LEDGER FOUND DEAD IN APARTMENT

Heath Ledger, 2006 Academy Award nominee, was found dead in his apartment this afternoon.

The housekeeper found ledger dead at 3:35 p.m. in his SoHo apartment. Prescription pills were found near the body.

Police say that a masseuse arrived for an appointment at Ledger’s apartment and was let in by the housekeeper. After knocking on his bedroom door with no answer, the housekeeper and masseuse opened the door and found the actor unconscious. When they couldn’t wake him up they contacted 9-1-1.

Paramedics found him cardiac arrest when they arrived and attempted to revive him but were unsuccessful. Ledger was pronounced dead at the scene.

Ledger has a 2-year-old daughter with his former fiancée Michelle Williams. He appears in the upcoming Batman film, “The Dark Knight” as The Joker.

Heathcliff Andrew Ledger was born on April 4, 1979 in Perth, Australia.