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Autopsy fails to find how actor Heath Ledger died
Autopsy fails to find how actor Heath Ledger died
NEW YORK (CNN) -- An autopsy Wednesday morning on actor Heath Ledger was inconclusive, and a cause-of-death determination will take 10 to 14 days, a medical examiner's spokeswoman said. The Academy Award-nominated actor was found dead Tuesday of a possible drug overdose in a Lower Manhattan apartment, the New York Police Department said. He was 28. Flowers, notes and a candle left by mourning ...
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Dlisted - Be Very Afraid — ... CNN reports that Heath Ledger's autopsy was inconclusive. An autopsy was conducted this morning, but further tests are required to determine his cause of death. The medical examiner said it will take about 10 days. ...

Confused? What The Media Does And Doesn't Know About Ledger's Death [Heath Ledger]
Gawker — ... When the building's superintendent arrived at Ledger's fourth-floor apartment after being called by his housekeeper, the place was crammed with cops and the actor's covered body was being moved off the bed. [Daily Telegraph(AU)] Q. What did his autopsy, performed this morning, indicate? A. The results were inconclusive, further tests to indicate a cause of death will take another ten days. TMZ reported last night that Ledger may have had pneumonia. [CNN] ...

Confused? Here's What You Need To Know About Heath Ledger's Death [Heath Ledger]
Gawker — ... Sleeping aids Ambien, Donormyl, Zoplicone and anti-anxiety meds Xanax and Valium. They were not, as was reported, "strewn around" his dead body, but in bottles and packaging in the bedroom, bathroom and rest of the apartment. [NYP] Q. What did his autopsy, performed this morning, indicate? A. The results were inconclusive, further tests to indicate a cause of death will take another ten days. TMZ reported last night that Ledger may have had pneumonia. [CNN] ...

Heath Ledger’s autopsy is inconclusive
The Blemish — ... An autopsy performed this morning on Heath Ledger’s body was inconclusive. The tests needed to determine the actual cause of death will take 10-14 days. Police spokesman Paul Browne said, ...

Heath Ledger Autopsy Results
Bitten and Bound — ... Actress Michelle Williams, Ledger’s former girlfriend, was in Sweden when she got the news late Tuesday night. She and the couple’s daughter, two-year-old Matilda Rose, left early Wednesday morning. ...

Heath Ledger Autopsy Inconclusive, So Far
Haute Gossip — ... in the room, including sleeping pills. He said the pills were not "scattered around," as had been reported. No note was found and there was no indication of foul play, Browne said. The apartment did not belong to actress Mary-Kate Olsen, as initially reported by The New York Times' Web site and TMZ.com, citing police. Olsen's publicist told CNN the place is "not her apartment, was never her apartment."Mary-Kate has her own apartment in the same building. source - CNN ...

An Update on the Death of Heath Ledger
Film School Rejects — ... Dark Knight along with an addiction to pain killers and use of sleeping pills may have contributed to his death. Authorities are not treating it as a suicide currently as there was no note found on the scene. The death will not affect the release of The Dark Knight as of yet, but there is some question as to how it will affect production on The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, the film Ledger was working on with Terry Gilliam. CNN has the story here, AICN weighs in here. We’ll pretend that every major news outlet isn’t covering ...

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usatoday.com 1/23/2008 — An autopsy on Heath Ledger was inconclusive, and more tests are needed, the medical examiner's office said Wednesday, a day after ...
Heath Ledger Autopsy InconclusiveComingSoon.net - Movies 1/23/2008
An autopsy on Heath Ledger was inconclusive, and more tests are needed, the medical examiner's office said Wednesday, a day after the 28-year-old actor was found dead with sleeping pills nearby.
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The initial autopsy doesn't determine anything. A medical examiner for New York City has said that Wednesday's autopsy into Heath Ledger's death is inconclusive. New York City Medical Examiner spokeswoman Ellen...
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Authorities need more answers to sort out the situation surrounding Heath Ledger's death. An autopsy completed on the 28-year-old actor's body was inconclusive and additional tests...
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"The Insider" has the latest... The autopsy for HEATH LEDGER is inconclusive, the medical examiner's office tells "The Insider." The actor died Tuesday in New York City and a spokesperson for the medical examiner says it will now ...