When I first read this story I thought it must have been something cooked up by a journalist with an overactive imagination, and it very well might be, but movie site Ain’t It Cool News is reporting that the director of the film Heath Ledger left unfinished when he died, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, has three big names in mind to take over for his character. Since the film is a fantasy in which Ledger’s character could easily change into someone else, all three replacement actors may pay tribute to Heath with performances:

Have I mentioned how much I love this idea? Because I do. I think it’s beautiful that the script loaned itself to this sort of idea, that we’re going to see Heath Ledger’s work in Terry Gilliam’s new film, and that we’re also going to see three very interesting actors step up to offer interpretations of him as a way of paying one final tribute to this actor whose career was cut so sadly short.

We’ve heard rumors about who might be stepping in, but now we’ve got the names verified. Count on it.

JOHNNY DEPP.

JUDE LAW.

COLIN FARRELL.

Nice choices, Gilliam. Can’t wait to see what happens inside the IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS, and I’d love to get a look at the script they’re going to use as they start this next stretch of shooting on the film.

[From Ain’t It Cool News]

Ain’t It Cool News has a good reputation for getting insider information on films and this could be true. About three weeks ago unreliable British source The Sun wrote that Imaginarium director Terry Gilliam wanted Johnny Depp to take over Heath’s part. There’s a scene in which Heath’s character falls through a magic mirror, and Cinematical quotes a studio source as saying “He could change into another character after that and that is where Johnny would come in.”

Back when that story came out, the movie was in shutdown mode following the death of Ledger, and workers on the film thought it wouldn’t come back. The star of the film, Christopher Plummer, has said that Heath’s final scenes would be created using CGI imagery, and he did suggest that other actors would be used. He is quoted as saying that “Because the film deals with magic, there is a way of turning Heath into other people, and then use stills and computer generated imagery.”

Maybe Heath’s character will get turned into three other top actors. It’s exciting to think that Depp, Law and Farrell might play in this film. I bet Daniel Day Lewis would be happy to be involved too, as he dedicated his SAG Award to Heath and seemed to be very affected by his death.

The evocative header image was created by /film.

Michelle William’s last interview before ex-boyfriend Heath Ledger’s death has just been published in Wonderland, a British magazine. Michelle talks briefly about her split from Ledger, and some of the advantages that came with it – notably less attention from the paparazzi, which was always a big issue for the couple. She also talks about her relationship with their two-year-old daughter Matilda. Michelle had just finished working on a film called “Incendiary” with Ewan McGregor in which she plays a woman who loses her husband in a terrorist attack. It’s very sad to hear her talking about how hard it was just to film something so emotional, knowing she’s actually living it right now.

On Splitting with Heath Ledger:
“When you’re in a relationship with somebody who is also a public personality then it doubles the attention from the media. When you minus that equation it’s just less enticing. That’s been a real bonus. It’s the plus side of the break-up for me. It was so pervading, it got bad there for a while. Every time I walk out of the door I still worry. That’s what is so silly about it: even if the paparazzi aren’t there, you wonder if they are. I’m not good at that stuff. I need to get better at it. It really used to affect me.”

[From Us Weekly]

Michelle and Heath seemed to dislike the paparazzi more than any celebrity couple I can recollect. There’s an infamous picture of the two in bathing suits, flipping off the camera with Heath holding a sign that says “Fuck Off.” They managed to live a pretty low-key existence in Brooklyn, everything considered. By most accounts everyone knew who they were, but were pretty respectful of the couple’s privacy.

Michelle’s been living as a single mother since she and Heath broke up in the fall, but now she no longer has a co-parent and is truly on her own in that sense. She talked about the physical and emotional struggle of filming a demanding movie like “Incendiary” and trying to still be a good mother to Matilda at the same time.

On Balancing Work and Motherhood:
“It’s not easy. Last April I was over in London doing a movie called Incendiary with Ewan McGregor. It’s about a woman grieving after losing her husband and son in a terrorist attack. It was a brutal role and arduous: six-day weeks, 14 hour-days. I was like the walking dead towards the end. Matilda would visit me everyday on-set for lunch and I’d race home to put her to bed. My only days off were Sundays and as much as I’d want to pass out, I’d try to take her out somewhere fun so she didn’t associate me with boredom. The only time that is really my own these days is after I’ve put her to bed and until I go to bed. That’s about two hours.”

