10:17 Monday, September 29, 2008
Heath Ledger's untimely death and its consequences are still making news. It seems his life insurance company, ReliaStar, are not happy about the thought of coughing up $10 million insurance, which would go to a trustee in the name of his daughter Matilda. It appears the insurance film are looking deeply into the surroundings of Ledger's death, to see if they can ascertain whether the actor died by accident or whether he committed suicide. If a ruling is made that "The Dark Knight" star did kill himself, then the insurance company will not have to pay out the $10 million insurance.
Ledger took out the life insurance just 6 months before he died, in what has been classed as an accidental death due to drug overdose, by the New York City Medical Examiner. However, ReliaStar have put their own investigative team to work, according to TMZ, to check their suicide clause. TMZ has reported that lawyers representing Matilda's trustees are to sue the insurance company.
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6:48 Monday, August 4, 2008
Actress Mary-Kate Olsen (pictured here on the day of Heath's Ledgers death) has reportedly refused to be interviewed about the death of the Batman actor, unless she receives immunity from prosecution.
Olsen was widely rumoured to have been dating the Dark Knight star and was the first person called when his body was found following his drug overdose. She controversially called her own bodyguards instead of police or ambulance crews.
Now insiders say the pint-sized actress is the only person refusing to be interviewed by federal investigators who have been looking into the star's accidental drug overdose in his apartment in January.
The investigation is trying to reveal how Ledger got the drugs that eventually killed him, especially Oxycontin, known as 'Hillbilly heroin', which insiders say is believed to have been obtained illegally.
The FBI contacted her lawyer, Michael Miller, several times recently seeking her cooperation, but Miller says that Olsen will not be interviewed unless she gets immunity, exercising her constitutional rights, according to the Post.
According to sources, all of the drugs in Ledger's body were discovered nearby in prescription bottles - with the exception of OxyContin, a powerful painkiller.
Investigators "are trying to ID the source of the OxyContin," a source said. "Did it come from a dealer, from a friend? "If he had a bottle from a friend, was it taken by someone else before police responded? That is what is trying to be determined."
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3:18 Thursday, July 24, 2008
Michelle Williams may be trying her best to hide from the ever present glare of the media, but that doesn't mean she's been successful in avoiding Hollywood's spotlight altogether. As her ex fiances latest film, A Dark Knight, smashes box office records, reports have surfaced this week that the broken hearted actress has found love again with director Spike Jonze.
Heath Ledger tragically died in January this year of an accidental overdose in his Manhattan apartment. Seven months on and it's obvious Michelle is struggling to come to terms with his sudden death. Although the couple split in September 2007, after a three year relationship, their daughter Matilda kept a special bond between the pair.
Sources say Spike, who was previously married to Sophia Coppola, may be the shoulder Williams requires, in order to move on. The pair met in 2006 during an audition for one of his films, but their true friendship bloomed last year on the set of Synecdouche. They have since been spied enjoying pizza in NYC, many witnesses confirming the company appeared to be a romantic nature.
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4:00 Friday, June 27, 2008
Heath Ledger will be given a fond tribute by castmates at the end of the new Batman film.
The end credits of 'The Dark Knight' will include a touching farewell to the actor, who plays the Gotham City's villainous Joker.
A special-effects technician, who was killed last September in a stunt car accident, will also be honoured in the joint dedication.
The four-line tribute will appear as credits begin to roll.
"In memory of our friends Heath Ledger & Conway Wickliffe," reads the message included in the credits, which went up Thursday on the Warner Bros website.
Ledger died in January from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.
Critics who have already seen the film have heaped praise on Ledger's performance. The movie, which opens in the U.S. on July 18, also stars Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Director Christopher Nolan said of Leger: "I needed a phenomenal actor, but he also had to be someone unafraid of taking on such an iconic role,"
"Heath created something entirely original. It's stunning, it's captivating - it's going to blow people away."
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9:12 Friday, June 6, 2008
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A new fund created to help struggling Australian actors has been set up in Heath Ledger's name. Director Gregor Jordan has founded the fund with the memory that there were times when Ledger was so broke that he had to borrow money off the director. Starting in 2009, one Australian actor will be chosen and assisted in breaking into Hollywood.
Ledger died in January 2008 at the age of 28, after taking an overdose of prescription medicine.
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8:09 Thursday, February 28, 2008
Two American doctors are under investigation in connection with the accidental death of Heath Ledger. The doctors, one from California and the other from Texas, are being looked at by federal drug authorities, according to reports.
Ledger's body was found in his Manhattan apartment in January, and an autopsy blamed the fatal mixture of prescription drugs. The doctors being probed are believed to have supplied Ledger, 28, with the drugs Oxycontin and Vicodin, People.com reports. An insider told People,
"We are investigating doctors in Los Angeles and Texas with regard to Ledger's prescriptions. It is unclear yet whether there was any wrongdoing by whether doctor. We don't know yet. The agents were there this week, and we are waiting to hear from them."
The Drug Enforcement Administration has already subpoenaed the results of an autopsy carried out on Ledger in New York. The autopsy concluded that the drugs Valium, Temazepam, Alpazolam and Doxylamine were also present in the actor's body.
