Jan 23 2008UPDATE: Heath Ledger's death might be drug related
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Police found a rolled up $20 bill with "narcotic residue" on it in the apartment where Heath Ledger was found dead yesterday, according to CBS News:
Sources add they also found several drug packets containing an unknown substance. CBS 2 has learned these items were all listed on the official police report from the scene.
To be clear, it's still unknown whether these items belonged to Ledger or whether he even actually ingested them.
The drugs could turn out not to be Heath Ledger's. From what I hear they're probably his. No one will know for 10 days until a more thorough autopsy is complete. But it gives eerie resonance to Jack Nicholson's cryptic remark last night of "I warned him."
UPDATE: The NYPD is saying there was no visible residue on the rolled-up $20 bill, according to the AP.

Reader Comments
1. Hater of weepy Heath fanboys and fangirls - January 23, 2008 1:19 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
*gasp*
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
*gasp*
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
*gasp*
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
*gasp*
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
2. kush - January 23, 2008 1:20 PM
NUMBER 1, FUCK YOU SECOND RATE BITCHES
3. commish - January 23, 2008 1:21 PM
Noooooooooooooooo!
*runs from office wailing*
4. biz - January 23, 2008 1:21 PM
an eerie resonance?
5. Skip Smith - January 23, 2008 1:23 PM
They must have meant packets of pneumonia, and a rolled up bill with a residue of sleep apnea.
6. Gerald_Tarrant - January 23, 2008 1:23 PM
I agree with #1. Haha fucking ha. Imagine my shock.
7. Andrea - January 23, 2008 1:24 PM
Ooooooohhhh, so THAT'S what he was doing.
Didn't he have a daughter or something?
Nice fucking choices. Respect is earned by the way you live your life. His daughter's tragedy is the way her father chose to live his life, not his early death.
8. Sid - January 23, 2008 1:26 PM
LMAO @ #5! I think they also found traces of method-acting-exhaustion.
9. Hollywood Agent - January 23, 2008 1:26 PM
There are no gay cowboys here in the West, and I think he deserved to die because he was in such a foolish movie where he played a Gay, Home wrecker Cowboy.
There is no such thing.
This is just some Hollywood fantasy made up by Jewish Movie Moguls, whose Mommy's would not let them play Cowboys and Indians since they use guns and they think that the game is not PC.
10. Gerald_Tarrant - January 23, 2008 1:26 PM
Oh and why the hell else would Michelle Williams split up with him? She's a fucking dog and she won't get anything hotter than Heath. He's was a fucking coke head.
11. Caleb - January 23, 2008 1:27 PM
Damn, Ledger.
CNN was reporting that he was deeply affected by the role he played as The Joker and he was quoted as taking lots of sleeping pills to ease the stress. Maybe the inability to sleep was irking him so he got risky and just did some drugs to ease the pain. I wouldn't be surprised if that was his first time trying it...
12. fergernauster - January 23, 2008 1:29 PM
I am officially tiring of all this now. He was into drugs. What a shame.
Now it is time for a pee break and a little trip up salty-nugget alley. Yum!
13. Cap'm Pickles - January 23, 2008 1:31 PM
Oh, my god! Who would have known. Oh, and for all of you simpering assholes defending and crying for this douche, fuck you. A douche is a douche, dead or alive. We have kids dying in Iraq, and you idiots are all simpy over some narcissistic actor. Fuck you again, in case you didn't read it the first time.
14. Rusting Rabbit - January 23, 2008 1:33 PM
Wow...I can't believe people get so homophobic...it was a movie...movie. Fiction. I don't get upset when I see Moses parting the Red Sea. It is based on a concept, then elaborated, how all good movies (and religions) are created.
And how do you know there are no gay cowboys? Maybe they are but they are too afraid of homophobics like you condeming them?
It's like saying there are no gay Iranians, since...no one dares to say anything.
15. DIANA - January 23, 2008 1:33 PM
WELL NO SHIT. HE WAS HANGING OUT WITH LINDSAY LOHAN!!!!
16. Ignio - January 23, 2008 1:34 PM
I'm stealing this from another commenter in a previous thread - I'll miss his "bum-piercing sensitivity". Speaking of which, he was also found naked, butt up, waiting for an outcall massage. In an apartment with narcotics. This is going to get even better as more info is released. I wonder if the "masseuse" was named Samantha Swallows or Lance Steers?
17. Rusting Rabbit - January 23, 2008 1:34 PM
Wow...I can't believe people get so homophobic...it was a movie...movie. Fiction. I don't get upset when I see Moses parting the Red Sea. It is based on a concept, then elaborated, how all good movies (and religions) are created.
And how do you know there are no gay cowboys? Maybe they are but they are too afraid of homophobics like you condeming them?
It's like saying there are no gay Iranians, since...no one dares to say anything.
