Heath Ledger will never smile again by Barbora Misakova

I had never had such a problem to write about someone's death, but today I am really shocked. Probably every young girl and woman knows Heath Ledger, and I would say there are only few men who wouldn't know him as a star from The Patriot movie. So how shocking it must be for his loved ones and family when even I am not able clearly take this fact into consideration!? Heath Ledger was born in 1979 in the Australian city of Perth, where he also raised with his parents &mining engineer and a French teacher. There is no doubt about his talent & as 10 year-old he played in a local theater company where he got a role of Peter Pan, in the 16th year of life he started with acting in independent movies in Sydney. In the age of 19 he moved to Los Angeles and acted in "10 things I hate about you" what brought him a success and his face became famous. He looked as a new romantic type of a hero, but after this romantic comedy he refused all other offers although his agents thought he is crazy. And I have to admit he did it right. These days his name and face reminds us movies such as "A Knight's Tale", "Monster's Ball", "The Patriot" and last but not least "Brokeback mountain" which brought him a status of Mr. Actor. He chose rather independent movies, but we could see him also in "Casanova" and "The Brothers Grimm" where even if he didn't play handsome guy, his role of Jacob Grimm was managed excellently. His final finished movie is Batman where he got a role of Joker & "psychopathic, mass-murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy" as Ledger himself characterized this role. At 3.30 p.m. was this 28 year-old actor found in his apartments in Manhattan dead. The massage therapist and housekeeper who found him tried to revive him, but it was too late. I don't want to write about the way his body was found, because you can read it in every other newspaper, and I don't think this information is important. Important will be only result of the autopsy which is planned for Wednesday, only then we will know why this young and life-loving man had to die. We couldn't bring him back, we couldn't help to bear the sorrow of his family, but all we can and should do is to respect the family's privacy and do not make of this tragic loss saleable article. Rest in peace Heath!

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080123/ap_en_ce/obit_ledger;_ylt=AqE7XJwS9fwnsZpw8D36bVqs0NUE

by Barbora Misakova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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