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Heath Ledger was always known for giving struggling Aussie actors his couch to sleep on or some advice, and his family and friends have decided to continue that tradition in Heath's name. His close friend and director of Two Hands and Ned Kelly, Grego Jordan, announced at the Australians in Film Breakthrough Awards that the Heath Ledger Fund is in the process of being set up, and will offer a scholarship to one Aussie actor a year to help them try to make it in LA. Heath's dad wrote a letter to be read during the awards, and Jordan told the audience that he had spoken to Michelle Williams, Heath's partner and mother of his daughter Matilda, who told him she would be happy to be the benefactor of the first scholarship. Of Heath, Jordan had only the best to say: "It is that generosity that somehow sums Heath up. When he had nothing, he still found a way to give to others."
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very cool that he did good cause stuff--but i hate that he died from a drug overdose. what a ridiculous waste of a life. i just think that doing drugs is super lame. and he isn;t much of a role model to me--even if he did other good stuff.
(i know i have now become the mean girl posting on this blog...i love this blog. i'm not trying to be a hater. i just think celebrities ought to be held to the same standards a the rest of us.)
didn't he die from an accidental overdose though? i guess i prefer to think of all the good he did in life - to this day i respect him and jake gyllenhaal a lot for doing brokeback mountain - instead of how he died. but maybe that's turning a blind eye. i guess it's an example of the complexity of human nature.
Its really really sad to think Ledger is so young and such a good actor. I usually find that acting like anything else requires experience, so I'm sure as he became more seasoned we might have expected even better performances. Ah well, they say the good die young. Its nice to see that even beyond grave he is still having a positive impact
was it a drug overdose? I thought they were prescription drugs. Do you think it was intentional marrymejoejonas?
from what ive heard he overdosed on prescription drugs. it was not intentional, he had various drugs for depression, etc. he wasnt feeling well, took them all, and overdosed. it is really unfortunate that such a young, talented person had to have this happen to them