Actor Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday of a possible drug overdose in a Lower Manhattan apartment, the New York Police Department said.
Heath Ledger was unresponsive when a housekeeper found him in a Manhattan apartment Tuesday. The Academy Award-nominated actor was 28.
Ledger was found naked and unresponsive, face down on the floor at the foot of his bed by a housekeeper trying to wake him for an appointment with a masseuse, said police spokesman Paul Browne.
"Pills were found in the vicinity of the bed," he told CNN.
"This is being looked at as a possible overdose, but that is not confirmed yet."
Browne later told reporters some prescription medications were found in the room, including sleeping pills.
But he stressed police have made no determination of the cause of Ledger's death -- that would be done by the medical examiner.
He said the pills were not "scattered about."
No note was found and there was no indication of foul play, Browne said. Ledger was found at about 3 p.m., and was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency personnel about 3:30 p.m.
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Actor Heath Ledger Dead!
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Posted 23 January 2008 - 03:29 AM
Very, very sad. 
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Posted 23 January 2008 - 03:36 AM
Yeah, I was pretty shocked and bummed when I heard. 
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Posted 23 January 2008 - 03:56 AM
Yes, very
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Posted 23 January 2008 - 06:52 AM
Bummer. I really liked his work as an actor. I will miss him.
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Posted 23 January 2008 - 07:54 AM
:coffee1: Anyone see a pattern here? Sad that this happened, but look at all the famous people's ODs. Thank god i am not rich and famous (and i doreally mean that!). I know that if i had unlimited resources like that, i would end put like him, or worst.
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Posted 23 January 2008 - 11:44 PM
I'd take the rich but you can have the famous, I think the latter is more often the source of issue.
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Posted 24 January 2008 - 12:26 AM
yup I agree, famous people are prone to depression more so then the rich part.
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