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The NYC medical examiner has finished the toxicology report following the death of Heath Ledger, and has just ruled that the actor's death was caused by acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam, and doxylamine
The NYPD found five different medications in Ledger's apartment after his death, including anti-anxiety medications Alprazolam (Xanax), Diazepam (Valium) and Lorazepam (Ativan). The sleeping medication Zopiclone (Lunesta) and the sedative Temazepam (Restoril) -- which is...
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Out of respect for HEATH LEDGER's family, "Entertainment Tonight" and "The Insider" have decided not to run the Heath Ledger video which has been circulating in the world media.
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The ink was barely dry on this painting when Heath Ledger was found dead.
Melbourne artist Vincent Fantauzzo had been putting the finishing touches on his painting of the star at his Docklands studio on Tuesday. Wednesday he found out Heath had died.
Fantauzzo painted Ledger with the intention of entering the portrait in the prestigious Archibald Prize later this year. But the newly finished work got an early showing yesterday, when, with the approval of the Ledger family, Fantauzzo released the image to the media.
Ledger sat for...
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A former friend of Heath Ledger has claimed his use of prescription and non-prescription drugs spun out of control because he worried he’d lose access to his daughter Matilda.
Rebecca White got to know the actor when she worked as Naomi Campbell’s assistant several years ago and earlier in the week discussed how the Brokeback Mountain star frequently took cocaine with the supermodel. Now Rebecca has claimed that Heath’s drug use prompted his split from Michelle Williams last year and he worried Michelle would use it against him in a...
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Johnny Depp may take over Heath Ledger’s role in what has become his last film role.
Heath was filming the Terry Gilliam fantasy film The Imaginarium of Doctor Panassus in London last weekend and after short break at home in New York, was set to return to the UK for six more weeks of filming next week.
An inside source told the Sun: “There is a point in the film when Heath falls through a magic mirror. He could change into another character after that and that is where Johnny would come in.”
“It’s a weird, fantasy,...
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The masseuse who found Heath Ledger's body actually made four calls to Mary-Kate Olsen when she discovered that Ledger wasn't breathing, say cops.
The AP reports that Diana Wolozin spent nine minutes ringing MK before she called 911. The celebutwin's bodyguards showed up to the scene just as the police did.
Today, Ledger's family will arrive in New York for a viewing at a Manhattan funeral home.

As rumours swirl about Heath Ledger’s drug use in the aftermath of his death on Tuesday, Naomi Campbell’s former assistant has claimed she indulged in cocaine binges with the actor and supermodel.
Rebecca White worked for Naomi between 2001 and 2004 and she told the Sun: “When I was working for Naomi I saw Heath do drugs a few times. He was new on the scene but everybody was hailing him as the new It Boy actor.”
“We had been hanging in Naomi’s bungalow at the Bel Air Hotel. Heath asked Naomi if she had any cocaine - I used to...
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Heath Ledger's death has shocked and unnerved yet another high-profile celebrity .
Sources close to Lindsay Lohan revealed exclusively to E! Online special correspondent Tina Dirmann that the actress was devastated by the news.
"I loved him," she told friends, adding that she had also talked to him as recently as this week, and the two were going to see each other on Friday.
"They had plans to meet this weekend, because Lindsay was going to be in New York," a source revealed to Dirmann. "So, news of his unfortunate passing has hit her...
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Heath Ledger’s family is reeling after learning of the actor’s death from the media today, reports In Touch.
Family friend and private investigator Paul Barresi spoke to Heath’s uncle Neil Bell today. Bell is in his early 60s and was, Heath’s personal assistant, confidante and mentor.
“The last thing that Heath would want to do is throw it all away. He was very happy living in New York, ” Bell told Barresi. “His mother and father (in Australia) heard of his death on the news. We are all devastated. The whole family is...
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Heath Ledger has died in NY.
He was found dead in his bed in one of his residences in Soho by his housekeeper at 3:35 PM ET today. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ they believe it was not a crime, adding that prescription pills were found near his body.
According to NYPD a masseuse arrived at Ledger's apartment and was let in by a housekeeper. When Ledger didn't answer his bedroom door, the housekeeper and the masseuse opened it and found him unconscious. They attempted to wake him; when they couldn't, they called 911.
We're told when...
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