OlderTue, 22 January 2008 at 7:51 pm
Heath Ledger’s Death Was an Accident
A rep for Heath Ledger’s family says Heath’s death was accidental.
The cops told the Ledger family that there is no evidence that he may have committed suicide, reports TMZ.
His family says he was not that kind of person to have taken his own life.
Heath was sick with pneumonia when he died today in NY. His autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow.
Former fiancee Michelle Williams is currently on a plane en route to NYC.
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tha hell? @ 01/22/2008 at 8:55 pm
A colleague of mine died of pneumonia. One day, she was still at work and went home because she was sick, and a couple of days later, she was dead. Everyone in the office was shocked. They did a post mortem and found out that the lungs were really congested. A doctor told us it’s akin to drowning coz you are not getting enough oxygen.
Pneumonia is an illness that can happen very fast but people think its just a bad cough or cold or congestion and don’t take it seriously enough. If your lungs are congested, it places pressure on the heart course you aren’t getting enough oxygen.
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.
michelle williams was his wife, just saying because you made this mistake twice!
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.
# 76 lylian @ 01/22/2008 at 9:05 pm tha hell? @ 01/22/2008 at 8:55 pm
A colleague of mine died of pneumonia. One day, she was still at work and went home because she was sick, and a couple of days later, she was dead. Everyone in the office was shocked. They did a post mortem and found out that the lungs were really congested. A doctor told us it’s akin to drowning coz you are not getting enough oxygen.
Pneumonia is an illness that can happen very fast but people think its just a bad cough or cold or congestion and don’t take it seriously enough. If your lungs are congested, it places pressure on the heart course you aren’t getting enough oxygen.
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Yo - Lylian - Was there a bottle of pills by her also? These celebs are just people with the same pain and problems with finding peace on earth….prolly harder for them, because we have all made them out to be these demi-gods that we worship…..
If the family is already saying it is accidental, and the autopsy has not even been done yet, and the tox screens are not back…let’s just say it was accidental and wish him the peace he may not have found on earth.
Peace to his family and most of all, him.
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.
# 78 sam @ 01/22/2008 at 9:10 pm michelle williams was his wife, just saying because you made this mistake twice!
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They were engaged, not married.
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.
To tha hell #69–
UNLESS a medical advisory or doctor calls the airport to ask for a “no-flight” order is issued, people with “cold” symthoms (coughing, runny nose, low-grade fevers, etc.) get on planes everyday. I’ve heard the standard, “Must be my allegies acting up.”, I don’t know how many times.
When pneumonia is considered a “mild” case, the patient isn’t in the hospital, but at home resting, and taking their antibiotics. I’d wait for the truth to come out first…
Could be he was allergic to the antibiotics given him without even knowing it. I’ve been there. I developed bronchitis many years ago, and almost died when my esophagus started closing up! I was taken to the hospital, given a shot of epinephrine, and the right antibiotics.
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.
# 81 luckyL @ 01/22/2008 at 9:13 pm 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.
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Surely you are kidding….. a disrespectul question? We are blogging about a celebrity that died and the media is splashing it all over hell and back and you are asking me about my questions being disrespectful? Ingesting substances when your already ill makes a huge difference in how the body absorbs the medication.
I don’t really care how if you think it was disrespectful or not. People found dead in their apartments with pills, pneumonia or not, is very very sad.
If he died from pneumonia or an accidental overdose or suicide, the bottom line is that his little girl is without her father.
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 am in SHOCK and still in SHOCK and will be in SHOCK for another day or two.
This is like a flashback as to what happened to RIVER PHOENIX!
Heath was an amazing actor…
My heart goes out to his family.
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.
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I find that the ones who say suicide is selfish aren’t the ones who have experienced depression first hand. In my opinion its possibly one of the worst diseases a person could have to suffer through. And it doesn’t just affect you but the people that surround you as well. And its something that you can’t battle on your own. As someone said, suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Unfortunately depression clouds your mind and thats very difficult to see.
Although I am definitely NOT judging or speculating as to whether Heath Ledger committed suicide, people should be very careful about how they talk about things like this. While I do think that suicide is a selfish act, don’t judge people who have committed suicide because none of us have ever been to that point where we felt it was the only option. Depression is a horrible horrible thing and sadly some things in this world are worse than death.
But I sincerely hope that Heath did not commit suicide and thankfully its sounding like it was only an accident. But lets just wait and see what the coroner says.
Just to share with you all. Pneumonia is a silent killer if not arrested soon enough. An employee in my husband’s firm , a nice strapping young man of 30 developed a chill after his session of golf in the rain. Suffered from backpain which progressed to breathing difficuties and finally coughing blood, which led to his death. This was all in a span of a week and was initially misdiagnosed by a doctor who gave him a double dose jab of painkillers which broke down his immunity. Heath must have neglected his own condition for this to happen.
This really sucks. A week ago to the day we lost another actor and another one. This is really crazy. My heart goes out to his family and friends and loved ones. I feel bad for Michelle. I hope she can stay strong for Matilda. Stay strong Michelle. it also has to be hard to see Matilda because she is like clone of her father.
What do you want to bet the paps will be ruthless in taking pictures of Michelle when she arrives at the airport.
celebpsychic , you are such a loser for trying to promote your site in this topic!! STOP and give the man some respect. Now is not the time for self promotion.
p.s. by you posting your site here, guaranteed I’ll never visit it.
His death scares me. He is or was the exact same age as me.
He was named afer Heathcliff, the character in ‘Wuthering Heights’ and its one of my all time favourite books. The character Heathcliff haunted me for months after I read that novel as a teen. I feel a weared connection. I live in NYC .
I cannot express the sorrow I feel at the untimely death of Heath. I personally feel devastated even though I didnot know him. It all feels very personal to me as he was absolutely the same age as me, same date ,year of birth.
Feels very strange to write condolences for a person who shared my DOB.
I reiterate that if any of you should develop bronchitis or even worse pneumonia you should have it seen toimmediately before the situation gets any worse. It is definitely akin to drowning in your own fluids. Your lungs get clogged up and you can’t breathe.
This is clearly not a case of suicide or accidental death. It is sudden death from an illness untreated.
estoy impactada con la noticia…. :| :(
y muy triste….me encantada como era,
como actuaba
k descanse en paz….
i love you Heath Ledger
How sad and tragic. God bless his family left behind and his little girl.
i’m really, really sad. when i knew that Heath was dead, I do not believed! I’m in shock.
Rest in peace, Heath :(
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