Western Australian actor and Academy Award nominee Heath Ledger has been found dead of a suspected overdose in a New York apartment.
This report from the New York Times has further details.
The actor Heath Ledger was found dead this afternoon in an apartment in Manhattan inhabited by the actress Mary-Kate Olsen, according to the New York City police. Signs pointed to a suicide or an accidental overdose, police sources said. Mr. Ledger was 28.
Ledger was born in my home city, Perth, Western Australia. I was out cycling this morning and went past Guildford Grammar School where Heath was educated. At the time I had no idea of the tragedy that had happened just a short time earlier.
It’s so sad to lose someone so talented so young. It’s yet another reminder that life is fragile.
