This afternoon, actor Heath Ledger — of Brokeback Mountain [1], A Knight's Tale [2], and more recently of I'm Not There [3] fame — was found dead in his Manhattan apartment, allegedly (for a time) an apartment in Mary Kate's building. Yes, that's right, one of the Full House [4] twins.

[[That's how rich the old gal is — not an apartment, but a building. Dressing young girls these days pays. Who's going to say "No" to daddy's little girl? I want. I want. Ok, hun. Train 'em young.]]

The facts — as reported on the internet (sometimes this clarification is necessary):

• He was found in Mary Kate's building.
• Mary Kate is one whacked out gal, with quite a dark cloud around her.
• [[I can no longer find the info about Mary-Kate's apartment, leading me to believe either she has the world's greatest publicist, or the New York Times made an oops.]]
• Ledger was found naked and unconscious on the floor near a bed.
• A bottle of pills was found on the bedside table.
• The bottle contained both prescription and non-prescription pills.
• The masseuse was on the way.
• Ledger left behind a child. [[Probably should have left the pills alone. If a child ain't a reason to live, then.... ]]
• Ledger expressed "dissatisfaction" with his own work.
• Kurt Cobain [5] also expressed "dissatisfaction" with his own work. I heard the two compared today.
• (Ledger would have made an AWESOME Joker!)
• Legder was working on a Terry Gilliam film.
• Johnny Depp almost went crazy working with Gilliam on Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas [6]
• Gilliam is from Minnesota.
  
  

You take it from here...

Read these stories [7].

TMZ [8] — they have multiple posts.
Times [9]
UPI
Observer [10]
Yahoo News
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