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« Reply #480 on: Jan 23, 2008, 11:21 AM »
Has there been any news about how Jake is doing?  I worry about him as well, I know they were close.  He is Matilda's godfather, I believe.  I read that Michelle is 'devastated' an understatement if ever there was one.  

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Re: Heath Ledger - In Loving Memory
« Reply #481 on: Jan 23, 2008, 11:23 AM »


Remember that so many things remain unanswered, and that even in this article, there remains a lot of speculation.

But I am heartened to read the Jake was his friend to the very end.  I quote from the full article:

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"His close friend and Brokeback co-star, Jake Gyllenhaal has been worried about him for months. And he knew Heath was sinking further into a depression. Jake is Matilda's godfather, and he and Heath had become really close since they did the film Brokeback together.

"Jake wanted Heath to get help, but he refused...


Jake, you remained a true friend.  I am sure Heath appreciated you.


From: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23433653-details/Family+of+Brokeback+Mountain+star+Heath+Ledger:+'He+didn't+commit+suicide'/article.do

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Family of Brokeback Mountain star Heath Ledger: 'He didn't commit suicide'
Last updated at 15:37pm on 23.01.08

 
The family of Australian star Heath Ledger has rejected mounting speculation the actor committed suicide in his New York City apartment.

The Brokeback Mountain star was found in dead just after 3pm yesterday after a suspected drug overdose. He was 28.

An intial autopsy carried out by the New York City Medical Examiner was 'inconclusive', according to U.S. reports.

The official investigation was launched after a police spokesperson confirmed sleeping pills - both prescription medication and non-prescription - were found in the vicinity of the actor's body.

In Perth, his home town, Ledger's father Kim read out a statement in which he insisted the death was an accident.

Surrounded by his ex-wife Sally and their sobbing daughter Kate, he said: “We confirm the very tragic, untimely and accidental passing of our dearly loved son, brother and doting father of Matilda.”

He went on to describe his son as "a down to earth, generous, kind-hearted, life-loving and selfless individual who was extremely inspirational to many."

Kim continued: "Heath has touched so many people on so many different levels during his short life that few had the pleasure of truly knowing him."

It has been revealed Ledger made a friend promise to call and “wake me up” hours before his death.

Film director Shekhar Kapur said Ledger had asked him to call the next morning during a conversation on the eve of the tragedy.

Kapur, who directed Ledger in The Four Feathers, telephoned him on Monday after arriving in New York from London.

“I last spoke to him the night before he died. He said he could not see me that night but really wanted to meet me the next day. He made me promise that I would call him in the morning and wake him up. I tried. Little did I know that his soul had already left his body,” he said.

He added: “He was one of the most gentle, the most honest, most caring, and most compassionate persons I had met.”

The actor was found dead at a SoHo, Manhattan residence, where he had been staying on a temporary basis.

Sources told Mail Online today that Ledger had been battling substance abuse problems - including an addiction to heroin - for some time.

"He had a stint in rehab last year when he was treated for heroin," a source told The Daily Mail, adding that Ledger was increasingly introverted at the time of his death.

There are claims the strain of playing the Joker in the new Batman film may have proved too much for the star – in a recent interview he told how the role of a “murderous psychopath” had left him “sleepless and exhausted”. He is also said to have recently suffered pneumonia.

He was only sleeping around two hours a night, with reports speculating his reliance on sleeping pills lead to his "accidental overdose".

A housekeeper at Ledger's New York City apartment made shocking discovery of his body face down on a bed at 3.20pm local time on Tuesday afternoon.

Minutes earlier, the housekeeper had opened the door to a masseuse, who had an appointment with the actor.

The Hollywood website TMZ.com reported that Ledger was in cardiac arrest when emergency services arrived on the scene.

The actor's body was moved to the floor but subsequent attempts to revive him failed and he was pronounced dead at 3.35pm, at the scene.

Police are treating Ledger's death as possible suicide or an accidental drugs overdose.

Officers have blocked anyone from entering the apartment and said a full autopsy will be carried out on Ledger's body on today.

His remains were removed by police in a body bag from the apartment three hours after his death.

Ledger's ex-fiancée Michelle Williams and their two year old daughter Matilda flew from a film set in Sweden to their home in Brooklyn following tragedy.

“You can't begin to imagine the state she's in,” an executive on the film told the Mail Online.

Her father Larry Williams said: “It has just broken everybody's heart in my family. I think Tennyson got it right in the poem he described someone as having died at a young age but burning the candles at both ends. And oh what a beautiful flame he made. That was Heath.”

He said Ledger was devoted to the couple's daughter.

"The saddest thing is his daughter whom he just loved dearly. The Tennyson poem is just so true. His years were few but he left a beautiful legacy."

An insider disclosed that the Oscar nominated star had been battling substance abuse problems during the later part of his life.

Perth-born Ledger took his break-up with Williams last September very badly, according to the source.

"Heath was shattered by his split from Michelle," the source told Mail Online, adding: "He became a recluse. He barely slept he was dealing with terrible mood swings."

