The American actor of Australian descent was found dead in his New York apartment on January 22, 2008. Immediately there was a huge amount of rumors about the causes of Heath Ledger's death.
How did the actor Heath Ledger die?
Heath Ledger was a young and very talented actor born in Australia who moved to the United States to develop his acting career. True fame was brought to him by the role of a homosexual cowboy in the 2005 film "Brokeback Mountain", for which Heath received an Oscar nomination. The next important step in the career of the actor was to become the role of the Joker in the new adaptation of the comics about Batman "The Dark Knight". Many critics did not take seriously the choice of the actor for this role, as Jack Nicholson himself played before the Joker, and it seemed that his talent could not be surpassed. However, Heath Ledger looked at the history and character of the Joker from a completely different angle than Nicholson did, his character was more threatening and crazy. Such a move in showing one of the key characters of the film could not be ignored and aroused universal admiration. However, Heath did not know about his acting triumph, since he died before the premiere of the film on the world screens.
The actor in his apartment found a housekeeper who came to clean. The man was already dead. He lay face down on his bed, and around him were scattered tablets. The most likely causes of the death of actor Heath Ledger almost immediately were suicide or overdose of drugs. Both versions looked very convincing, as it was known that the actor is prone to depression, recently the morally and physically filming of the "Dark Knight" ended, and the man was also very worried about the recent divorce from his wife - actress Michelle Williams . Also, a version of a drug overdose was put forward, as a cash bill was found near the body, which was often used to inhale illegal drugs.
Posthumous Oscar Heath Ledger
While investigating the cause of the actor's death, as well as preparing for the funeral (Heath Ledger's body was transported to his native Perth city in Australia and cremated, and ashes were buried in a local cemetery), it became known that he was posthumously awarded a nomination for the most prestigious actor's Oscar. His Joker was noted as one of the contenders for "Best Supporting Actor". And it is he who would be awarded this award in 2009. The presentation of Oscar Hit Ledger posthumously - the second case in the history of the award, before the statuette was awarded also after the death of Peter Finch.
Why did Heath Ledger die?
The first version was rejected about the use of drugs: traces of prohibited substances were found neither in the apartment of the actor, nor on a folded bill.
After the autopsy, the doctors did not have enough data to establish the exact cause of the death of the actor, so additional expertise was required. According to her, it was found that the death occurred as a result of mixing a large number of potent antidepressants with pain medications, which led to cardiac arrest. The police and doctors, focusing on the materials of the investigation and the questioning of witnesses, rejected the suicide version and put forward the following scenario for the possible development of events: the actor, who was prone to severe headaches and depression, simply did not know that combining antipsychotics and antidepressant drugs was forbidden, and therefore took them together, which led to death.
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In 2013, Heath Ledger's father published a personal diary of his son: the book "Joker" with the marks of the actor, on which he was preparing for the role. According to his father, it was the complete immersion in the character of the psychopathic killer that had hit Heath Ledger into such a deep depression that the attempt to get rid of it led to irreversible consequences.
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