A man is dead, whether his movies pissed you off or not, he's dead, so save your homophobic rant for some other gay cowboy movie to come out, since I am sure you went on a tangent when Brokeback came out.
18. getabrain - January 23, 2008 1:36 PM
"CNN was reporting that he was deeply affected by the role he played as The Joker and he was quoted as taking lots of sleeping pills to ease the stress. Maybe the inability to sleep was irking him so he got risky and just did some drugs to ease the pain. I wouldn't be surprised if that was his first time trying it..."
1. His drug habit was well known and predated the Batman movie.
2. That movie wrapped filming 2 months ago.
19. DIANA - January 23, 2008 1:36 PM
WELL NO SHIT. HE WAS HANGING OUT WITH LINDSAY LOHAN!!!!
20. DIANA - January 23, 2008 1:37 PM
WELL NO SHIT. HE WAS HANGING OUT WITH LINDSAY LOHAN!!!!
21. DIANA - January 23, 2008 1:39 PM
WELL NO SHIT. HE WAS HANGING OUT WITH LINDSAY LOHAN!!!!
22. Ranee - January 23, 2008 1:39 PM
None of you really know this guy or his habits. It is tragic no matter what the circumstances that his daughter lost her father. If he was into to drugs, he may have cleaned up later and would have been able to be there for her. If he wasn't, he wasn't. I am no better than anyone else, so I have no right to judge. It's sad that there is so much attention being given to this story in such a negative light. I send my sympathy to his family, especially his daughter.
#9-You are a douche.
By the way...he was a year late for the dead at 27 club...even more tragic. Can we please go back to laughing at the crazies in the world now? It's tragic also that Britney's kids have a psycho mom, but she's refusing to get help and providing us all with plenty of hilarity...I'm sure there are more stories like that for us to laugh at. Bring 'em back.
23. Peppermintfatty - January 23, 2008 1:41 PM
Who would have thought young hollywood should be listening to Jack Nicholson's advice on life.
24. Matthew - January 23, 2008 1:43 PM
"It is tragic no matter what the circumstances that his daughter lost her father. If he was into to drugs, he may have cleaned up later and would have been able to be there for her. If he wasn't, he wasn't. I am no better than anyone else, so I have no right to judge."
Ahhh...moral relativism. I've died and...gone to HOLLYWOOD, baby!
Didn't this place used to be against all that? When did Streisand take over? Oh yeah - when the writer stopped being funny.
25. jrz - January 23, 2008 1:46 PM
And in the DUH category of the day....................possible drug use linked to celebutard's death
26. Hollywood Agent - January 23, 2008 1:47 PM
# 22-
You're the douche bag. His daughter is set for life with all of the money that he has made, and most likely if he had lived he would have spent her whole interentance on drugs. You are the idiot. This guy as a Meth Head and got what he deserved.
27. FreeJose - January 23, 2008 1:48 PM
Doing coke out of a $20? That's living large. I wouldn't even use a $5 back in the day.
28. Hollywood Agent - January 23, 2008 1:50 PM
Sorry, my last post did not go through my spell checker, and I only visit this site when I'm drunk.
# 22-
You're the douche bag. His daughter is set for life with all of the money that he has made, and most likely if he had lived he would have spent her whole inheritance on drugs. You are the idiot. This guy as a Meth Head and got what he deserved.
29. Pete - January 23, 2008 1:50 PM
Other than his movie performances, and the fact that he has a shy smile that seems like catnip to the girls and the girlish boys, what exactly did he do in his life to earn all this fawning? So far, I see an absentee dad with a drug habit who bounced around dating celebrity chicks. Seriously, is there anything else?
30. FRIST!!! - January 23, 2008 1:56 PM
If he had just learned to SHARE, none of this would have happened..
31. Wendy - January 23, 2008 1:59 PM
Now they're reporting that they found heroin in a baggie hidden in a bottle of...tada: Anal-Ese lubricant.
Now, don't everybody jump to conclusions...
32. noneyobeezwax - January 23, 2008 2:01 PM
what's all this shit about being "deeply affected by the role he was playing". get a fuckin grip. you're an actor, you act. it's all make believe, why the hell would you be affected by it at all. if you couldn't handle it then maybe you should have gone back to turning tricks for your next fix.
33. Utley - January 23, 2008 2:01 PM
"Jack Nicholson's cryptic remark last night"
Ah-ha! He was in crypt. That explains the appearance of those two zombies behind him in the last story.
34. my comment - January 23, 2008 2:03 PM
hey Wendy, it was a MOVIE. You do understand that, right? Or are you a complete fucking twat? That was a retorical question.
I know this is a site for making fun of celebrities, but you guys are making me fucking sick with your homophobic antics and distastefull comments on assuming you know anything about this guy. Seriously, are you guys that fucked up? His family, mostly his daughter, have lost him. Now have some respect.
35. Tamie - January 23, 2008 2:05 PM
I feel so bad for his daughter! She'll never have a (another?) chance to watch dad get high when he bothers to have her over for a visit.
