Heath Ledger found dead in NYC at age 28
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Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday in a Manhattan apartment, naked in bed with sleeping pills nearby, police said. The Australian-born actor was 28. It wasn't immediately clear if Ledger had committed suicide. He had an appointment for a massage at the residence in the tony neighborhood of SoHo, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said.
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Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of painkillers, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medication and other prescription drugs, the New York City medical examiner said Wednesday.
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Eric Bana, who had starred in hits like Troy and The Hulk, is devastated after Heath Ledger's death
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The âBrokeback Mountainâ star was found dead in a SoHo apartment on Tuesday afternoon, the New York City police said.
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This past Saturday (November 13th), the rapper known as Olâ Dirty Bastard died after collapsing in a New York recording studio. Just 35-years-old, the cause of death is at this time unknown, but earlier
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The father of Australian actor Heath Ledger was due to arrive in New York on Friday to claim the body of the 28-year-old actor whose sudden death this week remains a mystery, the New York Daily News reported.
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Heath Ledger's sudden death has been especially tough on his good friend â and Brokeback Mountain costar â Jake Gyllenhaal.  The actor, who is godfather to Ledger's two-year-old daughter Matilda, has been devastated by last week's news. Says one Gyll...
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Authorities said the autopsy on Heath Ledger was inconclusive and that it would take about 10 days to determine a definitive cause of death for the "Brokeback Mountain" actor, whose fans remembered him Wednesday by leaving flowers and candles outside his Manhattan apartment.
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Heath Ledger, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as a gay cowboy in the 2005 film "Brokeback Mountain," was found dead today in a Manhattan apartment, New York police told CNN. A possible drug overdose was suspected. Ledger was 28.
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Michelle Williams ended her silence Friday, saying her "heart is broken" over the death of "Brokeback Mountain" actor Heath Ledger. The 27-year-old actress and Ledger became a couple during filming of 2005's "Brokeback," in which they costarred as husband and wife. They later moved to New York, and had a daughter, Matilda, born October 2005.
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Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs, New York's medical examiner rules.
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He died thousands of miles from home, but like hundreds of other entertainers who came before him, Heath Ledger had left his native land to carve out a career in Hollywood.
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Australian actor Heath Ledger, who was  found dead in his New York apartment, was edgy and anxious  during his Christmas holidays about not seeing his daughter  Matilda, close friend and model Sophie Ward told local media.
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The actor Heath Ledger has been found dead at a residence in downtown Manhattan, according to a New York police spokesman
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The 28-year-old actor was found dead in his Manhattan home.
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The actor Heath Ledger was found dead this afternoon in an apartment owned by the actress Mary-Kate Olsen, according to the New York City police.
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Actor Heath Ledger, the gifted leading man acclaimed for his role as a gay cowboy in the film "Brokeback Mountain," was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on Tuesday, possibly of a drug overdose, police said.