[From Us Weekly]

Later on in the interview, Michelle brings up a really good question: why did she choose her line of work, considering she’s such an introvert? Michelle started acting at only 16 and says she never thought it would make her life so public. She seems to definitely be a real introvert, noting, “I have such problems with people looking at me.” She admits that acting is a strange choice of professions, considering the fame it brings. Unfortunately there’s probably no time in her life where she’s wanted less attention given to her, and no time where people have focused on her so much. Hopefully that’ll die down in the coming months and she can figure out a way to live the rest of her life happily.

Heath Ledger’s remains were finally cremated yesterday, after what sounds like a beautiful and fitting tribute to the young actor. There was a memorial which was attended by hundreds, as well as a small private funeral. Heath’s family, ex-girlfriend Michelle Williams, actress Cate Blanchett, and fellow Perth-born model Gemma Ward joined the hundreds of mourners at the large first service, which was held in the theater of Guildford Grammar school. Michelle was reportedly distraught throughout the service. Both Heath’s sister Kate Ledger and Cate Blanchett gave speeches, and Heath’s favorite songs were played.

A mourner told the paper, “Kate (Ledger) spoke of the unique bond she shared with her brother, how he would ring her three or four times a day and how he never forgot his friends even at the height of his fame.”

Blanchett also delivered an emotional eulogy.

“He achieved so much in his short life and was capable of so much in the future,” she said.

Ledger’s favorite songs were played at the memorial, including “Seven Nation Army” by the White Stripes, “The Times, They are A-Changin’” by Bob Dylan, the Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun” and “Come Together,” and Ben Harper’s “Happily Ever After,” which Harper wrote for Ledger and Williams’ two-year-old daughter Matilda.

[From Us Weekly]

During what was described as a subdued wake at the Indiana Tea House on Cottesloe Beach, many mourners, including Michelle Williams, jumped into the ocean as the sun was setting.

At least 50 people attending the wake ran onto the beach and many began to take off their clothes. While some women took the plunge in their black dresses, other men and women stripped down to just their underwear and jumped into the ocean.

Williams, still wearing her cream-colored sundress and black sunglasses, was briefly dragged into the water as everyone cheered. She was then quickly surrounded by a group of mourners, creating a protective circle around the actress.

Those in the water laughed and cheered as Michelle watched from the shore. Ledger’s sister Kate also took a dive into the water and was surrounded by pals splashing around her while her father Kim Ledger watched from the restaurant’s balcony and shouted, “Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray!” giving two thumbs up in the air.

As the sun began to set, the swimmers came on shore and stood in a line on both sides of Williams and linked arms. In the last five minutes, as the sun moved toward the horizon, the mourners stood in silence, watching and embracing.

[From People]

What a lovely tribute to Heath. I have always been a big fan of the idea of funerals as a celebration of a person’s life, but the younger and/or more tragically they die, the harder that is to do. It sounds like Heath’s family mixed the unavoidably heart wrenching memorials, funerals, and wakes with a bit of a celebration of Heath’s infectious spirit.

The Drug Enforcement Agency is going to investigate how Heath Ledger obtained the four prescription drugs that ended up killing him. Yesterday the Medical Examiner announced that his death was an accident caused by “acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine.” People reports that the DEA has confirmed that an investigation is underway, and their spokesman said that “We are working with the NYPD to identify any illegally prescribed drugs that may have been prescribed to [Ledger].”

It seems clear that the Medical Examiner is saying he died from a fatal drug interaction and not from too much of any of those single drugs. The autopsy confirmed that he had pneumonia and he probably felt awful right before he died. He took two different painkillers, two different anti-anxiety medications and two different sleeping pills. That seems excessive, but who knows at which point he took which medication, and it’s possible he forgot that he took one and groggy, took another one. Maybe it was hours apart, we don’t have enough information to know if he took them all at one time.