36. Captain Fucktard - January 23, 2008 2:06 PM
Where are the "too soon" jokes? I'm deeply disappointed.
37. LaFrascatana - January 23, 2008 2:09 PM
Yeah, the douche is at #22.
Hollywood Agent is right. I remember when Brokeback Mountain came out I considered myself a "tolerant" sort and wanted to be politically correct -- and then being thoroughly disgusted when Jake G. spit on his hand to lube up Heath's butthole. The rest of the movie was just totally unconvincing. But that scene really reveals the Satanic motivation behind political-correctness and you can see it all around you.
As for Heath, he was no saint. There are plenty of stories about his consumption of drugs. Jason Lee talks about going over to his house and finding him on the phone with his dealer. Whether or not he overdosed, his body was definitely weakened by years of tweaking.
38. In The Know - January 23, 2008 2:15 PM
From what I've heard, he liked his narcotics.
39. tap-tap isthisthingon - January 23, 2008 2:16 PM
He was apparently scheduled to have a massage in his apartment that afternoon.
Guess he didn’t get the happy ending. Or did he?
(too soon?)
40. Doomhammer - January 23, 2008 2:17 PM
All of these fucking hollywood types are on the dope. Reds, Blues, Poppers, the weed, uppers, downers, you name it. Its all that rock-n-roll musics fault. Damn devil music !!!!!!
41. Rita - January 23, 2008 2:18 PM
Ok, people, it doesn't matter if he was a coke-head. You all need to find something else to do rather than laugh at the death of another person. You're sick. There's nothing wrong with people feeling sad upon hearing about someone's death, but there IS something wrong with people being cruel about it. Why do YOU care either way now that he's dead? Why do you have to laugh and talk about how fucked up he was and how glad you are? WHO CARES WHAT YOU THINK? And why should you care that other people are sad? You're acting like a bunch of poop-fling monkeys. GROW THE FUCK UP and get another freaking hobby, idiots.
42. tap-tap isthisthingon - January 23, 2008 2:20 PM
Words last overheard in Heath Ledger's apartment.
“let’s massage some life into those stiff legs”
(too soon?)
43. FreeJose - January 23, 2008 2:23 PM
@ 36
Are they really going to play the Super Bowl on Feb 3 without giving us time to properly mourn the passing of Heath? Really? Seriously? It's too soon. It's just too soon.
This is the second year in a row my Super Bowl experience has been ruined by a tragic death of a rising young star. First, Barbaro gets put down on January 29, 2007. And now this. *Shaking Head*. To quote the great Nancy Kerrigan: Why Me! Why Me!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy now, #36?
44. tap-tap isthisthingon - January 23, 2008 2:23 PM
Yesterday, Heath Ledger seemed to confirm critics' contentions that he is a stiff actor, and that his last performance in particular was a little hard to swallow.
(too soon?)
45. tap-tap isthisthingon - January 23, 2008 2:25 PM
The Ledger reads:
Batman: 1
Joker: 0
(too soon?)
46. Doomhammer - January 23, 2008 2:25 PM
The dead pool guys say these always happen in 3's. So who is next? We already have Brad Renfro and Heath Ledger. Could we be so lucky to see Brittany stiff and pale soon?
47. OMG - January 23, 2008 2:26 PM
OK #22 I agree with you. The rest of you, seriously get a grip. YOu people all sound so dumb. hahahaaaaaaaaaa hahahaaaaaaaaaaa talking about person you don't even know and of course consumed by the media. hahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Nobody really knows what he was up to. I am not defending him nor am I saying he what really happend BC I WASNT THERE. Its really sad to see all these celebrites with all the money in the world... no happiness what so ever. Anyway, nobody can sit there and judge bc half of you (im sure) have done drugs before!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So shove it, its life we all have issues! We are all human.
48. G - January 23, 2008 2:27 PM
Who's Killing the Fag-Actors.
Heath Ledger is found dead of an apparent drug overdose in the bedroom of an apartment in New York City, a week after Brad Renfro is found dead of an apparent drug overdose in the bedroom of his apartment in Los Angeles. Both young actors gained acclaim for roles in controversial gay-themed films-- Ledger in the Academy Award-nominated Brokeback Mountain, and Renfro in Apt Pupil, Bryan Singer's Nazi movie that led to lawsuits by underage male extras who claimed they were forced into nudity. Sadly, They Die in Threes, so we await the next Marilyn Monroe-Anna Nicole style death of a young, talented male actor.
49. Texas Tranny - January 23, 2008 2:28 PM
Yeah right........there are no gay cowboys?????????
50. musicisourhigh - January 23, 2008 2:31 PM
Just really sad
51. theShizaan - January 23, 2008 2:32 PM
like Rick James says: "Cocaine's a helluva drug!"