Ledger spent the past several months mourning the loss of his relationship with Williams and friends say he had become an introvert, who was headed in a downward spiral.

"Heath totally wanted to be on his own these past few months since he and Michelle split in September," says a source. "She was very much in love with him, but the fact he continued to dabble in drugs kept their relationship from being one she could rely on.

"He adored his daughter Matilda, and when Michelle called it quits, he missed Matilda so much that he was thrown into a deep dark depression.

"Heath was living in New York to be close to his daughter. But he hardly ever ventured out anymore.

"His close friend and Brokeback co-star, Jake Gyllenhaal has been worried about him for months. And he knew Heath was sinking further into a depression. Jake is Matilda's godfather, and he and Heath had become really close since they did the film Brokeback together.

"Jake wanted Heath to get help, but he refused, and now it looks as though he may have died of a drug overdose.

"Michelle will be devastated by the news, because she always hoped he would get help and they could manage to work out their relationship for the sake of their daughter.

"Now poor little Matty is left without a father, and Heath has died a senseless death.

"He had so much to live for and he was so talented. He was working on a new film, and he had everything in life to live for. Now, tragically, he has thrown it all away at just 28."

Industry observers spoke last night of the increasingly "unhinged" way that Ledger has carried himself professionally and personally in recent months.

"It's easy to think an actor is just dressing bizarrely and acting weird on the red carpet to try to drum up some interest in themselves. But a picture is fast emerging, through discussions with his friends and work associates, that Heath has really been very out of it for months.

"And he's been battling some pretty serious demons. It's just so incredible that it was allowed to gone on unchecked for so long."

Ledger's former fiancée Williams failed to talk sense into her now deceased former partner.

"She cared for him deeply but his life was unmanageable," said the source. "As much as she wanted to stay together, he was a different person these past couple of years.

"The tragic reality was that he lost his grip on life."

As for Ledger's trip to rehab, the source said: "It was during his filming of The Dark Knight. Heath's addiction was really getting in the way of his ability to act. He went to rehab but left fairly quickly, within a number of days.

"Tragically, he never really faced up to his addictions. Had he done so, he would be alive today."

It was at the Venice Film Festival in September of last year that Ledger first started displaying signs of being floored by his split with Williams and at was then that friends noticed a change of behaviour in him.

After behaving oddly during a press junket at the festival on the Venice Lido all day on September 3rd, Ledger went alone to a party thrown by Italian designer Alberta Ferretti on a yacht moored off the main city at 10pm.

Ledger arrived dressed "as if he was homeless", said a source.

"It looked as if he was if he was trying to make some kind of point. He drifted around the party not talking to anyone for half an hour and then just walked off into the night like a lost soul. It was most odd.

"He and Richard Gere were both special guests at the party. But Heath was just like a ghost. It was obvious something awful had happened to him."

In an interview last November, Ledger spoke of the joy of fatherhood; "Having a child changes every aspect of your life – for the better, of course. The sacrifices are large, but what you get in return is even bigger than the sacrifices you make.

"I feel, in a sense, ready to die because you are living on in your child."

Chief among his celebrity confidants during the final stages of his life was fellow Australian Naomi Watts, who dated Ledger for two years after meeting on the set of Ned Kelly.

Ledger was currently in the middle of filming the Terry Gilliam movie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus at the time of his death. Last weekend, he was photographed dressed as a clown on set in London.

Born in Perth, Western Australia, to race car driver Kim Ledger and French teacher Sally Bell, the actor left school at age 16 to pursue his acting career in Sydney.

After making his TV debut in children's TV series Clowning Around at the age of 13, Ledger made his first big screen outing in Australian drama Blackrock.

Ledger's breakout Hollywood role came in 1999 teen comedy 10 Things I Hate About You, alongside Julia Stiles and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

After high-profile roles opposite Mel Gibson in The Patriot and Halle Berry in Monster's Ball, Ledger was firmly established as a leading man in Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain in 2005.

Ledger was Oscar-nominated for his acclaimed performance as gay cowboy Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain, but missed out to Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Academy Award for Capote.

He can currently be seen in cinemas playing Bob Dylan in I'm Not There alongside Cate Blanchett and Richard Gere.

His performance as The Joker in Batman sequel The Dark Knight has already received a good reception from test audiences. The movie is expected to be a blockbuster when it is released this summer.

Warner Bros. Pictures Group, who produced the Batman movie, has issued a statement: "The studio is stunned and devastated by this tragic news. The entertainment community has lost an enormous talent.

"Heath was a brilliant actor and an exceptional person. Our hearts go out to his family and friends."

As well as his film career, Ledger also had a love for music and started a record company with American musician Ben Harper.

Ledger's demise comes just a week after the sudden death of another young Hollywood star, 25-year-old Brad Renfro. It is believed Renfro died of a suspected drug overdose.

Despite his high-profile relationships with Williams, Watts and Heather Graham, Ledger hated the media attention that came with his fame and had often hit the headlines for altercations with the paparazzi.

As well as his parents and daughter Matilda, Ledger is also survived by his sister Katherine, and half-sisters Olivia Ledger and Ashleigh Bell.


