UNITED STATES.- Death of the actor from Heath Ledger, Was one of the most tragic and commented on in the history of Hollywood cinema, as experts say he had a promising future and that his career was nearing its peak.
At the age of 28, Heath Ledger was found dead on March 22, 2008, at his home in Manhattan, New York, and his death was due to excessive drug use because he had problems reconciling sleep, according to some media. . .
But with Ledger’s biography as the journalist Janet Fife-Yeomans just released, there were more details about the last days of The Jocker, the Batman villain from “Dark Night”, a film he recorded before his death.
According to the author of the book called “Heat”, the prejudice in acting that lived for several years, it was feasible for Ledger’s mood to decrease, until he decided to turn his career to 360 degrees and start from scratch.
People didn’t give me the opportunity to be anything other than the “painted blonde piece” and I started to get bored, I felt that my career was getting out of control and that other people were making decisions for me. So, I somehow chose to destroy that race to start a new one “, reads a paragraph from the book.
The work was done with interviews that Fife-Yeomans conducted with the family of the missing, who were able to verify that the young man had a “tormented” life and that he could not mentally rest.
Kim Ledger, the actor’s father, made it clear to the American press that his son’s death was not a suicide, although he admitted to the writer that the Oscar winner was guilty of drug use, but was intent on satiating his illness.
No, I would never have committed suicide. He was the one who put these pills in his system and no one is to blame, but he did it believing he had it under control, as he explained to his sister, but, poor thing, it wasn’t like that. “he declared sharply.
I could not sleep
Michelle Williams, who was Heath Ledger’s partner for three years, testified for the documentary “I Am Heath Ledger”, directed by Adrian Buitehuis and Derik Murray, that he had a great passion for his work and that Ledger’s mind did not rest.
“Ever since I started the relationship with him, it was hard for him to sleep, his mind did not stop thinking and he always found him awake at night. That would continue, and I always warned him of the dangers. “, said.
Heath met Michelle during the filming of “Secret in the Mountain” in 2004, where they established a relationship and lived together with a daughter, but they separated in 2007.
At 22:36 on 22 March 2008, Heath Ledger was pronounced dead in his New York apartment and, according to press reports, the actor died of acute poisoning due to the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam. and doxylamine.