I think some of you haters need to go off and chase a bag of coke with a bottle of Ambien, cause you can never judge a man till you walk in his birkenstocks.
52. PunkA - January 23, 2008 2:33 PM
My only complaint is that the drugs took him, and have not been able to snuff out Brit, Lohan, Paris, Kim Kardashian, Tara Reid or Mischa Barton yet.
Where is the justice in that? Imagine the day of world rejoicing if they all went down at once.
53. script - January 23, 2008 2:34 PM
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Holy dog shit! Texas? Only steers and queers come from Texas, Private Cowboy. And you don't look much like a steer to me so that kinda narrows it down. Do you suck dicks?
Cowboy: Sir, no sir!
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Are you a peter puffer?
Cowboy: Sir, no sir!
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: I'll bet you're the kinda guy that would fuck a person in the ass and not even have the goddamn common courtesy to give him a reach-around. I'll be watching you.
54. Rita - January 23, 2008 2:35 PM
You know, I have more to add too.
1.) I can't find a reliable source that says he had a bad drug habit. Where are you getting your information? Tabloids? Gossip columns? I'm not saying he didn't have one, but people seem to be doing a lot of assuming.
2.) He was not an absentee dad. How would you even know that? You wouldn't. You wouldn't have any idea. And for your information, he wasn't. I'm sure when his daughter is of age she would STILL rather have a father than a fortune. Most children would, but, who knows, maybe not? After all, she IS an evil celebrity baby!
3.) YOU are the ones who pay to see Hollywood movies, who pay to watch television, who read the gossip sites, etc. You make Hollywood rich, and Hollywood gives you exactly what you want. Now you're blaming famous people for being famous? Um... what? And is it a sin to want to act and be in movies? Last time I checked that was still a legitimate goal to have. I mean, everyone hates the writer's strike, but when it comes to spewing hatred you act like you want to shut down Hollywood. I'd like to see you live without it, you boring-ass people. Face it: you've got nothing better to do.
4.) You people are stupid-ass homophobes. Welcome to the 21st century. Maybe you're just bitter because your lot (homo imbecilus) will soon die out. Sorry boutcha, but you won't be missed.
5.) You STILL don't know any more about Heath Ledger than anyone else. I guess you know him waaaay better than the "simpering" crybabies who actually really don't know anything about him. You've got his type pegged: handsome, successful, oh, no wait, I see one a flaw! He's not human because he's a celebrity, which means he's a coked-up douchebag who deserves no respect. Terrible logic, by the way.
6.) The fact still remains, you all love the gossip and you know you want more. Dish dish. What would your day be like without it? Utterly boring. So don't even pretend you hate it.
55. Doomhammer - January 23, 2008 2:38 PM
Hey 52, I hea ya.
I mean Stevie Ray Vaghn and Buddy Holly go down and die, and we cant get fucking Jon Bon Jovi on a fucking helicopter. Where is the justice????
John Leno gets shot 50 fucking times, and Yoko standing next to him doesnt catch ONE SINGLE BULLET? Where is the justice I ask?
56. me - January 23, 2008 2:43 PM
54- thank you.
57. Doomhammer - January 23, 2008 2:45 PM
Dear #54,
Lighten up Francis.
58. My dearest Rita, the ATM specialist - January 23, 2008 2:48 PM
"The fact still remains, you all love the gossip and you know you want more. Dish dish. What would your day be like without it? Utterly boring. So don't even pretend you hate it."
True. The gossip. We love it.
You? We hate you. You're...what was it?..."utterly boring."
59. RENEE... - January 23, 2008 2:50 PM
Fuckin drugs, they are the devil. Here everyones been on death watch for Britney and other obviously screwed up celebs... and instead death comes out of left field & snatches one of the good ones from us! Bastard! Only the good die young?
60. keller1974 - January 23, 2008 2:51 PM
Well said, Rita (#54), well said.
I'd also like to know where everyone is getting the info that he had a past drug habit. I wasn't aware of it, so I'm curious to read if it is really true.
(#55.....John Leno.....Is that Jay's brother?!) ha ha
The point remains that no one really knows why he died. (Accidental OD, narcotics, pre-existing heart condition....etc.) Let's just wait until the autopsy results in 10 days before casting more stones.
And for the homophobes - if it really bothers you that much, don't watch the damn movies! Geesh!
61. Dr. Phil, spoken while licking Oprah's gorilla butthole - January 23, 2008 2:52 PM
mmmph...mmmph..splligggght...
Wait is this thing on? Ok, so here's how I know that Oprah and I have accomplished our mission:
"So shove it, its life we all have issues! We are all human." (#47)
Empty psychobabble in lieu of thinking, with a side of teentardation-speak. Just like you ordered.
62. FRIST!!! - January 23, 2008 2:53 PM
#13 Yeah, DOUCHE, we have kids dying right here in America as well, why does it always have to be Iraq? Still has nothing to do with Britney Spears, which is what this post is ABOUT, ya idiot!!!
