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Heath Ledger, death, Hollywood tragedy « Previous | |Next »
January 25, 2008

Celebrity often results in death, especially in Hollywood. Heath Ledger's body was discovered in the bedroom of his residence by his housekeeper and a masseuse who had an appointment with the actor at 3 p.m. An autopsy on the body of actor Heath Ledger proved inconclusive. Prescription sleeping pills and anti-anxiety pills were found in the home, and police said the death appeared to be accidental.

Is this another James Dean? A drug-related death? Ledger's Death bears all the hallmarks of a Hollywood tragedy-- living in the fishbowl of constant media attention.

LedgerHjoker.jpf.jpg Heath Ledger as joker in Christopher Nolan’s successful Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight. The movie trailer is over the page:

This is part of a viral marketing campaign. For fans there is the teaser trailer--- the Dark Knight's bank heist trailer (low quality, as it is just a cam version). It's another viral promotion. Isn't there a difficulty in telling an American tragedy in the land of the American dream?

| Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at 8:33 PM | | Comments (3)
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Gary
some gossip.Ledger lived in Hollywood and New York with actor and fiancee Michelle Williams and their two-year-old daughter Matilda Rose, but the couple split in September last year.He had since been linked to Australian supermodel Gemma Ward, after they were seen together over the Christmas holidays.

Pam
isn't Brockenback Mountain Ledger's best film, in an artistic sense?

Gary,
One of those nutter fundamentalist groups has announced their intention to picket memorial services and Hollywood events honouring Ledger because of his part in Brokeback Mountain. They object to both homosexuality and the way the film portrayed rednecks as intolerant.

Does anything really need to make sense anymore? Has the difference between mediated and unmediated life (and death) completely broken down?