Heath Ledger dead at 28

Sad news for movie fans as Australian actor Heath Ledger has died at the age of 28. His body was found in his New York apartment by his housekeeper.

Drugs have been linked to his death as it is alleged there will pills found near his body. He was found dead in his bed at his apartment on Broome Street, Soho in Manhattan by his housekeeper at 3.35pm local time, the TMZ website said.

The cause of his death has not yet been confirmed and is under investigation.

A medical examiner went to the apartment and pronouced Ledger dead at 3.45pm

Ledger was probably best known for his role in Brokeback Mountain for which his was nominated of an Oscar for his role as Ennis Del Mar. At the time he did not win the Oscar he took the loss pretty hard.

His breakthrough role was the Australian movie Two Hands which was realeased in 1999. That same year he also had success with 10 Things I Hate about You.

Recently Ledger completed filming for The Dark Knight in which he plays The Joker. The movie is currently in post production. I heard an interview with him recently where he discussed the role and said it was the most fun he has had playing a role.

Ledger was currently filming The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus which was due to be released in 2009.

Ledger was born in Perth, Western Australia.

The Perth-born actor had a two-year-old Matilda, with former fiancee and Brokeback Mountain co-star Michelle Williams.

He was the son of Kim Ledger, a race car driver and mining and Sally Ledger Bell, a French teacher.