63. visitor - January 23, 2008 2:54 PM
You realize you're all sick, don't you? This bunch of vultures around a dead body, each one fighting to show whose life is more pathetic by making the most supposedly witty remark. I think I'm going to puke.
Ah, yes, and get a life (one of your own, if possible)!
64. ipanema_girl_turned_schuyler - January 23, 2008 2:57 PM
FRIST? THIS post is about Britney Spears? Really? hmmmm.
65. keller1974 - January 23, 2008 2:58 PM
And then how are you any different, "visitor" (#63)? Getting your own life by swarming around the dead body, just as you say that we are doing? Couldn't wait to get your two cents in, huh? If you'd actually read some of the posts, you'd see that there are a few people who are not judging, not gossiping; just asking questions. Don't be so quick to lump all Superficial readers into one giant category.
66. Vince Lombardi - January 23, 2008 3:06 PM
There is no such thing as "a more thorough autopsy." There is ONE autopsy and it is done as quickly as possible after death. The wait is for a toxicology examination, and that can take weeks. And that will definitely tell you if there were drugs in his body, what kind, how much, and if they played a role in his death.
And since sleeping pills ARE drugs, if this was the cause of death -accidental, intentional, whatever - then (*duh*) the death is "drug-related." A more succinct headline would read "Ledger's death might be related to OTHER drugs" or "ILLEGAL drugs" or "not sleeping pill drugs."
Guess the writers' strike is still on.....
67. RosiesVaginaSap - January 23, 2008 3:07 PM
#63 Go ahead and puke, no one gives a shit. Excuse me if I don't get all weepy over someone I never met. Good people die every day in Iraq (and not from drugs either). Good people die every day from totally random shit. What the fuck makes him so special? Keep your holy than thou bullshit to yourself next time fuckstick.
68. Sam - January 23, 2008 3:09 PM
Wait - it was an autopsy? I thought it was an investigation of Heath's sexuality ("inconclusive").
69. FCS - January 23, 2008 3:09 PM
Well so much for "Brokeback Mountian 2: The Reckoning"
70. kate - January 23, 2008 3:11 PM
he's been doing heroin the past three years. he fucked up and couldn't get off the dope. now he's dead.
71. kate - January 23, 2008 3:12 PM
he's been doing heroin the past three years. he fucked up and couldn't get off the dope. now he's dead.
72. Ralph - January 23, 2008 3:14 PM
Addicted to both heroin and crack (well, Jake's, at least). Sad.
73. FRIST!!! - January 23, 2008 3:14 PM
#64 I was joking..
74. actual info - January 23, 2008 3:24 PM
The acclaimed actor was found naked and unconscious in his $26,000-a-month Manhattan apartment, surrounded by prescription anti-anxiety and sleeping pills.
Ledger, 28, reportedly spent several days at a drug rehabilitation clinic, battling an addiction to heroin, after his split from fiancee Michelle Williams in September.
After the split, Ledger moved into a luxury Soho loft boasting a private lift. But neighbours said the apartment was only partly furnished and his bed was just a mattress on the floor.
Police said they found prescription anti-anxiety and sleeping pills in the bedroom, including generic forms of Valium and Xanax.
They could not confirm reports Ledger had pneumonia.
Ledger lived in Brooklyn with Williams and Matilda until the couple split in September.
He spent Christmas with his family in Perth, where he was romantically linked to Aussie model Gemma Ward.
Other reports said he was in a relationship with American party girl Lindsay Lohan.
But sources close to the star – who played a heroin addict in the 2006 Australian movie Candy . said he was desperately battling drugs, alcohol and depression.
"To tell you the truth . . . we saw it coming," one friend told a US website.
75. blizzy - January 23, 2008 3:26 PM
Some of you people try too hard to be funny. No one will discover your "amazing" talents here...
It's sad he killed himself, but that's a coward's way to go so my sympathy is limited. I would've never known he was in that Brokeback Mountain movie if the news hadn't said so - you couldn't pay me to watch it.
Oh and #69 that was funny as hell. I'm still laughing.
76. PunkA - January 23, 2008 3:27 PM
Hey #54, got any comments now?
77. Rita - January 23, 2008 3:31 PM
#74, what's the source of your information? Is it reliable? You know, I really doubt it.
#58, ok, you hate me. Whatever. But I'm still right.
#57, who is Francis?
78. Dr. Rosenpenis - January 23, 2008 3:31 PM
Shocking, cause I mean he looks so healthy and vibrant in all the pictures I have seen today. Christ how could anyone be surprised?
Then again spending more than 5 minutes talkiing with Blohan would drive anyone to hard drugs.
79. feararewishes - January 23, 2008 3:36 PM
#27
FreeJose, only a douche bag of the first order cares what the denomination of the bill is that they are using to snort some dope.
