I mean replacing Heath with another similar looking actor of similar acting calabur, and not meaning that after all the kids have seen Dark Knight they come out and tell everybody that though his body and face were as white as snow his wang was the deep brown hue of Richard Gere's gerbil.

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