Heath Ledger's filmography

The Dark Knight (2008}

I'm Not There (2007)

Candy (2006)

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

The Brothers Grimm (2005)

Lords of Dogtown (2005)

Ned Kelly (2003)

The Four Feathers (2002)

Monster's Ball (2001)

A Knight's Tale (2001)

The Patriot (2000)

Two Hands (1999)

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

Paws (1997)

Blackrock (1997)

Clowning Around (1992)


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Re: Heath Ledger - In Loving Memory
« Reply #482 on: Jan 23, 2008, 11:24 AM »

I am going to Broome Street in a few hours and pay respect to Heath with flowers, a button and a card from the forum


I know you all will be with me.  :\'( :ghug: :ghug:

Thank you so much for doing this on our behalf, especially for many of us who are so far away and would have liked to pay our respects. It's such a blessing to be able to take comfort from each other at this time. Thank you all.  :ghug:

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Re: Heath Ledger - In Loving Memory
« Reply #483 on: Jan 23, 2008, 11:35 AM »
Dear Brokies, my hugs are not enough but your words give comfort. Thank you for stopping by and expressing your thoughts. Together we will be strong.

 :ghug: :ghug: :ghug:

I am going to Broome Street in a few hours and pay respect to Heath with flowers, a button and a card from the forum



On the card, I wrote

"Dear Heath, anything interesting up in the heaven? We miss you."

I know you all will be with me.  :\'( :ghug: :ghug:

Dear Ethan, thanks to have done that : a card from the forum and flowers to Heath  :ghug:
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Re: Heath Ledger - In Loving Memory
« Reply #484 on: Jan 23, 2008, 11:42 AM »
I don't know what to say, I heard it on the radio this morning and I started to cry. I Had to go home from work because I felt so bad. I don't know what to do now, I just sit here and cry :\'(

It's nice to know that I can come on here and express what I'm feeling. Thank you for being here :ghug:
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« Reply #485 on: Jan 23, 2008, 11:42 AM »


http://www.showbizspy.com/2008/01/23/heath-ledgers-untimely-death-a-recap/

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Heath Ledger’s untimely death - a recap
By Owen Williams



Australian movie hunk Heath Ledger died at the age of 28 on Tuesday, he was found unresponsive in his New York apartment at 3:30 p.m. U.S. time.

*He was found naked and unconscious in his bed by his maid, with his room, with sleeping pills strewn around him.

*He was reportedly found at an apartment owned by Mary-Kate Olsen, this was later proved to be not true, and in fact, it turned out that Heath’s masseuse called the bodyguard for the Olsens - because they’re friends and he’s an EMT. The bodyguard was around the block at Ashley’s and he immediately went over. By the time he arrived, the cops were already there.

*Heath’s death was an accident, according to his family who released this statement saying: “Heath’s family confirms the very tragic, untimely and accidental passing of our dearly loved son, brother and doting father of Matilda.

“He was found peacefully asleep in his New York apartment by his housekeeper at 3:30 p.m. U.S. time.

“We would like to thank our friends and everyone around the world for their well wishes and kind thoughts at this time. “Heath has touched so many people on so many different levels during his short life but few had the pleasure of truly knowing him.

“He was a down to earth, generous, kind-hearted, life-loving and selfless individual who was extremely inspirational to many.

“Please now respect our families need to grieve and come to terms with our loss privately.”

*Heath’s friends then revealed that they “saw his death coming,” revealing: “This is terrible and I’m in shock,” a close friend of Ledger’s told Us Weekly. “But to tell you the truth… we saw it coming.”

“Heath has gone though a rough road of trying to get sober,” adds the source.

“Things were very dark,” the source says. “His one joy was Matilda.”

* Lindsay Lohan was reportedly left devastated when she found out about Heath’s untimely death. The two were “very close” for some time.

*Michelle Williams was left devastated” by the death of her former fiancé. Sources told TMZ that “words cannot describe” the pain she is in over the news about the father of her child, Matilda Rose.

Sources say she jumped on plane headed to New York yesterday.

* A host of stars, including Mel Gibson, John Travolta and Nicole Kidman expressed their shock at the actor’s death.

“I had such great hope for him,” says Mel Gibson, a fellow Australian. “He was just taking off and to lose his life at such a young age is a tragic loss. My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.”

Travolta said: “He is one of my favorite actors. His abilities are rare… it’s a tremendous loss.

“It’s hard to be here celebrating Australia under these circumstances.”

Nicole Kidman last night paid tribute to Heath Ledger, calling his death: “A tragedy.”

The Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd even issued a statement on the Perth native’s passing: “It was with great sadness that I have learned of the passing of Heath Ledger,” he said. “It is tragic that we have lost one of our nation’s finest actors in the prime of his life. Heath Ledger’s diverse and challenging roles will be remembered as some of the great performances by an Australian actor.”

Ledger began acting in his native Australia when he was given a choice at school between cooking or drama classes.

Born in Perth in 1979, the blonde haired star had to choose one of the two compulsory classes - either cooking or drama and as Ledger could honestly not see himself in a cooking class, he tried his hand at drama.

