Heath Ledger

My clock radio awoke me this morning to people talking. I was about to hit snooze and delight in another nine minutes of sleep, when I realized they were talking about Heath Ledger and it didn't sound good. I was pretty sure he was dead, perhaps even suicide from what they were saying. Nothing is all that clear when I first wake up in the morning, so I verified what I had heard. We did lose Heath Ledger, perhaps accidental overdose of sleeping pills, and that is certainly a loss to the film community. Heath started off in films that left me paying little attention but then took a great, supporting role in Monster's Ball. He showed tremendous depth in a superb performance in Brokeback Mountain, which will now stand as his greatest work. It is a sad day in the film world.