Ledger’s co-star in the movie he was working on in London just prior to his death, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, talked about how grueling the work was for that film, all of which took place outside in the cold. Christopher Plummer, who plays Dr. Parnassus, said: “We all caught colds because we were shooting outside on horrible, damp nights. But Heath’s went on and I don’t think he dealt with it immediately, even when he was taking antibiotics. I think what he had was the walking pneumonia. We had to shoot every second we were out there. There was hardly any time to keep warm. He was saying all the time, ‘Damn it, I can’t sleep’, and he was taking all these pills to help him.”

It sounds to me like he was very sick and thinking it would help he took a different painkiller or a different sleeping aid, maybe one or two more pills than he normally did, and they all suppressed his central nervous system. The AP has a very good explanation of this, and they quote an expert who says “This was not rock star wretched excess” and that it’s possible the drugs built up in his system over days and not hours:

Doctors not connected with the case said it would be unlikely for one doctor to order all the drugs. However, they said it’s not unusual for people to be prescribed both painkillers and sedatives, and overdoses are not uncommon.

“This is not rock star wretched excess,” said Cindy Kuhn, a pharmacology professor at Duke University. “This is a situation that could happen to plenty of people with prescriptions for these kind of drugs.”

Kuhn said some of the drugs are long-lasting and Ledger could have taken them over a period of several days. The medical examiner’s office wouldn’t say what concentrations of each drug were found in Ledger’s blood.

“What you’re looking at here is the cumulative effects of these medications together,” said the spokeswoman, Ellen Borakove.

‘This was an accident’
Police had said they found six bottles of anti-anxiety medicines, sleeping pills and other medicine in his Manhattan apartment after the Oscar-nominated actor was discovered dead in his bed last month.

“This was not a deliberate attempt to kill himself. This was an accident,” said Lawrence Kobilinsky, head of forensic science at John Jay College in New York. He had no role in the investigation. “He just took too many drugs having similar effects on the central nervous system.”

Experts said the combination of sedatives and the other medicines likely combined to suppress his brain function and his breathing. They said that Ledger probably had been prescribed the medicine by a number of different doctors, because several of them were from the same class of drugs and used to treat similar symptoms.

“It doesn’t make sense” that one doctor would prescribe all those, said Dr. William Lee, an internal medicine specialist at the University of Texas-Southwestern in Dallas. “It’s more likely that he got them from different prescribers.”

Jane Prosser, a medical toxicologist from New York University School of Medicine, said patients can often end up with similar medications prescribed by different doctors, who are unaware of what they’re already taking.

[From MSNBC, thanks to reader headache for the link]

Some of Heath’s medications were prescribed overseas, and people are pointing that out as if it’s a bad thing, but he was in England working right before he died, and he was very sick and couldn’t sleep. Even if he told the doctor what he was already taking, he may have given him a prescription for another medication saying “try this” without advising him not to take those two drugs together. This very scenario has happened to me.

A lot of us have horror stories about prescription drugs causing extreme debilitation for us and people we know. Instead of all the flashy advertisements about how a condition can be treated by some miracle cure, resulting in sun-filled days frolicking with our loved ones, the drug companies need to step back. Their marketing methods and the way they push drugs on doctors need to be highly regulated. Maybe drug ads should be banned from television like cigarette ads are, and it’s about time that someone imposed more stringent standards on the pharmaceutical industry overall. I have had a doctor recommend a specific drug to me over another I asked for, and then gone out into the waiting room to see the pharmaceutical rep for that very drug giving the secretary samples. Just because a doctor prescribes a drug doesn’t mean it’s safe. It’s not the patient’s fault, either. Many people trust their doctors and will do what they say and many doctors barely glance over the medications the patient is currently taking before giving a new script.

Heath may have known that it wasn’t safe to take that many drugs, but it’s doubtful that he realized they could kill him.

Heath Ledger’s family had a very touching response to news that his death has been ruled accidental. To say that their response is eloquent and touching is an extreme understatement. It’s clear the family feels a profound and enduring sense of loss, but is relieved that the toxicology results have proven that Heath’s death was unintentional.

