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Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: Todd on February 07, 2008, 09:49:50 am
Quote from: Lexington;178990
sounds like he died on bisco tour

rotflrotfl
Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: Lexington on February 06, 2008, 10:06:08 pm
Quote from: dredmonkey;178992
ouch.

oh come now, youknow i\'m just being a dick
Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: Jim Cobb on February 06, 2008, 05:48:12 pm
Quote from: Lexington;178990
sounds like he died on bisco tour

snap...
Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: Vassillios on February 06, 2008, 05:43:50 pm
accidental my ass
Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: dredmonkey on February 06, 2008, 05:12:57 pm
ouch.
Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: Lexington on February 06, 2008, 05:01:40 pm
sounds like he died on bisco tour
Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: booztravlr on February 06, 2008, 03:43:24 pm
"Coach gave me these. They\'re pills filled with oxygen. They keep you from being incontinent. They\'re called Oxycontin."
Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: dredmonkey on February 06, 2008, 03:30:31 pm
hahaha, am i the only one who thinks this is hilarious
Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: Todd on February 06, 2008, 02:50:42 pm
Quote
Accidental drug mix killed Ledger

Hollywood actor Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of six different types of prescription drugs, New York authorities have revealed.

The Brokeback Mountain actor, 28, was found dead in January in an apartment he had been renting in Manhattan.

The city medical examiner\'s spokeswoman said Ledger died "as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects" of the different drugs.

They include painkiller Oxycontin and anti-anxiety drugs Valium and Xanax.

Spokeswoman Ellen Borakove said: "What you\'re looking at here is the cumulative effects of these medications together."

Traces of painkiller ibuprofen and sleeping pills, Restoril and Unisom, were also found in Ledger\'s blood.

Ledger\'s father Kim said: "While no medications were taken in excess, we learned today the combination of doctor-prescribed drugs proved lethal for our boy.

"Heath\'s accidental death serves as a caution to the hidden dangers of combining prescription medication, even at low dosage."

Some of the prescription drugs were found near his body when it was discovered by his masseuse after she arrived for an appointment.
source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7231084.stm)

Drugs are bad mmmkay...
Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: kindm's on January 23, 2008, 02:55:06 pm
Quote from: RadicalRich1138;177355
I heard they were bringing BATMAN in for questioning...


too soon?

Nah,

Yesterday I was seeing people post this:

"I guess you really can quit him" or something like that
Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: RadicalRich1138 on January 23, 2008, 02:28:33 pm
I heard they were bringing BATMAN in for questioning...


too soon?
Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: princesscaspian on January 23, 2008, 01:55:08 pm
so while i was having my oil changed, i was watching my absolute favorite fair and balanced news station, fox news... and they reported that they are not suspicious of suicide.... but that he may have unintentionally overdosed on something.

they mentioned that he was being treated for pneumonia, and also, that they were sending a "suspiciously folded 20 dollar bill with an unidentified white substance on it" to be analyzed. ( :rolleyes: )

the pharmacist in me thinks that he was on a newer antibiotic for the pneumonia, which has a side effect of causing cardiac arrhythmias (ie, your heart freaks out).... when you use a drug like ****, it also alters the heart\'s electrical conductivity, making it prone to arrhythmias (ie, its easier for your heart to freak out)... methinks combining the two may have something to do with it.

since i\'m a big science nerd, i like to make hypotheses :)... either way.... interesting developments. they said it could take up to a week to find a cause of death. really really really sad.
Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: tyzack on January 23, 2008, 07:44:42 am
I really don\'t care.

However, apparently alot of people do. It was on NPR headlines after the presidential debate and before the unrest in Kenya last night.
Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: ChrisF on January 23, 2008, 02:23:56 am
Quote from: Vassillios;177293
i heard he was in one of the olsen twins\' house?

not true.
Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: Vassillios on January 23, 2008, 01:19:27 am
i heard he was in one of the olsen twins\' house?
Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: leith on January 23, 2008, 12:12:38 am
Quote from: wildcoyote;177288
Quote from: leith;177280
Quote from: FreeSpirit;177276
:( The article said this may have been a suicide attempt.  If that\'s the case, as sorry as I am for his family, I have no sympathy/pity towards him.  Any person who makes such a serious choice about their precious life deserves to get their wish to leave this planet, imo.

