NEW YORK - Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence in a possible drug-related death, police said. He was 28. NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Ledger had an appointment for a massage at the Manhattan apartment believed to be his home. The housekeeper who went to let Ledger know the masseuse was there found him dead at 3:26 p.m.

The Australian-born actor was an Oscar nominee for his role in "Brokeback Mountain" and has numerous other screen credits.

I'm really surprised by this. It's always sad when someone so young goes out unexpectedly.

Sorry too late twestern already has a topic about it.

Yeah, I noticed... I was trying to post this for like ten minutes and the server has been paralyzingly slow for me. Apologies for the dupe thread.