Health Ledger mourned at private funeral
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Family and friends of actor Heath Ledger bade farewell at a private service in his Australian home town on Saturday, with the media kept away and Ledger's father appealing for mourners to be allowed to grieve in peace.
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Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence in a possible drug-related death, police said. He was 28. NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Ledger had an appointment for a massage at the Manhattan apartment believed to be his home. The housekeeper who went to let Ledger know the masseuse was there found him dead at 3:26 p.m.
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Heath Ledger's family joined celebrities and hundreds of other mourners Saturday to bid farewell to the actor at a memorial service in his Australian hometown that began with a haunting Aboriginal dirge.
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The family of Christopher Reeve will hold a private memorial service for the "Superman" star this month.
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An autopsy is scheduled for today as family and colleagues mourn the death of Academy Award-nominated actor Heath Ledger. Ledger was found dead of a possible drug overdose in a Manhattan apartment, police said. Ledger was 28. His family called the death "very tragic, untimely and accidental."
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Heath Ledger's family joined celebrities and other mourners Saturday to bid farewell to the actor at a memorial service in his Australian hometown that began with a haunting Aboriginal dirge.
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The family of Hollywood actor Heath Ledger, found dead in his New York apartment two weeks ago, returned home to Australia on Tuesday ahead of a private funeral expected later this week.
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The 13th patient to receive the world&#39;s first fully implantable artificial heart died Sunday night after an unexpected malfunction in the device made by Abiomed Inc.
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SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - The family of Heath Ledger returned to Australia from the United States on Tuesday in preparation for a private funeral service in the actor's hometown.
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A private funeral was due to take place in London Thursday for murdered Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko.
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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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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 Leger's family joined celebrities and other mourners Saturday to bid farewell to the actor at a memorial service in his Australian hometown.
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Actor Heath Ledger was found dead in  his Manhattan apartment on Tuesday, possibly of a drug  overdose, New York City police said.
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Grieving family of Hollywood actor Heath Ledger pay tribute to son and brother
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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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NEW YORK  -Australian actor Heath Ledger's death was an accident caused by the abuse of prescription drugs, six of which were found in his body, the New York City medical examiner's office said on Wednesday.