Heath Ledger has passed away :MEMORIAL PICS POSTED

[Free4Life11]

It's very sad he has died. He was a great actor and I enjoyed his performance in "Brokeback Mountain." I hope his family will find some peace.

 

[jennifer03878]

The following is a good article written by Star Jones.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/star-jones/reporting-on-the-dead_b_83142.html

Reporting on the Dead
Posted January 24, 2008 | 05:36 PM (EST)




Since we learned of actor Heath Ledger's untimely death on Tuesday afternoon, the basic fact is that until additional tests have been conducted, the autopsy is incomplete and inconclusive as to why this 28-year-old man died. That's what we know.


Let's get to what we don't know: his death was a tragic accident, or something to the contrary. Until we know for sure, I think the media should just shut their mouths and stop all the speculation that's been running rampant.

This man has a two-year-old daughter. His family is going through the worst time in their lives. Their hearts are broken, they're numb, they can't understand what's going on right now. Michelle Williams is trying to figure out how to explain to their little girl that she will never see her daddy again. It's heartbreaking, tragic, and it's being used to fuel our never ceasing desire to eavesdrop on the lives of others.

Please let them grieve in privacy and dignity for a few days at least for goodness sake. As far as I'm aware, Heath Ledger never did anything but conduct himself in the most respectful and charismatic way. He gave us exactly what we asked of him -- good entertainment and our $12 worth when we sat our butts in the seats of a movie theater. He made his living in the entertainment business, but he purposely chose not to make his life that way. He was by all accounts a normal guy in every way, a regular dad who was often photographed walking down the streets of Manhattan or Brooklyn with his daugther, Matilda.

The scene outside his apartment on the night Ledger died made me sick to my stomach. People gawking and waiting around for a body bag to be removed. I have been at similar scenes in my work as an assistant district attorney. And let me tell you, if you don't have to be there, you wouldn't want to be. It's morbid. Someone who was loved is in that bag... and trust me it takes more than a minute to get used to that.

And when actress Michelle Williams and her daughter arrived home in Brooklyn, the scene was just as bad. Instead of being allowed to enter her home in privacy, she had to endure the flashbulbs of the paparazzi waiting to snap the money shot. How she explained that to her child through her grief is something I hope never to experience.

Might I suggest that we in the media, instead of reporting on the dead based on gossip, rumor, innuendo and anonymous sources, choose to honor this man's memory based on his talent and the good taste we all should be exercising. My heart goes out to the family of Heath Ledger.

I can't stand Star Jones, BUT she is the first jouralist who gets it!!!! I just can't understand why everyone else has to sensionalize his tragic death. Showing them bringing out his body was 20 ways of wrong. if more people felt and listened to what Star wrote then maybe, just maybe Heath's family will get the time that they so rightly deserve to mourn his passing. And don't even get me going about that sumbag church that is going to protest at his funeral just because of a movie role that he did... It's all so unfair. he doesn't deserve any of this.

RIP Heath!

 

[Disneyglobegirl]

I can't stand Star Jones, BUT she is the first jouralist who gets it!!!! I just can't understand why everyone else has to sensionalize his tragic death. Showing them bringing out his body was 20 ways of wrong. if more people felt and listened to what Star wrote then maybe, just maybe Heath's family will get the time that they so rightly deserve to mourn his passing. And don't even get me going about that sumbag church that is going to protest at his funeral just because of a movie role that he did... It's all so unfair. he doesn't deserve any of this.

RIP Heath!

I'm not crazy about Star Jones either but she really does get it. I really hope that the article has been read by those who need to read it and they back off some.

 

[SamRoc]

I just heard on the news that Mary Kate and Heath were dating for the past 3 months, but then again you really can't be sure of that, maybe they were just good friends. Its so sad, such a young guy.

 

[chisnpeke]

I just feel so sad over this still. Such a loss. I feel so bad for his family and little Matilda.

 

[vettechick99]

Um, if the media stopped buying these pictures and video, then paparazzi would eventually stop taking them. Hello!!!

