Heath Ledger’s Death Was an Accident

He had pneumonia according to Jared/s new info on the main page. he was probably taking anit-biotics for that as well. He should have been in the hospital, not at “home”,

# 54 RIP @ 01/22/2008 at 8:33 pm This makes it even more sad he was probably all confused taking a variety of pills in addition to having pneumonia.
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In reality, we all die of because of heart failure…bottom line. When a good friend of mine died from too many drugs, that was the “family’s story”. HIs family, obviously, out of love, issued a statement without really knowing why he died. Is an accidental overdose considered a suicide and how does one tell the difference?

And, in the long run, what the hell does it matter anyway? No one will ever know, except his family, and that is how it should be. So, yeah it will be spun until the snow melts. Let’s just let him be in peace.

if the post-mortem results come back indicating suicide, i dont think his family would believe it then either. i suppose theres 5 stages to grief so i hope the paps leave them alone to go through them. perez hilton and tmz are absolutely f*cking shameless beyond belief for the way they’re pestering friends and family and concocting stories about him being a drug addict. b*stards

I am in shock, I can’t believe it. He looks exhaused in the most recent pictures taken of him the last few months. I could not even guess what happened…my heart goes out to his family.

Yo this is Anna Nicole all over….If he was sick how come he was in London this past Saturday and then back in NYC today or maybe even yesterday? You don’t get on a plane when you have pneumonia. Maybe he didn’t know and was diagnosed when he got back to NYC? I feel sick.

terrible tragedy.
rest in peace.

Heath’s dead was surely an accidental overdose. He said in a recent interview about his Batman movie that the role he was playing was very exhausting because it was an extremely difficult role to portray (the Joker) and it cost him a lot of sleep. He often got tired and ill and was reportedly suffering from pneumonia as well as exhaustion when he died. This film role is what did him in. Since Heath is a brilliant actor, putting 110% into his roles, the complicated and scary antagonistic role cost him his life. Rest in Peace, Heath. You were a brilliant actor.

I am so sick and tired of hearing people dying unnecessarily. Now were are sitting her waiting for Britney or Amy Winehouse to suffer the same fate.

This is just too tragic. Enough is enough.

Somehow, I agree that his death was accidental, not suicide. If he’s taking anti-biotics and sleeping pills (could have adverse reactions to each other), and then couple that with stress traveling back and forth London and NYC shooting movies and what-have-yous, I’d be surprised if his body could still take that much torture. With a soaring career, suicide would probably be the last thing on his mind, unless he was doing a Kurt Cobain-Janis Joplin-Jimi Hendrix death at 27 thing (he’s overshoot by a year). My heart goes out to his daughter. He’s such a great actor, and a good dad. Rest in peace, Heath.

A friend of mine died suddenly of meningitis. Her best friend (a mutual friend of mine) told our class she looked so much better and would be back in 2 days. She died the following day.

Pneumonia, meningitis, etc. these illnesses need to be monitored and taken seriously. I’m so sad he was so dedicated to his work he over-exhausted himself and it was probably all too easy to OD when he simply wanted some rest. I’ll be waiting for the medical results. I’m so sorry no one was with him. May his soul RIP and may his family be blessed.

island girl, that was a disrespectful question. I hope you were honestly asking. She was just stating the seriousness of illness and the suddenness of death.

I still can’t believe it. It’s just not sinking in. I keep waiting for the story to break that it was all just one huge miscommunication and he’s fine.

We’re the same age and I’m Australian. I remember him in Home & Away and have followed his career ever since. So I feel as though I’ve grown up watching him.

I’m shattered. I can’t even begin to imagine how his family is feeling.

I think the pills were sleeping pills right? It may not have been the pills that did him in, but the pneumonia, especially if he was walking around with it and not in a hospital. It could have been a reaction between the different medications.

I read that NYtimes article that someone posted. He said himself that he took more than required pills but that they didn’t work. Poor thing probably tried to make it work by upping the dosage on his own. to the outsider, it looks like a suicide attempt because the bottles are nearly empty. In reality all poor Heath wanted was simply that the medications work as they were supposed to.

I tried to get on IMDB and their server is down.

Condolences to his family.

I was in total shock. I hadnt heard anything all day and i was just sitting at home getting ready to take a shower i was watching clean house on style network and i changed the channel to E news.. i saw it at the bottom of the screen my mouth dropped, I started to cry.

Heath You will be missed. We love you.

I already stated my initial sadness and I understand all that. I would write my statement to you all over again. I was just wondering if it was sincere. You somewhat clarified it, however rudely, but it’s whatever, and we obviously suffered a miscommunication. Maybe because I had a similar thing happen to a friend maybe that’s why I thought it was rude but whatever, this thread isn’t about me but I’m free to make my statements and opinions as you are free to make yours. Death is death is what were both saying essentially.