[Fox News]- Heath Ledger’s untimely tragic death at 28 on Tuesday may have been accidental, but there was a path to it.
Ledger has many friends, I am told, who will turn up in the next few days with tales to make our collective hair stand on end.
As a reporter, I hesitate to start getting into this less than a day after his passing. But from what I was told Tuesday night by someone who really knew Ledger and ex-girlfriend Michelle Williams, the young actor’s problems were severe.
“When they do the autopsy it will all come out, I’m sure,” says one producer who knew the couple well. “They’ll find everything.”
Ledger, he says, was morose over losing his life with Williams and their baby daughter in Brooklyn. He may not have committed suicide, but he carried on, my source says, with little regard for his health or well-being.
It’s hard for the average movie fan, including yours truly, to totally grasp why a guy like Heath Ledger — drop-dead handsome, popular, incredibly talented — could be depressed about anything.
My source reminds me: “You’re being paid $10 million and wondering if you’re worth it. Then your girlfriend kicks you out, you’re separated from your child, and you’re thinking: ‘I’m a big movie star but not popular at home.’ That’s when the trouble starts.”
Ledger’s death is heartbreaking to those who knew and loved him, for his child and his parents as well as friends. I won’t belabor the point. But when all the facts are in, Ledger’s accidental death will certainly seem like one that could have been prevented.
From AP: NEW YORK — Oscar-nominee Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at his downtown Manhattan residence, face-down and naked at the foot of his bed with prescription sleeping pills in the apartment, police said. The Australian-born actor was 28.
There was no obvious indication of suicide or foul play, said NYPD spokesman Paul Browne.
“We are all deeply saddened and shocked by this accident,” Ledger’s publicist, Mara Buxbaum, said in a statement Tuesday night. “This is an extremely difficult time for his loved ones and we are asking the media to please respect the family’s privacy and avoid speculation until the facts are known.”
His father, mother and sister in Australia also expressed their shock at the actor’s “untimely and accidental” death in a statement for Seven Network, The Associated Press reported.