In fact, jamming a filthy bill into your beak in order to get some drug that was smuggled into this country jammed up the ass of some third world mule is probably not the sort of long range plan I can approve.
Keith Richards once observed, "street drugs are for pussies." I would add that they are for morons.
Stick to prescription drugs kiddies. They are stronger and more reliable than that street crap you so enjoy from your filthy dollar bill.
Thank you.
80. Andrew - January 23, 2008 3:37 PM
"#74, what's the source of your information? Is it reliable? You know, I really doubt it."
I think I hate this more than anything else. Hard to say..."It's my opinion! Everybody is entitled to their opinion!" is a close competitor.
Make your mind up based on god knows what, then speak like a knowledgeable skeptic, or actually like what you think one might say. But it only consists of "I don't buy it" just like Bill O'Reilly. You thought a little, and now you're done thinking. Just be honest and say that.
81. FCS - January 23, 2008 3:37 PM
#54 feel better now that you go that all out? Great. You must be a fun date. Let me guess your a vegan too right? I haven't been to a movie in years, so I could care less what becomes of Hollywood or celebrites. Just don't fuck with the NFL and everything will be cool.
#75 thanks bro I was sitting on that one all day.
82. My dearest Rita, the ATM specialist - January 23, 2008 3:39 PM
As always, sweetie, you were wondering "what's that TASTE?!?" and missed the key point: you're boring. But thanks for commenting again and showing that you're also reliably boring.
83. Nice Girl - January 23, 2008 3:40 PM
Rest in Peace Heath Ledger. All of the rest of you guys grow a heart. This is the superficial. Not the Insensitive.
84. Rita - January 23, 2008 3:41 PM
#77, there is a difference between a reliable news source and a tabloid. If it is not a major news source that names people and cites exactly where it got its information (like CNN, MSN, etc.), it is probably a tabloid. Tabloids are known for providing false or hasty information.
Whether or not Ledger was a user, I highly doubt most of the people here have never used drugs or suffered from anxiety/depression and are all piss-poor but happy and flawless people. I don't care how he died or what he did; my point is that no one else really has room to criticize. He was human, like everyone else, and in being human he had problems and he deserves some respect. He doesn't deserve less just because he was a celebrity (which, by the way, you can only be if people know who you are and feel the need to know every detail of your life).
85. PunkA - January 23, 2008 3:42 PM
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23099380-661,00.html
#77, Looks like it is from The Herald Sun, the leading paper in Australia. So, yeah, reputable news. So take you moral high ground skepticism and shove it up your judgmental ass.
86. Shallow Val - January 23, 2008 3:43 PM
Yep, 54 - I'm all over that. You said a mouthful and I enjoyed reading it. I feel the same way (and I include myself among the dummies because I keep coming back.)
Gonna miss Heath. He didn't have to die. Good ones always leave early. That's why my 86 year old mean and nasty grandmother will still be around in ten years, cuz she was and is a horrid cunt. Yep, I said it.
87. PunkA - January 23, 2008 3:44 PM
From the Herald Sun newspaper in Melbourne, Australia folks. Reputable news. Look it up yourself. Especially you Rita.
88. Bad Girl - January 23, 2008 3:45 PM
I wonder if the skinny fuck (nice heroin skeleton) will have a full head of hair in the afterlife? Probably not, since he's going to the special place for dad who abandon their 2-year-old daughters.
Anyway, I just read the single best TRUE aspect of this story: his Hollywood-style tribute will be lead by Mel Gibson. That is just absolutely perfect. Sure, they had to get an Aussie, but the pressure of lying about what he truly believes will cause Mel to have a priceless slip or two. Can't wait.
89. Rita - January 23, 2008 3:47 PM
#80, I actually DO know where #74 got his/her information (because I actually DON'T have anything else to do right now), and I can safely say it came from one of several tabloids and/or gossip blogs (like this one). MSN mentions the rolled up $20 but states that no drug residue is, at this time, evident.
And before anyone says anything, I've already admitted I have nothing better to do at the moment.
90. erica. - January 23, 2008 3:50 PM
Most of these comments are why I have no faith in humanity. Homophobic, heartless assholes. Even if he did OD, it's still sad. He was an amazing and BRAVE actor.
I don't know if I'll be able to watch another movie with him in it ever again.
I'll get sad. :/
91. Rita - January 23, 2008 3:53 PM
The Herald Sun is a TABLOID. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herald_Sun
#81, I eat meat and I watch football. (If for no other reason than I hate the Patriots, GO GIANTS.)
#82, I don't CARE if you (a total stranger) think I'm boring. Ok, see ya.
92. PunkA - January 23, 2008 3:53 PM
People who come to the Fish come to make fun. It is what this place is, for better or worse.
He was a real talent. I was psyched for the new Batman movie, and still am, but it will be pretty eerie now. I just feel bad that a 2-year old lost her daddy. That sucks the most.