Wow. Having worked with suicidal people as a psychiatric nurse I can honestly say that the opinion expressed in this quote is ignorant and entirely inhumane.

FreeSpirit= thinking of the victim\'s family

Leith= Thinking of the victim.

No wrong or right here.  I think what Leith is trying to say is that people don\'t understand the nature of depression. Much like addiction, it clouds judgement to the point where the victim (and I use that word with purpose) can no longer think along the lines of \'what will this do to my family\' any more than a crack head who can\'t put down the pipe.  I do believe it is a disease.

If not suicide- a real message to all of us who\'ve used sleeping pills to help come down.  I know I\'ve done it, and it is stupid dangerous.

wildcoyote you are correct in your assessment of my post. I may have been a bit harsh but I have seen what happens in many different cases of attempted suicide and twice successful attempts by patients in a Ward I was working in. Depression is a disease and some people come to the realization that their only "cure" is death. For someone who is mentally stable  ( or in this case pretty stable ;) ) of course this is totally inconceivable and leads to statements such as Freespirit made.
Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: wildcoyote on January 22, 2008, 11:35:05 pm
Quote from: leith;177280
Quote from: FreeSpirit;177276
:( The article said this may have been a suicide attempt.  If that\'s the case, as sorry as I am for his family, I have no sympathy/pity towards him.  Any person who makes such a serious choice about their precious life deserves to get their wish to leave this planet, imo.

Wow. Having worked with suicidal people as a psychiatric nurse I can honestly say that the opinion expressed in this quote is ignorant and entirely inhumane.

FreeSpirit= thinking of the victim\'s family

Leith= Thinking of the victim.

No wrong or right here.  I think what Leith is trying to say is that people don\'t understand the nature of depression. Much like addiction, it clouds judgement to the point where the victim (and I use that word with purpose) can no longer think along the lines of \'what will this do to my family\' any more than a crack head who can\'t put down the pipe.  I do believe it is a disease.

If not suicide- a real message to all of us who\'ve used sleeping pills to help come down.  I know I\'ve done it, and it is stupid dangerous.
Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: leith on January 22, 2008, 10:32:10 pm
Quote from: FreeSpirit;177276
:( The article said this may have been a suicide attempt.  If that\'s the case, as sorry as I am for his family, I have no sympathy/pity towards him.  Any person who makes such a serious choice about their precious life deserves to get their wish to leave this planet, imo.

Wow. Having worked with suicidal people as a psychiatric nurse I can honestly say that the opinion expressed in this quote is ignorant and entirely inhumane.
Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: FreeSpirit on January 22, 2008, 10:11:30 pm
:( The article said this may have been a suicide attempt.  If that\'s the case, as sorry as I am for his family, I have no sympathy/pity towards him.  Any person who makes such a serious choice about their precious life deserves to get their wish to leave this planet, imo.
Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: ChrisF on January 22, 2008, 09:02:09 pm
i thought he was already dead
Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: Todd on January 22, 2008, 08:39:58 pm
Quote from: SkyePrizm;177262
Was he married to Michelle Williams?

No
Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: Ren on January 22, 2008, 06:49:42 pm
I liked him.  Don\'t know why it upset me so much, but I got this awful pit in my stomach.  So close to my age maybe...little girl...good actor...depressed and miserable like myself, who knows...
Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: SkyePrizm on January 22, 2008, 06:31:44 pm
Quote from: Nermel9;177261
Just heard about this driving home from work.  It sucks.  I feel so bad for his little girl. :(

Me too.   Was he married to Michelle Williams?

its just really really sad.
Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: Nermel9 on January 22, 2008, 06:15:32 pm
Just heard about this driving home from work.  It sucks.  I feel so bad for his little girl. :(
Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: leith on January 22, 2008, 05:07:52 pm
wow. bummer
Title: Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
Post by: Yoda on January 22, 2008, 04:59:47 pm
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080122/ap_en_mo/obit_ledger;_ylt=AjtkDADX8S3R8dl_vtcaphms0NUE