He fell in love with acting and when he was 17, he and a friend, decided to pack up, leave school, take a car and drive across the country to Sydney.

However, upon arriving in Sydney with a reported 69 cents to his name, Heath tried everything to get a break.

His first real acting job came in a low budget movie called Blackrock (1997), a largely unimpressive clich?; a teen angst film about one boy’s struggle when he learns his best mate raped a girl.

A succession of small roles followed, including a tiny part in the popular soap Home and Away before he got his big break in a 1999 movie called Two Hands.

Following the acclaim he got for that movie, he was cast in his first US movie - 10 Things I Hate About You opposite Julia Stiles.

After that, it seemed Ledger was being typecast as a teen hunk, which he did not like, so he accepted a role in a very serious war drama The Patriot in 2000 as Mel Gibson’s son.

What followed was a stark inconsistency of roles with Ledger accepting virtually every single character role, anything to avoid being typecast.

Some met with praise, like his short role in Monster’s Ball (2001), but his version of Ned Kelly with Orlando Bloom in 2003 was an absolute flop.

But it was on this movie set that he met Naomi Watts and even though there was nearly a ten year ag e gap the couple began dating.

Ledger’s status as a teen hunk was cemented with his role in A Knight’s Tale alongside a huge British cast including James Purefoy, Rufus Sewell and Paul Bettany.

Roles in The Order, Lords of Dogtown and The Brother’s Grimm alongside Matt Damon followed but it was his Oscar nominated role as a gay cowboy in Brokeback Mountain that really cemented his success in Hollywood.

That pivotal role also saw him fall in love with co-star Michelle Williams and the couple went on to have a daughter together, Mathilda, whose godfather is his Brokeback Mountain co-star Jake Gyllenhaal, before they split last year.

Since then Ledger has starred opposite Sienna Miller in Casanova and Abbie Cornish in Candy.

But it is the role he just finished filming as The Joker in the latest Batman film opposite Christian Bale that had fans really buzzing as he was the first non American to ever play the role.

Despite his career going from strength to strength Ledger always remained a very private actor.

He rarely gave interviews unless they were connected to the latest movie he was promoting and hated speaking about his private life.

So it would surprise many to know that he is one of seven godparents to Elizabeth Hurley’s son Damien or that his parents named him after the main character in Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights.

He is also of Irish and Scottish ancestry while most of his wardrobe is designed by his best friend Shem.

He also stayed very close to his roots, living with and constantly staying in touch with another friend and mentor, the Aussie actor Martin Henderson, who appeared in Britney Spears video Toxic.

Ledger was also named by Empire Magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Movie Stars in the world in 2007.


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Re: Heath Ledger - In Loving Memory
« Reply #486 on: Jan 23, 2008, 11:45 AM »
Dear Brokies, my hugs are not enough but your words give comfort. Thank you for stopping by and expressing your thoughts. Together we will be strong.

 :ghug: :ghug: :ghug:

I am going to Broome Street in a few hours and pay respect to Heath with flowers, a button and a card from the forum



On the card, I wrote

"Dear Heath, anything interesting up in the heaven? We miss you."

I know you all will be with me.  :\'( :ghug: :ghug:

You bet,Ethan.     :^^)  %)
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Re: Heath Ledger - In Loving Memory
« Reply #487 on: Jan 23, 2008, 11:46 AM »
The intelligent part of me knows that it's not healthy to repress the truth and to acknowledge my feelings but this HURTS LIKE HELL!! The shock and pain is just too much to bear. I feel like I need to mentally shut down and emotionally block it out to preserve the little bit of sanity I have left. I want to feel numb...
 :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(

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« Reply #488 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:02 PM »




Una simple búsqueda en internet con tu nombre puesto en el cajetín; busca de nuevas fotos quizás de la última película que has protagonizado como ese Joker mendigo que reta al antiguo Jack vestido con las mejores galas. Y la búsqueda se limitó a un titular en la primera dirección: "Ha sido encontrado muerto esta mañana".


El aturdimiento de las noticias diarias, con las subidas y las bajadas de la bolsa, los accidentes de tráfico, la niebla, el terrorismo y los graciosos de siempre... curiosamente quedaron eclipsadas por esas palabras porque encerraban el final de una vida corta; tu vida de 28 años que no ha podido superar la barrera de la fama y de esa exposición diaria a dimes y diretes.


Ha muerto rodeado de pastillas y empastillado dicen. La voz de los que como yo están en la red de redes por la tarde levantando su livejournal o en foros amigos, se apagó en un lamento, un susurro que se perdió en el viento, un mea culpa interior que se colaba por cada poro de la piel.
Muerte anunciada y querida pensaba hace unos días, lo decía tu aspecto, tu mirada perdida en algún camino desconocido, las rarezas que envolvían tus presentaciones públicas. Me fue fácil asimilar la muerte porque ya hace algunos meses cuando te ví vestido de "gala" para presentar una de tus películas, me dió el pálpito de que la muerte te estaba rondando y que tú estabas coqueando con ella.


