RIP Heath Ledger

Lets not go overboard here

Im friends with many celebrities and while there is hard work involved and annoyances (paparazzi and fans) it can also be a great gig if the person has the willpower to not let it go to their head. There are plenty of celebrities living healthy normal lifestyles (outside of work).

 

some people just cant handle success.

 

Its the truth..and if it comes too fast and easy and you dont have a mentor to guide you through you can self destruct quickly. People shouldnt judge unless they've been in that position.

 

+1

He wasn't tabloid material. From what I could gather, he didn't act to be a celebrity; he acted for the sake of acting. Anderson Cooper and Dr. Drew made a comment on how lucky he was because the media continually praised him, but they never built him up the way they did other celebrities.

It should also be noted that he recently had pneumonia and his death may be a tragic and unfortunate accident; not the act of "some overindulged numbskull that offs himself..."

- Christopher

 

Yes, those are the truly crazy ones!


This is a difficult topic, because many celebrities who are highly intelligent, and highly motivated still end up destroying themselves.

Heath seemed like a decent guy, and was never in tabloids and never constantly scrutinzed. He seemed to create a steady path for himself but somehow ended up dying far too young.

 

Mustaffa Aoli, i think that was his name.

 

Kinda looks like Kimi to me.
http://thecia.com.au/reviews/k/images/knight-s-tale-poster-0.jpg

 

Not sure why you are so convinced that he killed himself, as the evidence suggests otherwise. I'm surprised someone with your wealth (drawn from your profile) still doesn't understand that money or a career doesn't equal happiness, maybe by your standards he had it, but he himself seemed to be a very private person, didn't seem to enjoy the nightlife as so many other young hollywood types do, and picked roles without regard to money. After "A Knight's Tale" I figured him for another male eye candy type actor, but he certainly proved me wrong with his subsequent films and I have enjoyed his performances and looked forward to his portrayal of Joker this summer.

Celebrities are truly just like everyone else, the only difference being that the public has collectively decided to value and recognize their names and faces. Regardless of how he lived his life or how he died he was a human and his death will have human consequences on those around him; every death, especially one at his age, is very tragic. Also in response to some of the comments about how the actors are overcompensated for their work - if you were in their position and the studios made hundreds of millions of dollars off your back and your marketability, you too would be angry if you took home six figures or less. If it is so simple to make so much money - quit your job and good luck at your next audition.

 

i certainly understand that ones money or career doesnt equal happiness. i, like heath according to seemingly everyone here, worked kinda hard to get where i'm at. now, the interest on his money in his bank account alone would drwarf mine. sure, this could have been some medical abnormality, or pnuemonia that caused his death, and if so, then i'll be the first to eat crow and say i was wrong.
but to have such a great life and daughter and waste it overmedicating(the kids not dumb), well i just dont get it. by the way i'm happy with my job here in podunk mississippi, dont need you cali freaks and auditions(jk).

 

meningitis?

 

Problem is, people with mental illness or emotional disturbances can't reason that easily. I have no knowledge of the background of Heath Ledger but many actors have emotional issues related to self-acceptance, esteem, depression, etc. Many seek praise for performance to fill the voids in their own hearts, and, as we know, such praise is fleeting and ultimately unfulfilling.

 

It could also be as simple as instead of taking the 1 or 2 pills every, however many hours, you bump it up to 3. That in some people may not cause a bit of difference, others it can kill. All our bodies handle medications differently. A "cocktail" of his prescribed medications could easily cause an O.D. without him purposely taking an excess amount of them.

I'd like to know the prescribed dates on all of these mediations.

 

Mix something like Xanax and Percocet together and that could have dire consequences. I've been prescribed both of these at the same time in the past and a friend told me they were potentially lethal combined. Thankfully I mentioned it and he knew, because I did NOT.

Could have been as simple as that for the poor guy.

RMX

 

It's always a tragedy when someone is stricken down at such a young age. But at risk of sounding insensitive, I feel like there's a disproportionate amount of attention surrounding his death (media driven, naturally). John Lennon, Princess Di--I understood when folks were torn apart about them, leaving flowers and makeshift memorials in their honor. But Heath Ledger was a young actor, star in only a handful of films, who in life shunned the media attention he's getting bombarded with post-mortem. Just my 2 cents.

 

Could have been drugs. This is currently in the NYP. I mentioned River Phoenix earlier...

RMX

January 31, 2008 -- HEATH Ledger had become a regular user of cocaine and heroin in the past year, getting so high on drugs that an exasperated Michelle Williams was forced to boot him out of their Brooklyn home, The Post has learned.

"She couldn't take it any more. Heath wouldn't show up for two to three days, and all of a sudden he would show up on her doorstep, an absolute wreck," a member of Ledger's entourage who did drugs with him told The Post's Lorena Mongelli. "He was partying, doing drugs. She didn't like the company he was keeping. She gave him an ultimatum. . . . and threatened to get custody of the girl. He wanted to make it work, but it was this scene he was wrapped up in. Was he an addict? Yeah."

The revelation comes as "Entertainment Tonight" and "The Insider" said that "out of respect for Heath Ledger's family," they would drop plans to air a video of Ledger snorting cocaine with a rolled-up bill at the Chateau Marmont. The video was taped without Ledger's knowledge following the SAG Awards two years ago. PageSix.com reports that Ledger quips on the tape, "I'm gonna get so much [bleep] from my girlfriend. We have a baby together, Matilda."

Heath's drug pal told The Post the 28-year-old star's mushrooming fame had him constantly exposed to drugs. As the pressures of work grew, he couldn't say no, and then wouldn't get help. "He was hanging out with a bad crowd. He wasn't cleaning up his act. He was making absolutely no effort . . . He was really into heroin. He wasn't sleeping or communicating with anyone."

Ledger's lifeless body was found in his Broome Street loft in SoHo last week along with six kinds of prescription pills. Authorities believe he overdosed, although the cause of death won't be official until toxicology tests are finished.

"At the end of the day this is really tragic," the source said. "He was a nice guy. I first met him in 2002. He was scared about the whole Hollywood thing . . . I don't think he realized how crazy it was going to be. So many people wanted a piece of him."

But, the pal adds, things got really bad when heroin entered the picture. "Once you go down that road, then it gets really scary. Because all of sudden you shoot up, you take heroin, then you do a line of cocaine and then you take sleeping pills. Look at River Phoenix, he died exactly the same way."

Ledger's reps didn't get back to us.

 

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The official cause of death has been determined as an accidental overdose.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/06/heath.ledger/index.html

 

Like I said above, mix those things together and you are asking for it. Probably didn't feel a thing thankfully. RIP.

RMX

 

"Hydrocodone and oxycodone are painkillers. Diazepam is an anti-anxiety drug commonly sold under the brand name Valium; alprazolam is also an anti-anxiety drug sold under such names as Xanax. Temazepam, sold under such names as Restoril and Euhypnos, is a sleeping agent. Doxylamine, an antihistamine, can be obtained over the counter as a sleep aid."

Hydro, oxy, valium, and xanax are all very abused.

Hydro and Oxycodone are opiates for chrisake..

 

Oh come on, the rolled up twenty dollar bill & the Olson twin bodyguard going over there before 911 was called? I still think Mary "cocaine" Kate Olson has an involvement in this.