Heath Ledger : his beautiful life and mysterious death

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Title:

Author:

McShane, John.

ISBN:

9781844546336

Personal Author:

McShane, John.

Publication Information:

London : John Blake, 2008.

Physical Description:

279 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm

Contents:

Sea, surf and Gene Kelly -- The long road begins -- A very good year -- A new "father"-- Mel Gibson -- A star is born -- Heath, Heather and the split -- Film fights-- for real -- "I prefer older women" -- Naomi and an on-off love -- A Grimm life -- Brokeback-- the story begins -- Love on the set -- The "new Brando" -- The joys of fatherhood -- Moving out-- and sleeping pills -- Death in Soho -- Tears, tributes-- and smiles at sunset.

Abstract:

Young, handsome and absurdly talented, Australian actor Heath Ledger shot to prominence with his first Hollywood film. This is his tragic story.

Personal Subject:

Ledger, Heath, 1979-2008.

Subject Term:

Motion picture actors and actresses -- Australia -- Biography.

Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.

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With his huge charisma, vast talent, and smoldering looks lighting up the screen, Heath Ledger quickly became a Hollywood A-list following his debut in the 1999 teen film 10 Things I Hate About You . But it was his award-winning and controversial role as Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain that cemented Ledger's place in the pantheon of acting greats. He was one of the youngest actors to ever to be nominated for an Oscar, and it was on the set of Brokeback that he fell in love with his costar Michelle Williams, with whom he had a daughter in 2005. With the world at his feet and a star role in the new Batman movie-- The Dark Knight --in the can, there was worldwide shock and disbelief following his sudden death in his New York apartment on January 22, 2008. Prescription drugs--found next to his body--were thought to be the cause, but mystery surrounded the circumstances. Was it an accidental death? Or were the pressures of life in the spotlight too great to bear? This is the tragic story of the brilliant actor whose light shone so brightly, but all too briefly, upon the world.