 

[The_Horned_King]

I can't stand Star Jones, BUT she is the first jouralist who gets it!!!! I just can't understand why everyone else has to sensionalize his tragic death. Showing them bringing out his body was 20 ways of wrong. if more people felt and listened to what Star wrote then maybe, just maybe Heath's family will get the time that they so rightly deserve to mourn his passing. And don't even get me going about that sumbag church that is going to protest at his funeral just because of a movie role that he did... It's all so unfair. he doesn't deserve any of this.

RIP Heath!

I'm with you guys that I hate Star Jones....and She does get it...and I agree that to many the body bag was 20 ways of wrong as you guys put it(My wife wanted me to turn the channel-CNN_ as they showed it)

That Said As Possibly one of the biggest heath ledger fans there is...and having followed his career for many years and even tracked down his old australian movie Two hands just to complete my collection of all the movies he's been in....I couldn't believe it...I actually had to see the body bag to believe he was dead. I refused to Believe it until that moment. I'm still in shock and I hope that his family gets all the time they need to handle this.

As my wife and best friends can attest Heath was my first and only Man Crush (as the like to call it)....Never before has a celebs death effected me the way that this has. So all the coverage doesn't make me sick, but it makes me feel a little more like I am there with his family mourning his loss.

He was a kindered spirit who I connected with even though it was only through pictures and video. I will miss him on ever level and will never forget him...never!

See you on the flip side brother.

 

[Mickey'sMainMami]

Can I just ask a question? I know they have no way of determing time of death, YET, but they said they will eventually they may be able to pin it down. What the heck was the massage therapist THINKING?????!?!? I mean, yes, it might not have made a difference, if say he died 30 minutes before she went in to his room, but you find some one not breathing, and the first thing you DON'T do is call 911?!?!?! I mean, I thought every person, no matter what, knew that that should be your first call. What a dumby, sorry, but it is what it is. What if he had just stopped breathing, she made 2 calls to Mary Kate Olson, instead of getting him help, that maybe could have made a difference! If I was the family, I would be extremely PO'd at her!

 

[Hollyster2]

but you find some one not breathing, and the first thing you DON'T do is call 911?!?!?! I mean, I thought every person, no matter what, knew that that should be your first call. What a dumby, sorry, but it is what it is. What if he had just stopped breathing, she made 2 calls to Mary Kate Olson, instead of getting him help, that maybe could have made a difference! If I was the family, I would be extremely PO'd at her!

This is what I keep asking also. I don't understand. Did they actually use Heath's personal cell phone to make the call? If so, I don't really understand that at all. One of those women had her own phone, or access to the room land line. I am still so sorry for this family and all they have still to endure.

 

[Deb in IA]

People tend to freak out when there is a celebrity or public figure involved - don't want the paparazzi to know, etc. - and they do things that in retrospect, are pretty dumb.

 

[Mickey'sMainMami]

Yeah, that's what I don't get, she took the time to go thru his cell phone to scroll down and look at names and she just happened to see Mary Kate's number in there and thought to call her? Some where I had heard that the massuese also worked for Mary Kate, so maybe she was the only number she recognized, but why call her, why not just call 911??? I would seriously feel like poo if it turns out that she could have saved his life if she had only called 911 first! What was she thinking?!

 

[marshallandcartersmo]

Can I just ask a question? I know they have no way of determing time of death, YET, but they said they will eventually they may be able to pin it down. What the heck was the massage therapist THINKING?????!?!? I mean, yes, it might not have made a difference, if say he died 30 minutes before she went in to his room, but you find some one not breathing, and the first thing you DON'T do is call 911?!?!?! I mean, I thought every person, no matter what, knew that that should be your first call. What a dumby, sorry, but it is what it is. What if he had just stopped breathing, she made 2 calls to Mary Kate Olson, instead of getting him help, that maybe could have made a difference! If I was the family, I would be extremely PO'd at her!

I was watching Nancy Grace the other night and someone brought up this same question.
Someone answered, they believed since they work so closely w/celebrities all the time, the housekeeper and/or massage therapists first thought was to keep it private. Call his friends first, then call 911. I imagine they were both flustered, thought maybe Mary Kate (or whichever Olsen it was they called) could have sent over a private doctor or something............
Who knows.

