以電影「斷背山」獲奧斯卡提名男主角的演員希斯萊傑被發現死於曼哈頓的住所，得年28,警方初步研判跟藥物使用過量有關。
原圖文出處：http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/22/heath.ledger.dead/index.html
原文如下：
NEW YORK (CNN)
Actor Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday of a possible drug overdose
in a Lower Manhattan apartment, the New York Police Department said.
Heath Ledger was found dead in a Manhattan apartment.
The Academy Award nominated actor was 28.
“Pills were found in the vicinity of the bed,” police spokesman Paul
Browne told CNN.
“This is being looked at as a possible overdose, but that is not confirmed
yet.”
The pills appeared to be over-the-counter sleeping medication, said police
spokeswoman Barbara Chen.
Ledger was unresponsive when he was found by a housekeeper who had
gone to wake him for an appointment with a masseuse in the Soho
apartment, Browne said.
The apartment is owned by the actress Mary-Kate Olsen, The New York
Times reported.
Ledger was declared dead at about 3:30 p.m., Browne said.
In 2005, the actor played Ennis Del Mar in “Brokeback Mountain,” about
two cowboys who had a secret relationship.
The role earned him the Oscar nomination.
Ledger was born in Perth, Australia. He has a young daughter with actress
Michelle Williams, his co-star in “Brokeback Mountain.”
“He was just so respected in the industry,” said Kim Serafin, senior editor
of In Touch Weekly. “It’s just horribly tragic. He was just a fine actor and
a good person, so this is horribly sad and very unexpected.”