We remain humble as parents and a family, among millions of people worldwide who may have suffered the tragic loss of a child. Few can understand the hollow, wrenching, and enduring agony parents silently suffer when a child predeceases them. Today’s results put an end to speculation, but our son’s beautiful spirit and enduring memory will forever remain in our hearts.

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.

Our family enjoyed an extremely happy two week visit with Heath just prior to the New Year. Those recent precious days will stay with us forever. We as a family feel privileged to have some of his amazing magic moments captured in film. To most of the world Heath was an actor of immeasurable talent and promise. To those who knew him personally, Heath was a consummate artist whose passions also included photography, music, chess and directing. We knew Heath as a loving father, as our devoted son, and as a loyal and generous brother and friend.

We treasure our beautiful granddaughter Matilda (to our dear Michelle) as well as an unbelievably wonderful network of close friends, forever, around the world. Families rarely experience the uplifting, warm and massive outpouring of grief and support as have we, from every corner of the planet. This has deeply and profoundly touched our hearts and lives. We are eternally grateful.

At this moment we respectfully request the worldwide media allow us time to grieve privately, without the intrusions associated with press and photography.

[From People]

I think it’s sweet how they acknowledge Michelle Williams, calling her “our dear Michelle.” Heath’s family have released some incredibly touching statements - this one definitely made me tear up. I think it really says something about them that the acknowledge how hard this is on all families who lose a child. It’s like they’re saying that everyone’s pain is equally valid and real.

They’re absolutely right that people need to pay more attention to the dangers of combining medications. Doctors and pharmacists need to be more diligent, but there are also lots of good drug interaction checkers online. Every time you get a new prescription, you should run it through with ALL of your other medicines, including over the counter and natural pills.

Oxycodone is a very serious medication. It’s not something you pop casually, nor do you prescribe it casually. Seven years ago I had surgery for a 90 degree tear in my rotator cuff, and my doctor prescribed two forms of oxycodone. He went over everything in detail with my mother, explaining that they were such serious drugs that taking one even five minutes off schedule (five minutes too close to the other one) could kill me. I was supposed to wean off of them over six weeks, which would have required maintaining a rigid schedule during three weeks of college. Knowing I wasn’t disciplined enough, I weaned completely off both of the oxycodones in three weeks instead. I didn’t know any better, and it wasn’t fun to say the least. The state of our health care system is abysmal, and rushed doctors don’t have the time to thoroughly explain medications like patients need. Heath Ledger’s death is incredibly tragic, and hopefully some sort of knowledge will come from it, and people will pay more attention to the pills they take.

The toxicology results are finally out for Heath Ledger, who passed away two weeks ago in his Manhattan apartment. The situation seemed curious in that Mary Kate Olsen was called four separate times by the masseuse who discovered Heath’s body, and that she decided to summon her private security staff instead of calling 911 immediately. The scene was normal when police arrived, and sources say that the police arrived at the same time as the security people and that there was no time to clean up the apartment or remove contraband. No illegal drugs or any alcohol was found on the scene.

The autopsy was ruled inconclusive by the coroner shortly after his death. Now the tests are in, and the medical examiner reports that he died from a fatal accidental combination of the very prescription drugs in his apartment, which were said to have been nearly-full pill bottles. Heath admitted in an interview late last year that he took Ambien to help him sleep after he developed insomnia during the grueling preparation for his role as the Joker in the upcoming Batman movie. He seems to have been trying to recover from anxiety and a sleep disorder, and in his haste to get better he died from a fatal drug interaction.

Heath took two kinds of sleeping pills and two kinds of anti anxiety medication and two painkillers one over the counter. It sounds like it was the combination of those particular medications, not the amounts, that killed him:

Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs that included painkillers, sleeping pills and anti-anxiety medication, the New York City medical examiner said Wednesday.

“Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine,” medical examiner’s spokeswoman Ellen Borakove said in a statement.

