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.
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You are right Rodney… sad.
Waiting on the details here too.
I forget who said …
“Youth is waisted on the young”
Yes, quite sad. I really feel for his parents and family and close friends. So many questions left unanswered I would say.
Can’t say that I am overly surprised, but this one really bums me out. Pretty sad how I am almost numb to the news of early deaths among stars and starlets these days.
If, as it has been reported, that it is suicide, due to personal family issues revolving around the custody of his daughter, it is a tradgedy….you just wish that somehow someone could get and talk to these young males taking their lives.
I blogged about this today, Rodney. So sad.
This sad story and all the many others of recent events show that money and fame without a full and hearty dependence on God, is the wide road to tragedy.
You know what I wish?
I wish there was a large Christian organization that ministered to celebrities.
A mission of a sort.
Just like they go to China or other parts of the earth, I wish there was a very full and funded mission field for famous people.
Many are the times where leaders in the church will ‘warn’ young people about certain music or cerntain movies (and with reason), but, what good is the warning without taking a huge involvement?