 

[disneyfan67]

I can't stand Star Jones, BUT she is the first jouralist who gets it!!!! I just can't understand why everyone else has to sensionalize his tragic death. Showing them bringing out his body was 20 ways of wrong. if more people felt and listened to what Star wrote then maybe, just maybe Heath's family will get the time that they so rightly deserve to mourn his passing. And don't even get me going about that sumbag church that is going to protest at his funeral just because of a movie role that he did... It's all so unfair. he doesn't deserve any of this.

RIP Heath!

It all comes down to the sad culture we live in which seems to be obsessed by anything celebrity. In this country, some have a huge, huge appetite for following every movement a Hollywood type celebrity makes. The internet has actually made this problem grow by leaps and bounds. Look at TMZ, Perez Hilton, etc and the list goes on and on.

There seems to be three stages of what the public enjoys in following certain celebrities.

They're fascinated with the build up or making of that particular celebrity.

They're fascinated with a dramatic fall of that particular celebrity. (Example Britney Spears)

The biggest fascination of all though, goes to when that particular celebrity dies.

My father once said that there's only one thing more America is likes than following a Hollywood star and that is the death of a Hollywood star. I remember him saying that to me in the early 1980's when John Belushi, William Holden, Natalie Woods, and Princess Grace of Monaco, all died within a short time of each other. I remember the media frenzy that followed and Don Henley actually wrote a song about it called Dirty laundry. He mentions those deaths and the circus that surrounded them as inspiration for it.

For the life of me, I never understood the obsession of the celebrity culture we have growing in this country.

 

[AmericanItGirl]

I can maybe understand calling Mary Kate once to see if she knew what he may have taken to provide info to the paramedics if she was the last person he called, but twice BEFORE 911????? If a person isn't breathing, a person isn't breathing, no matter who they are. It's even worse if the masseuse called MK and then waited a few minutes before calling her again. If I was a celebrity, I would never use that masseuse again and I hope she has a very good explanation for the family concerning her course of action.

 

[LisaNJ25]

His body is on its way back to Australia.

 

[dturner]

I can maybe understand calling Mary Kate once to see if she knew what he may have taken to provide info to the paramedics if she was the last person he called, but twice BEFORE 911????? If a person isn't breathing, a person isn't breathing, no matter who they are. It's even worse if the masseuse called MK and then waited a few minutes before calling her again. If I was a celebrity, I would never use that masseuse again and I hope she has a very good explanation for the family concerning her course of action.

I read the timeline today given by the NYC LE and they said that the masseuse actually called MKO 3 or 4 times, each time was seconds long and MKO sent her personal security guards over to help out, then she called 911. The security guards and the EMC got there at the same time.

The masseuse isn't a licensed masseuse and may be in some trouble herself.

 

[AmericanItGirl]

My god, this just keep getting worse and worse. My heart is so wrenched for his little girl and his family. Talk about worst case scenario.

 

[Kycha]

I read the timeline today given by the NYC LE and they said that the masseuse actually called MKO 3 or 4 times, each time was seconds long and MKO sent her personal security guards over to help out, then she called 911. The security guards and the EMC got there at the same time.

The masseuse isn't a licensed masseuse and may be in some trouble herself.

The masseuse's calls only lasted seconds or minutes. But, it took her 26 minutes from the first call to Mary Kate Olsen till she called 911. Those 26 minutes could have been the difference between life and death. The authorities are saying he was already dead by the time she placed her first call to MK. But we will never really know.

 

[Christine]

The masseuse's calls only lasted seconds or minutes. But, it took her 26 minutes from the first call to Mary Kate Olsen till she called 911. Those 26 minutes could have been the difference between life and death. The authorities are saying he was already dead by the time she placed her first call to MK. But we will never really know.

During an autopsy, based on the body temperature and other factors, they can actually come pretty close to pinpointing the hour of death if the body hasn't been dead for weeks. I'm pretty sure they know right now, at least, the hour of his death.

 

[Kycha]

During an autopsy, based on the body temperature and other factors, they can actually come pretty close to pinpointing the hour of death if the body hasn't been dead for weeks. I'm pretty sure they know right now, at least, the hour of his death.

The last I heard, the authorities were saying the time of death was between 1:30 and 3. Now, whether that was based on the coroner's findings or the timeline the Housekeeper and Masseuse provided, I don't know.