"¿Has bailado con la muerte a la luz de la luna?".... curioso, ya estabas bailando hacía mucho tiempo. Porque perdiste el norte o a lo mejor porque nunca lo tuviste; ese era el aspecto que presentabas en tus salidas, queriendo provocar o pidiendo por favor que alguien te invitara al lecho fúnebre.


Ha tenido que ser un relámpago de locura lo que te hace encaminarte a la luz final. Una, dos, tres..... pastillas que te han dado alas para volar. Rubio ángel, joven para morir pero que como alguien dijo, hará un hermoso cadaver.... James Dean que mucho sabía tambien de estos asuntos. Un ángel que busca ese cielo donde puede encontrar a todos que como tú decidieron no luchar, bajarse del coche en marcha y no llegar hasta el final. Bailando con la muerte y llevado de la mano por ella en esos senderos de gloria que ahora te harán eterno por siempre jamás.
Y pensante he pasado algunos minutos mirando tus fotos, esas mismas que he puesto en los foros, en el livejournal, en mi web... qué de palabras técnicas para decir "algo de mi vida"¡. He visto esa mirada perdida, esa boca desafiante, esas posturas desganadas que adornabas con las mayores extravagancias ante los reporteros, ante los críticos, ante el personal amante del cine. Lo pensé hace poco; tendrá un mal final....


Y lo tenía anunciado en la gran película; aunque ha sido tú el que has dejado primero el mundo. Una lucha por saber la verdad, la desgana de lo cotidiano, el sabor de la amargura de no poder como se quiere en verdad. El cielo se ha abierto para un nuevo morador; otro chico de 28 años que dijo no a la vida y que ahora tendrá que aprender a comportarse como todos aquellos que antes decidieron bajarse del mundo sin decir ni siquiera "Para, que me bajo en la siguiente".
Y..... Ennis del Mar. Ahora las montañas reciben a su dueño, ese que reniega de lo que siente; ese que llora la muerte del puto Jack; ese que no tuvo valor para vivir lo que sentía; ese al final llegó a donde quería estar. Montañas de Ennis del Mar que se abren a su paso para recibirle en su seno, para acunar a tan bello hombre, para convertirlo en ángel de luz, para llenar su corazón de esos sentimientos que le atemorizan, para hacer que una mujer llore porque uno de sus chicos ha muerto o se ha dejado matar.


Y Jack, donde esta el puto Jack..... quizás corra montaña abajo, hasta el río.... ese mismo que sirvió para lavar los platos y para ver desnudo a Ennis, mientras lo presentía de reojos..... Ennis donde estás?


Ahora el personaje y el hombre se unen en lasmontañas que se cubren de nieve, las ovejas siguen silenciosas su camino porque saben que el cordero rubio que las atuzaba en el valle ya no las volverá a abandonar... Ennis, Ennis del Mar se ha convertido en ángel, personaje que en realidad ya es y ha querido buscar a Jack..


Ahora más que nunca esas imágenes de una película se vuelven verdad y poco a poco ven a dos hombres por el sendero de las cumbres caminando uno junto al otro. Ya son leyenda, ya son realidad.


Ennis y Jack por fin juntos; pero la muerte ha tenido que visitar una casa para llevarse al hombre que encarnó parte de la leyenda, de la novela, de la historia que existió hace muchos años ya.
Ennis y Jack, realidad y ficción reposan en los valles de BBM.... quien pudiera verles vivir su historia de imposible amor. Quien pudiera decirles que ahora ya son parte de la historia, de la leyenda, de las montañas, del amor real...




R.I.P.

Heath Ledger
co-protagonista de Brokeback Mountain.




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Re: Heath Ledger - In Loving Memory
« Reply #489 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:04 PM »
Has there been any news about how Jake is doing?  I worry about him as well, I know they were close.  He is Matilda's godfather, I believe.  I read that Michelle is 'devastated' an understatement if ever there was one.  

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Re: Heath Ledger - In Loving Memory
« Reply #490 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:12 PM »
I keep looking and watching for any word from Jake.
I just read that Michelle flew in from Sweden this morning.

I excerpted this from the article above:

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"His close friend and Brokeback co-star, Jake Gyllenhaal has been worried about him for months. And he knew Heath was sinking further into a depression. Jake is Matilda's godfather, and he and Heath had become really close since they did the film Brokeback together.

"Jake wanted Heath to get help, but he refused...


Unless the press somehow gets a hold of him, I doubt that we will hear Jake comment about this publicly.  It's always been Jake's and Heath's way to shun publicity as much as possible.  I am sure he and his sister Maggie must be grieving for their friend and co-worker.  And we should remember that Matilda is Jake's god-daughter.

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« Reply #491 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:12 PM »
The best I read so far from Newspapers

this is from the San Francisco Chronicle

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/22/DDG6UJRN4.DTL

Mick LaSalle, Chronicle Movie Critic


(There's no way to make sense of this. No way to end an appreciation like this on an uplift when the news is so sad. If there's something positive to be said, it's that the best work Ledger left behind will last forever, and the rest is already forgotten.



