Heath Ledger found dead this afternoon

[Brock Samson]

I don't understand why a 28 year old at the top of his game would be found surrounded by pills, was he unhealthy?.. 

[moparstuart]

I don't understand why a 28 year old at the top of his game would be found surrounded by pills, was he unhealthy?.. 

family now claims he had  pneumonia

[skip68]

I don't understand why a 28 year old at the top of his game would be found surrounded by pills, was he unhealthy?.. 

WRONG<WRONG<WRONG!!!!!!He was not found "Surrounded By Pills!" There just was a prescription bottle of sleeping pills "IN" his room!!! People need to just wait and get the correct info instead of jumping to their own conclusions!!!!!

Grow up? You are talking to a guy with a logo that reads " I support single moms" named Hutch on a car web site. I am as far from growing up as I can get. And thats coming from a 40 year old red neck that still loves fart jokes and seeing people get kicked in the nuts on TV.

Tragic is being 28 and then getting killed by a drunk driver at a red light. This is just some dumb kid that had it all and blew it. Screw em.

Mrs.Skip68

[moparstuart]

I don't understand why a 28 year old at the top of his game would be found surrounded by pills, was he unhealthy?.. 

WRONG<WRONG<WRONG!!!!!!He was not found "Surrounded By Pills!" There just was a prescription bottle of sleeping pills "IN" his room!!! People need to just wait and get the correct info instead of jumping to their own conclusions!!!!!

Grow up? You are talking to a guy with a logo that reads " I support single moms" named Hutch on a car web site. I am as far from growing up as I can get. And thats coming from a 40 year old red neck that still loves fart jokes and seeing people get kicked in the nuts on TV.

Tragic is being 28 and then getting killed by a drunk driver at a red light. This is just some dumb kid that had it all and blew it. Screw em.

  they are still anoucing on the radio here his bed had pills all over it 

Mrs.Skip68

[Brock Samson]

Did you know him or something?.. 
That's what the T.V. is reporting, he was "surrounded by pills".. 

[moparstuart]

Did you know him or something?.. 
That's what the T.V. is reporting, he was "surrounded by pills".. 

thats what they are still saying here also ?

[skip68]

Did you know him or something?.. 
That's what the T.V. is reporting, he was "surrounded by pills".. 

Hey Brock, I was not trying to B%tch you out, it's just the speculation that this thread is leading to, is pissing me off ! Did I know him ,....nope, I wish! I don't know what you are watching, but the medical examiners said he was found IN bed, (Not on the floor,as reported. Paramedics put him on the floor upon arrival to start CPR.) and there was one bottle of sleeping pills found on a nightstand. It has been reported that he was fighting pneumonia, and had been shooting a film in London where it is terrible weather!

Mrs.Skip68

[hemihead]

They said that during an interview a couple months ago that he had trouble sleeping and was taking Ambien ( ? ) . Probably an accidental overdose .  I think Mrs . Skip was in love with him the way she defends him .   

[skip68]

What's not to love!!!! He was HOT!!!!
No, I wasn't in love with him, just a fan. But I defend him because the rumor mills on this topic and other topics just frustrate me!
Mrs.Skip68

[Brock Samson]

found naked at the foot of his bed surrounded by pills by his house keeper... I've heard that at least  dozen times since last night,..
whatever... i just think it's sad and weird he was this "superstar" with a new born baby and he's suddenly found dead alone...
   

[skip68]

I still love ya Brock! Don't be hatin'!!!
Mrs.Skip68

[Ponch ®]

May he be spitting in his hand in the big camping tent in the sky....

[moparstuart]

  radio just said they found all cinda drugs in his system     zanex,valium,ambien, several european drugs ? , and cocaine

[Mike DC]

   

The top levels of Hollywood are basically an enriching centerfuge for self-destructive behaviour.   It's easy for us to look at HL and say, "I would never end up like that."  But we've never been put in anything close to that position at all, let alone having that position become your entire life for a decade or more.   

Many of us, while maybe not ending up dead at 28, might still have ended up doing more stupid crap than we expected of ourselves.  It's only a matter of degree.   

       

[hutch]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22788914/


Damn, only a $20?  He must of been down to his last million dollars or something.

[nh_mopar_fan]

This just in:

He's still dead.

Stay tuned for updates.

[bordin34]

Jack Nicholson said he warned Heith about the ambiem. Jack said that one time he took ambiem and almost drove off a cliff. 

[bull]

Jack Nicholson said he warned Heith about the ambiem. Jack said that one time he took ambiem and almost drove off a cliff. 

Is that the commercial with the butterfly? I'd drive off a cliff too if I had a big neon butterfly getting in my face.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22788914/
Damn, only a $20? He must of been down to his last million dollars or something.

"The $20 bill was found on the floor near Ledger's bed, and New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said lab tests found nothing to indicate it had been used to snort drugs."

Right, it's the only $20 bill in the US with no traces of drugs on it.

[Mike DC]

   
I remember one of the talking heads on TV saying that dude's NY apartment costs $24,000 per month.

[Magnumcharger]

Jack Nicholson said he warned Heith about the ambiem. Jack said that one time he took ambiem and almost drove off a cliff. 

Do you mean - from one Joker to another?

[Mike DC]

Heath really had some BIG shoes to fill with the new Batman role.   

He's the first actor to do a "Joker" role since Jack Nicholson's awesome 1989 performance.  Imagine being a 28yo actor trying to measure up to that.     

[68chrgrwife]

Please remember that mistakes do happen, Doctors can prescribe drugs forgetting or not knowing about other meds the patient is on.  Heath had said (in an interview) that he was having a horrible time sleeping since portraying the Joker....He needed the meds to sleep.  It isn't like he was abusing the drugs.....that HAS been CONFIRMED.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/101112?GT1=10755

Kelly also reported that several prescription drugs were found at the scene and that they included sleeping pills, but he did not release the names of the medications or the quantity. However, a source close to the investigation has revealed to NEWSWEEK that authorities found six drugs with European prescriptions in Ledger's apartment: Zopiclone, Diazepam, Lormetazepam, Temazepam, Alprazolam and Donormyl-doxylamine. One was an antihistamine and the other five were either sleeping aids (similar to Ambien) or anti-anxiety drugs (similar to Valium). All of these medications depress the central nervous system-which can lead to death if taken in the wrong quantities or combinations, explains Edward Langston, M.D., a pharmacist and chair of the American Medical Association's board of trustees. "You just fall asleep and stop breathing if you take too much for you."

[Back N Black]

With that amount of meds. sounds like he was addicted to prescription drugs. 

[68chrgrwife]

With that amount of meds. sounds like he was addicted to prescription drugs. 

well, then with the amount of meds I have I guess I am addicted too right.  I take different stuff for my disease and mixed together or in the wrong doses I could end up just like him.  Do you realize how easy it is to forget that you took a certain med and when?  I do it all the time.  Why do we have to assume that just because he is a celebrity that he was abusing drugs or whatever.....it easily could have been an honest mistake.  Unfortunately a beautiful actor in the prime of his career was taken from this earth.......

[hemihead]

 But when one of the hot looking actresses has a problem or gets busted , right away they are guilty ?