Articles tagged with: Heath Ledger
Remember that show Louis Theroux did with the charming folk of the Westboro Baptist Church, you know – the ones who picketed funerals of servicemen in Iraq and people who died of AiDS? Well, guess who’s gonna gatecrash Heath Ledger's funeral?
You see, Heath Ledger starred in Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain as a gay man. And so, the Church (who, it must be said, do not represent the views of the Christian majority) have released a statement:
"Heath Ledger thought it was great fun defying God Almighty. [He] is now in Hell and has begun serving his eternal sentence there."
Heath Ledger's initial autopsy might not have thrown up any clues as to why he died, but NYPD sources might have put their finger on one possible answer.
According to TMZ, five different types of pills were found in the apartment where Heath Ledger died - all prescibed to him - including Valium, Lorazepam, Xanax and two different types of sleeping pills.
However, while we await the toxicology report that's due late last week, pneumonia has been resolutely ruled out as a cause of Heath Ledger's sudden death.
While the world is still trying to get its head around yesterday's sudden death of Heath Ledger, it's already time to start figuring out exactly what killed him.
The autopsy on Heath Ledger's body will take place today, meaning that it shouldn't be long before we know which of the conflicting stories about Heath Ledger's death - was it suicide? An accidental overdose? Pneumonia? - is most accurate.
Meanwhile, tributes have been pouring in from Heath's admirers, friends and family.
Heath Ledger has been found dead in his Manhattan apartment.
The unconcious body of the 28-year-old Aussie actor was discovered by his housekeeper on Tuesday afternoon.
Another day, another man to cross off our ever-dwindling list of men who Lindsay Lohan hasn't got round to shagging yet - this time, it's Heath Ledger.
Reports are coming in that recently-single Lindsay Lohan and recently-single Heath Ledger have fallen into the sort of fairytale state of love that makes every waking moment feel as if they're riding through candy clouds on winged unicorns made out of gumdrops. Either that or Lindsay and Heath keep doing it with each other in a vaguely squalid way all the time. Either way, we can totally get what Heath Ledger sees in Lindsay Lohan - with the new Batman movie coming out in a few short months, Heath's going to need to really ratchet up the crazy for the promotion drive, and if he manages to absorb even 10% of Lohan's crazy he'll be scaring all the children for years to come.
