Troubled?

[drewan]

I'm struggling with many of the Heath Ledger articles I've been reading since his death. Some of them write from the assumption that Ledger was "troubled, alone, and struggling with his demons."

There is no proof that Ledger intended to die, that he committed suicide. Recent articles have detailed that there were sleeping pills in his apartment, but they were not spilled out around him as described in some early press reports. There is no report of a goodbye note or any actions indicating he was intentionally checking out.

It's very possible that Ledger simply took the wrong combinations of medications and accidentally killed himself. That's pretty much what happened to Anna Nicole Smith a year ago, so why not Heath Ledger.

We don't need to increase the tragedy by depicting him as a troubled soul. He was a great and admired actor who took on some very memorable roles. I'm sad that after this summer I have no more Heath Ledger movies to look forward to.

Comments

[tygerversionx.livejournal.com]

As soon as the conflicting reports about the status of the body/room/etc started coming up, I detatched from the thing. I'll look in after the autopsy report comes out (not the inconclusive prelim one that didn't answer a damn thing), but right now every commentator is taking the report that fits their idea of who he was (druggie, suicidal, etc). It's making me unhappy like it appears to be making you.