Thank you Pierre. This is so incomprehensible.  :\'(
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« Reply #492 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:18 PM »
Dear Brokies, my hugs are not enough but your words give comfort. Thank you for stopping by and expressing your thoughts. Together we will be strong.

 :ghug: :ghug: :ghug:

I am going to Broome Street in a few hours and pay respect to Heath with flowers, a button and a card from the forum



On the card, I wrote

"Dear Heath, anything interesting up in the heaven? We miss you."
I know you all will be with me.  :\'( :ghug: :ghug:

Ethan, that's so painfully beautiful. 9 hours since I heard it and still I can't stop crying..... :\'(  :\'(  :\'(

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« Reply #493 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:19 PM »
Dear Brokies, my hugs are not enough but your words give comfort. Thank you for stopping by and expressing your thoughts. Together we will be strong.

 :ghug: :ghug: :ghug:

I am going to Broome Street in a few hours and pay respect to Heath with flowers, a button and a card from the forum



On the card, I wrote

"Dear Heath, anything interesting up in the heaven? We miss you."

I know you all will be with me.  :\'( :ghug: :ghug:

God bless you, ethan.  I wish I could be there with you.

I wish I didn't have to be at work today; all I can think about is Heath. :\'(
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« Reply #494 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:25 PM »
    Am trying to figure out what more we can do and one thing stands out---providing a permanent home, here, for those who have loved Heath.
The fan sites crashed yesterday, but they cannot continue much longer, anyway.  Here, this forum is about BBM, and so there will always be
a section devoted to him here.  The administrators and moderators will have to re-work the format of this section, but I hope we will always have
those photos, to remember him by and ways to have some of the same threads but with a different theme.  Am hoping very much they will give
us time to adjust and then, I hope very much, a permanent home for every aspect of his life and work.  Please, please, leave the photos.
   His fan sites can't keep on, as they were about his ongoing career.  But here, surely, this can be where he will always be remembered and
we can look for him, each time we log on.  Am hoping that is what will be done.  

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« Reply #495 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:28 PM »
Tony, I feel certain his candle will always burn here. In what way the format will change, only time will tell. For now, we gather together and remember him, and celebrate him, as a family. :ghug:
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« Reply #496 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:28 PM »

Remember that so many things remain unanswered, and that even in this article, there remains a lot of speculation.

But I am heartened to read the Jake was his friend to the very end.  I quote from the full article:

Jake, you remained a true friend.  I am sure Heath appreciated you.



I feel a little bit better knowing that Jake was by side through all his problems and he never was alone......though he died alone and that just breaks my heart. And also Jake must be feeling like shit right now, above all, if he wanted Heath to see a doctor.

So thomas, then is it right? was he so depressed? I used to think that Michelle and him no longer loved each other or even that it was him who didn't loved Michelle no more, but OMG I just found out that he was still so much in love with Michelle.....He was a so sweet and loving man. Everytime I saw in Baby pix thread pics where Heath was holding Michelle hands, looking at her like she was the most precious thing in the world, my heart was melted. He was a very good person, a fine man; he knew so well what love is.

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« Reply #497 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:31 PM »
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"His close friend and Brokeback co-star, Jake Gyllenhaal has been worried about him for months. And he knew Heath was sinking further into a depression. Jake is Matilda's godfather, and he and Heath had become really close since they did the film Brokeback together.

"Jake wanted Heath to get help, but he refused...

God, that's heartbreaking. I can only imagine Jake's pain at hearing the news, knowing that he had seen something like this coming. If only Heath had listened, or someone had been able to force his hand.

 :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(

Ethan - thank you for doing the tribute on behalf of all of us :^^)

He will be eternally missed, but he will never be forgotten

Christopher Nolan, accepting the Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe on Heath's behalf.

He was, as an actor and a professional and a human being, one of a kind

Charles Roven, accepting Heath's BAFTA.

This award tonight would have humbly validated Heath's quiet determination to be truly accepted by you all here — his peers within an industry he so loved.

Kim Ledger, accepting Heath's Oscar.

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« Reply #498 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:32 PM »
I hope nothing changes here.

The Happy Birthday thread will be a yearly birth commemoration thread.  We shall have an obit thread to remember him by every year -- perhaps this one.  

We will celebrate the release of The Dark Knight this summer.

We will follow what becomes of Dr. Parnassus.

We will continue to appreciate his work in the various threads devoted to his roles.

I am thinking of starting a tradition.  If Heath were buried here in the US, it would be nice to send flowers to his grave every year on the anniversaries of his birth and death, as I did for Chopin in Paris for a number of years, while I had a friend there who was willing to do it for me.

But I suspect he will be buried in Australia -- possibly Perth.

As with Chopin, I wish that they would bury Heath's body here in the US, and send his heart back to Perth.

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« Reply #499 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:37 PM »
I think we should hold off on speculating about his state of mind. After all, we really don't know anything and there will likely be many conflicting reports before this whole situation is cleared up. He may have been very depressed or he may have been very happy. He may have been overworked or he may simply have been living his life to the fullest. We really don't know. The one thing we do know is that we love him and always will, and that he will be terribly missed. I just hate to think of any of us feeling badly, wondering if he were in trouble, when we're already hurting so much. I wish I had something more to give, but for now I offer as many of these  :ghug:  :ghug:  :ghug: as I can give out.

