Heath Ledger Found Dead

Heath Ledger was found dead in the SoHo apartment he was renting Tuesday afternoon. He was 28. Early Wednesday, the medical examiner's office said an autopsy was inconclusive and that a complete investigation would take another 10 days. Update from Wednesday morning in Australia A statement from the family. We, Heath's family, confirm the very tragic, untimely and accidental passing of our dearly loved son, brother and doting father of Matilda, who was found in a peaceful sleep in his New York apartment by his housekeeper at 3:30 p.m. (EST)," his father, Kim, read while accompanied by mother Sally and Ledger's sister, Katie. "We would like to thank our friends and everyone around the world for their kind wishes at this time. "Heath has touched so many people on so many different levels during his short life, but few had the pleasure to truly know him. "He was a down-to-earth, generous, kind-hearted, life-loving and unselfish individual who was an extreme inspiration to many. ... (link)