93. Eric - January 23, 2008 3:54 PM
Ewww. I just read that the rolled up 20 didn't have drug residue, but it did have Astroglyde on it. I hope the daughter never finds daddy's secret stash of home videos.
94. Teacher - January 23, 2008 3:56 PM
"Whether or not Ledger was a user, I highly doubt most of the people here have never used drugs or suffered from anxiety/depression"
Glossing over the main point of dispute after being challenged, followed by mindless generalization with no possible basis in direct knowledge, and phrased using double negatives.
FAIL
95. sanity - January 23, 2008 3:58 PM
"Rita" and the like: you're complaining about people gossiping. At a gossip site. You're a very familiar type of person from real life, and I do my best to avoid you, as do most people.
96. Rita - January 23, 2008 3:59 PM
And, oh yeah, I'm judgmental? Against whom? Certainly not "fags," drug addicts, the dead, celebrities, and people who may or may not be suffering from depression! Against people who jump to conclusions and resort to cruel jokes and petty name-calling against the dead? Ok... maybe just a little. I admit it. I'm a Nazi.
97. Rita - January 23, 2008 4:05 PM
#94, No. Break it down, honey. It makes sense. As far as grammar goes, I already said I'm a different kind of Nazi.
#95, You're right. I get annoyed; I argue. I should stop.
98. VAGORITY - January 23, 2008 4:09 PM
MEANWHILE BRAD RENFRO IS ROLLING OVER IN HIS GRAVE. HE WAS BURIED YESTERDAY BUT COULDN'T GET ANY PRESS CAUSE HEATH LEDGER DECIDES TO OUT PERFORM HIM IN THE "TRAGIC OVERDOSE" SCENE. DAMN ACTORS.
99. get a real life - January 23, 2008 4:10 PM
OK for all you d#ck heads saying shit about people who actually have feelings eff you. umm heath ledger happened to be a human being so try to have some f@cking respect. you know the world is shit when there is all these losers on here being a@@ holes. he was human ,he had feelings, he had a life. respect that. now all of you a@@ holes go f-your selves like you always do.
100. Skip Smith - January 23, 2008 4:18 PM
@69
>>"Well so much for "Brokeback Mountian 2: The Reckoning""
I actually heard the sequel was going to be titled "Brokeback 2: Electric Boogaloo", and was going to take place in a gay cowboy disco club.
101. Ript1&0 - January 23, 2008 4:46 PM
I know huh. I TOLD you smoking crack was a bad idea. Shoulda listened.
102. FCS - January 23, 2008 4:54 PM
#100 I would have paid to watch that shit. I can't believe I didn't think of eletric boogaloo. Well played sir, well played.
And smoking crack isn't a bad idea, smoking too much crack is a bad idea.
103. MoronicShitney - January 23, 2008 5:22 PM
I really want this to not be illegal drugs related. He seemed like a good bloke. I will totally suck if it was a drug trip gone bad. Poor damn kid and his parents if they lost dad/son to drugs.
104. Angus - January 23, 2008 5:53 PM
Heeeeeeeath! Me boy, I caint believe ye gone!!!
Goodbye to you, my trusted friend.
We've known each other since we're nine or ten.
Together we climbed hills or trees.
Learned of love and ABC's,
skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.
Goodbye my friend, it's hard to die,
when all the birds are singing in the sky,
Now that the spring is in the air.
Pretty girls are everywhere.
When you see them I'll be there.
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.
But the hills that we climbed
were just seasons out of time.
Goodbye, Papa, please pray for me,
I was the black sheep of the family.
You tried to teach me right from wrong.
Too much wine and too much song,
wonder how I get along.
Goodbye, Mama, it's hard to die
when all the birds are singing in the sky,
Now that the spring is in the air.
Little children everywhere.
When you see them I'll be there.
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.
But the wine and the song,
like the seasons, all have gone.
Goodbye, Matilda, my little one.
You gave me love and helped me find the sun.
And every time that I was down
you would always come around
and get my feet back on the ground.
Goodbye, Matilda, it's hard to die
when all the bird are singing in the sky,
Now that the spring is in the air.
With the flowers everywhere.
I wish that we could both be there.
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.
But the stars we could reach
were just starfishes on the beach.
105. Jennifer - January 23, 2008 6:04 PM
handsome, I saw his profile with photos on billionairecupid.com, where celebrities and wealthy singles hook up. The photos are not verified yet but the profile looks sincere, attractive and sexy. Maybe sometimes they really need a soul mate rather than a rich buddy. It's said Charlie Sheen has found some young and beautiful girls there. LOL.
106. Jace - January 23, 2008 6:26 PM
TMZ is saying there was a suicide note that mentioned Matilda, and denying that he did anything "inappropriate while bathing her."
(don't bash me, go there and see for yourself)
107. ShutUpCunt - January 23, 2008 6:44 PM
@106
I thought I ran your rumor mongering ass off this board already.