To all of you:  %)
For a moment in our lives. Forever in our hearts.

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« Reply #500 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:41 PM »
thank you ethan for taking us with you  :ghug:
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« Reply #501 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:46 PM »
thank you ethan for taking us with you  :ghug:

yes thank you to bring us to him :ghug:
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« Reply #502 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:50 PM »
I think we should hold off on speculating about his state of mind. After all, we really don't know anything and there will likely be many conflicting reports before this whole situation is cleared up. He may have been very depressed or he may have been very happy. He may have been overworked or he may simply have been living his life to the fullest. We really don't know. The one thing we do know is that we love him and always will, and that he will be terribly missed. I just hate to think of any of us feeling badly, wondering if he were in trouble, when we're already hurting so much. I wish I had something more to give, but for now I offer as many of these  :ghug:  :ghug:  :ghug: as I can give out.

To all of you:  %)

The Tabloids had no love of Heath and I have heard alot of speculation on his state of mind.  I doubt that Jake has spoken to anyone about Heath's passing and I think it is a matter of them once again jumping to conclusions. 

I respectfully request that we hold off on any conclusions as to how he died (until we hear from the medical examiner) and whether he was depressed.  He had a little girl who he loved so much.  And it has never been mentioned that he had any kind of drug problem.  I was listening to CNN, very briefly,  and this woman reporter started to compare his death with those of John Beluchi and River Phoenix and Elvis and it made me sick I shut it off.

Heath will forever live in my heart. 
Aren't we at the stage these days when it just doesn't ... matter? It's a story of love and it's a story between two people. If people can't get over that and just accept it as a story, then that's their problem. I'm big enough and brave enough to do it. - Heath Ledger on doing BBM

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« Reply #503 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:52 PM »

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Kapur, who directed Ledger in The Four Feathers, telephoned him on Monday after arriving in New York from London.

“I last spoke to him the night before he died. He said he could not see me that night but really wanted to meet me the next day. He made me promise that I would call him in the morning and wake him up. I tried. Little did I know that his soul had already left his body,” he said.


That's so sad.....

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He added: “He was one of the most gentle, the most honest, most caring, and most compassionate persons I had met.”

Beautiful.

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Sources told Mail Online today that Ledger had been battling substance abuse problems - including an addiction to heroin - for some time.

"He had a stint in rehab last year when he was treated for heroin," a source told The Daily Mail, adding that Ledger was increasingly introverted at the time of his death.

Is that true Thomas? I can't believe it.

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There are claims the strain of playing the Joker in the new Batman film may have proved too much for the star – in a recent interview he told how the role of a “murderous psychopath” had left him “sleepless and exhausted”. He is also said to have recently suffered pneumonia.

He was only sleeping around two hours a night, with reports speculating his reliance on sleeping pills lead to his "accidental overdose".


Poor baby....  :\'(  :\'(

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An insider disclosed that the Oscar nominated star had been battling substance abuse problems during the later part of his life.

Perth-born Ledger took his break-up with Williams last September very badly, according to the source.

"Heath was shattered by his split from Michelle," the source told Mail Online, adding: "He became a recluse. He barely slept he was dealing with terrible mood swings."

Ledger spent the past several months mourning the loss of his relationship with Williams and friends say he had become an introvert, who was headed in a downward spiral.

"Heath totally wanted to be on his own these past few months since he and Michelle split in September," says a source. "She was very much in love with him, but the fact he continued to dabble in drugs kept their relationship from being one she could rely on.

"He adored his daughter Matilda, and when Michelle called it quits, he missed Matilda so much that he was thrown into a deep dark depression.

"Heath was living in New York to be close to his daughter. But he hardly ever ventured out anymore
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So that's for real....there were drugs.....Oh no, Heath......why you?

So they loved each other; that's so beautiful, but still, they can't stay together.... :\'(  :\'(  :\'( It's something I've saw before, you know....BBM.

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"His close friend and Brokeback co-star, Jake Gyllenhaal has been worried about him for months. And he knew Heath was sinking further into a depression. Jake is Matilda's godfather, and he and Heath had become really close since they did the film Brokeback together.

"Jake wanted Heath to get help, but he refused, and now it looks as though he may have died of a drug overdose.

At least there was Jake, he must be beaten right now. Why didn't Heath hear Jake?  :\'(  :\'(  :\'( Drugs are not good.

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"It's easy to think an actor is just dressing bizarrely and acting weird on the red carpet to try to drum up some interest in themselves. But a picture is fast emerging, through discussions with his friends and work associates, that Heath has really been very out of it for months.

"And he's been battling some pretty serious demons. It's just so incredible that it was allowed to gone on unchecked for so long."

Oh no.... :\'(  :\'(

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Ledger's former fiancée Williams failed to talk sense into her now deceased former partner.

"She cared for him deeply but his life was unmanageable," said the source. "As much as she wanted to stay together, he was a different person these past couple of years.

