Heath Death

Heath Ledger's what?! For those of you who don't know, click on the title of this post and it will take you to the newsweek article. Frankly, I'm shocked ... he was too young ... he was only 28, which is only a year older than me! How frightening is that?! Well apparently his last 2 roles that he recently completed, one in the upcoming movie "Dark Knight" where he plays the Joker (this may be his final finished piece, btw, I guess I'll be heading to the theaters to watch this as a final salute to a young and talented actor) apparently took it's toll on him. He's been known for taking on more serious roles such as Ennis Del Mar in the movie Brokeback Mountain. According to the news and insiders, the last few roles bothered him so much (b/c the character parts were so dark in nature and as an actor you have to get into the role to really be able to portray it properly, I know as a fellow actor) that he was only getting 2 hours of sleep per night. He was getting so little sleep that he had to turn to sleeping aides (like ambien) which apparently only helped him sleep an hour! If any of you guys have ever taken an ambien you know that stuff knocks you OUT! It's crazy ... he has a 2 year old daughter named Matilda with actress Michelle Williams as well. They lived in the brooklyn neighborhood known as Boerum Hill. I've been there a couple of times myself; my sister lives in Brooklyn Heights which is a short 10-15 minute walk from Boerum Hill and I even got to see the house in which the two lived prior to their split up. Michelle stayed in the house but Heath moved out to an apartment in Soho on Broome St (right above the Nanette Lepore store, FYI). So sad, so sad ... it's such a waste of talent ... but everything happens for a reason right? There is a lot of speculation though that he may have accidentally overdosed on anti-anxiety, antihistamine and sleeping pills. It's a real shame, he was such a talented actor and he was really good looking too (it never hurt him I'm sure!). Oh well... I just wanted to get that off my chest b/c it really bothered me to see someone like him, who seemed like he had it all together (he was reportedly seeing Mary-Kate Olsen; his masseuse called Mary-Kate twice before she dialed 911 ... must be really hard for MK to get that sort of news) and he seemed like he was settling down from his hard partying ways (especially after the arrival of his daughter, Matilda). He was being taken seriously as an actor, which is something he always wanted, and he just wasn't a star wreck a la Britney Spears. He mostly just kept out of the limelight. I'm constantly reminded that you just never know what's going on with someone else's life no matter how put together or outta control they may appear to be. You shouldn't judge people by their covers coz the text/story on the inside might be COMPLETELY different. Well, God speed Heath!