Post a link or STFU.
108. TOREY - January 23, 2008 6:47 PM
Heath Ledger recently gave an interview to WJW FOX in Cleveland where he said, 'I feel good about dying because I feel alive through her.' He was talking about his young daughter Matilda. I saw a version of this on you you tube but it was only 2 mins long, i found the whole interview at webcastr.com and Heath is unable to stay in one place. He is having withdrawls during the clip!!!!!! what is goig on! http://www.webcastr.com/videos/films-shorts/ledgers-eerily-prophetic-interview.html
109. misery bunny - January 23, 2008 6:49 PM
I knew I should have started stalking Heath Ledger years ago...
110. Thsy - January 23, 2008 8:06 PM
God I hope this a new Hollywood trend.
Next week I shall rejoice when Jared Leto is found floating in a pull of blood in his bathtub. Then, ofourse, the Hollywood whores will recreate the scene from House of Wax ( but with more blood gushing out of Paris Hilton's head). This will be the greatest gift Hollywood could give the youth of today: A reason to go on overdose binges and knife parties.
Thus, leaving the competent humans to dance around singing and laughing. You know, kind of like the smurfs, but not as bizarre.......or blue.
111. rumbah - January 23, 2008 8:39 PM
It's a tragedy, alright! I was certainly shock and I've got to admit, TMZ was the first place I logged when I found out. But COME ON PEOPLE!!!
Ledger was by no means any hero. He was just an actor who probably played some heroes! All he did was go to sleep and die. He didn't get shot at or get blown up or anything. He wasn't removed from the comforts of his own home and then die 3 million light years away from his loved ones. HE DIED IN THE COMFORTS OF HIS OWN HOME! And to top it off, someone found him. Imagine the bodies of our war heroes that are never found, the bodies that are protected in the Tomb of the Unknown, and the families who will never lay to rest their sons, brothers, husbands, uncles because their bodies are strewn elsewhere in the middle-east or some other fucking country??!
You wanna be shocked and read about people dying for their country?? Google "SEAL Team 10" or "Operation Redwing". Google "Marcus Luttrell" or go read his book "Lone Survivor". Those heroes in that book, in those stories are the ones we should be weeping about, the ones we should be reading about! Not people who has never contributed to our freedom.
112. Skip Smith - January 23, 2008 8:50 PM
On the contrary, Heath Ledger contributed to your freedom by giving you the courage to come out of the closet.
113. Angie - January 23, 2008 10:05 PM
#107 - hate women much? and wtf are you talking about? are you retarded? you can't go to tmz and read for yourself? guess not...but kudos to your mom for helping you use a computer, too bad you get an instant hardon when you sit on her lap.
114. Samhain - January 23, 2008 10:22 PM
98 - Damn, you are so right! Poor guy barely got a nod.
100 - Effing funny!
Apparently, not enough people have OD'd to make any of these overpaid losers avoid drugs in the first place. I guess K-Fed will have to take his place in the aptly-named sequel (dancing freak that he is). Now if only he would "accidentally" do something and be gone.
I do feel bad for Mr. Ledger, but that's why they say "DON'T DO DRUGS!" Stupid, stupid people. May God grant him peace.
115. ShutUpCunt - January 23, 2008 10:27 PM
Been to TMZ already -- no story about a suicide note. More retarded rumor mongering by stupid cunts. STFU, bitch.
116. jacknasty - January 23, 2008 11:39 PM
While its really sad that he died so young I think its rediculous that people are so surprised by this. I mean have you seen any candid photos of him taken in the last year? He always looks strung out and is usually dressed like a hippie or a homeless person.
117. jose - January 24, 2008 1:54 AM
Heath Ledger not dead! his profile still active at BillionareCupid.com. says he OK but he still don't want no more blacks, jews, asians, crippleds, hispanics, gays, arabs, obese, native americans, or other skanky womens. At BillionaireCupid.com they prescreen and find only hot rich white guy for him real quick!
118. Technology Slice - January 24, 2008 6:55 AM
It's obvious he over dosed on drugs.
119. THE TRUTH - January 24, 2008 9:01 AM
wow,
His family should be pissed.
Not only were the reports of illegal drugs found to be false,
It was prob not suicide,
He had a massage appointment that day.
AND
Film director Shekhar Kapur has said that he was due to meet Heath Ledger the day after he passed and was even supposed to supply a wake up call in the AM.
I am not saying that Heath didn't use illegal drugs ever, but... I do not believe this was the cause of death, or that he committed suicide.
Slander against a man who can no longer defend himself.. horrible!
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121. Dam - January 24, 2008 10:43 AM
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122. blizzy - January 24, 2008 10:50 AM
@120
Omg Du Qiang is my Dry Cleaner down the street!
Du joo got some 'splainin to do!
@104 - I think we're all telling people not to do drugs and here you go smoking crack while posting on a gossip board.