"The tragic reality was that he lost his grip on life."

As for Ledger's trip to rehab, the source said: "It was during his filming of The Dark Knight. Heath's addiction was really getting in the way of his ability to act. He went to rehab but left fairly quickly, within a number of days.

"Tragically, he never really faced up to his addictions. Had he done so, he would be alive today."

It was at the Venice Film Festival in September of last year that Ledger first started displaying signs of being floored by his split with Williams and at was then that friends noticed a change of behaviour in him.

After behaving oddly during a press junket at the festival on the Venice Lido all day on September 3rd, Ledger went alone to a party thrown by Italian designer Alberta Ferretti on a yacht moored off the main city at 10pm.

Ledger arrived dressed "as if he was homeless", said a source.

"It looked as if he was if he was trying to make some kind of point. He drifted around the party not talking to anyone for half an hour and then just walked off into the night like a lost soul. It was most odd.

"He and Richard Gere were both special guests at the party. But Heath was just like a ghost. It was obvious something awful had happened to him."

Thomas tell me that that is not true; tell me that, please....

Well I didn't know anything about his way of living or nothing but I saw differences between his way of dressing when he was with Michelle in the pics Keren posted and the pics these days: a so different man, that's for sure. And Tony saw it well.



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« Reply #504 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:54 PM »
Dear Brokies, my hugs are not enough but your words give comfort. Thank you for stopping by and expressing your thoughts. Together we will be strong.

 :ghug: :ghug: :ghug:

I am going to Broome Street in a few hours and pay respect to Heath with flowers, a button and a card from the forum



On the card, I wrote

"Dear Heath, anything interesting up in the heaven? We miss you."

I know you all will be with me.  :\'( :ghug: :ghug:

Thank you Ethan.  I wish I could be with you too.  But we will all be there in spirit.   

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« Reply #505 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:56 PM »
Dear all
I have been in shock the whole day, unable to work, barely able to think. And this tragic death comes on the same day of the death anniversary of someone very close to me. The pain is so unbearable it makes the whole thing still unreal to me.
I was sincerely troubled by the way Heath looked in his most recent public appearances, I’ve been genuinely worried about him since news of his split-up with Michelle came out and how that might affect him, as he always came across to me (and to so many others who actually knew him in real life) as a deeply sensitive man, not to mention wary of his celebrity status and the whole Hollywood publicity machine.

I loved him also for the brave professional choices he made in the last few years, for the so many profound statements he made during interviews, for being such an “old soul” in a young man’s body, an incredibly profound, intuitive, humble human being. A rare specimen indeed: his incredible sensitivity, his humbleness, his integrity and other rare qualities most of his colleagues know him for all this transpired from his performances. I’m grateful to have been able to witness his most incredible acting performances during my lifetime. I had such hopes for him as an artist, and for the film industry one day doing him justice and honouring him with more awards than he had got so far. Two years ago he was really short-changed in all major award ceremonies for his BBM performance and I still can’t get over the injustice of it all.

I don’t know if I’ll be able to watch BBM or his other movies ever again. I hope I will, but I know for sure I won’t be able to see them again with the same eyes.

I have no one to mourn Heath with right now in my RL except my online friends, so I would like you all to receive a ((((((((((((((big hug))))))))))))) from me in this very sad day :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(

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Re: Heath Ledger - In Loving Memory
« Reply #506 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:56 PM »
Seeing all the messages here posted since yesterday, from the forum members (whatever they are big posters or not), just makes me think that Heath is a part of this link which connect us together to each other.

I do hope he had time to realize what he achieved in his life.
And I hope this connexion of people around the world, gathering for unsterstanding, love and compasion will ease his daughter pain one day...
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« Reply #507 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:57 PM »
Tammy sweetie, we don't know anything. Please don't upset yourself with these thoughts right now. I hate to see you so upset. Let's just be together and wait for the answers as they come in. I give you my love and as many of these  :ghug:  :ghug:  :ghug: as you can hang onto. :^^)
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« Reply #508 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:58 PM »
Friends, it does not matter to me whether or not Heath died due to an intentional overdose, or whether or not he had drug problems.

My brother had serious drug problems for years -- don't think that I ever stopped loving him because of it.

The same with Heath.  I don't care what the autopsy says or what causes are unearthed in the coming days.

Even without the autopsy, even without final facts as to cause of death or personal problems, I know I love him and his work.  

Let this be your anchor, and not anything else that he may or may not have done.


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« Reply #509 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:58 PM »
    Thank-you tpe, and FlowerChild, for giving me hope, this will be his home.  I did well, when I got up, but not so well now.  I never considered
myself a "fan" of Heath's, but more like a friend he didn't know about.  And the more that comes out, the more we see how sensitive, decent,
loving, and in need of love, he was.  More than we ever knew.  Somebody put a card outside that building that said "I never found out anything
bad about you."  They never will.  Why that person tried, is a mystery. We know more and more, now, he was so very human, and very kind.
It's headed for the 24 hour mark soon, and that, for me, is a wall to get over.  A full day, gone.