The drugs are the generic names for the OxyContin painkiller, the anti-anxiety drug Valium, Xanax, an anti-anxiety drug, and the sleep aids Restoril and Unisom. Hydrocodone is another name for ibuprofen. (note by Celebitchy: the source was incorrect. Hydrocodone is a prescription painkiller.)

[From The Canadian Press]

I had terrible lyme disease, like completely debilitating, when I lived in Connecticut. I am fine now, but I was wheelchair bound for months and was sick for about two years. I would see doctors who had no idea what to do with me so they would all prescribe medication. Once I went to the emergency room for extremely slurred speech after taking a new medication prescribed to me by a doctor who knew what I was already on, and all my prescriptions were filled at the same place where they supposedly have a system to check. The hospital staff couldn’t figure out what was wrong and sent me home after a few hours, and my speech improved when I was there. The exact same thing happened the next day at the same time, so I googled the new medication I was on and figured out that it was interacting with something else. When I called the neurologist, he was like “oh yeah, you shouldn’t take those two together,” even though he should have already known what I was on. My rambling point is that I learned how dangerous it is to combine medication, even under doctor’s orders.

Like Matt Lauer, I can say psychiatric drugs have immensely helped people I know. I have also known people who have abused prescription painkillers. Doctors need to take more time with patients to make sure they know what they are taking before they prescribe something new, and the drug industry needs to take responsibility for their massive marketing blitzes and start to educate patients about the judicial use of medication. Dosages should also start low and gradually be increased to therapeutic levels. Maybe Heath’s tragic death will help bring about some much-needed reforms in the way that prescription drugs are monitored and used in our society.

Heath Ledger’s remains are now in his hometown of Perth, Australia, where his ex girlfriend, Michelle Williams, and two year-old daughter, Matilda, have arrived to attend a private service for the late actor. It is unknown if he will be buried or cremated, and the details of the funeral have not been given to the public.

Michelle Williams has done her best to stay away from the press since ex-boyfriend Heath Ledger passed away ten days ago. Michelle released a statement today through Ledger’s rep, asking that the press respect her privacy. It was a really touching and sad statement, in which Michelle said that her “heart is broken.”

Michelle Williams is speaking out for the first time since ex Heath Ledger’s untimely death January 22.

“Please respect our need to grieve privately. My heart is broken,” Williams, 27, said in a statement released on Friday by Ledger’s rep, Reuters reports.

“I am the mother of the most tender-hearted, high-spirited, beautiful little girl who is the spitting image of her father,” Williams continued in her statement.

“All that I can cling to is his presence inside her that reveals itself every day.

“His family and I watch Matilda as she whispers to trees, hugs animals, and takes steps two at a time, and we know that he is with us still.

“She will be brought up with the best memories of him,” Williams’ statement concluded.

[From Us Weekly]

I think that - for the most part - the press has shown a good amount of restraint towards Heath’s family. I wasn’t really thrilled with the magazines that chose to print photos of Michelle Williams arriving back in the states from Sweden after Heath died. And there have certainly been some unscrupulous news outlets that have reported on every little rumor that flew their way. But it seems like that majority of websites have waited on confirmations before publishing news related to Ledger’s death investigation. While it was sad that Entertainment Tonight bought the video of Heath supposedly doing drugs two years ago, I think it says a lot that so many people came out and requested them not to air it - and they listened. Hopefully everyone will continue to be respectful and give Heath Ledger’s family their space.

According to ABC News, at least four different celebrities pressured Entertainment Tonight not to air the video of Heath Ledger at a party where drugs were being used. An email was circulated by Heath’s publicist alerting people to the video and asking for their support. Natalie Portman, Josh Brolin, Sarah Jessica Parker and Ellen Page called producers of Entertainment Tonight and The Insider and expressed their wishes that the video not be aired. It is thought that they were joined by other unnamed publicists and celebrities.

Ledger’s publicist confirmed to ABC News that an e-mail was written to ask for support against the video, but says there was no boycott of the shows requested. The video was filmed at a party at the Chateau Marmot in January, 2006 and reportedly purchased for $200,000. It did not show Heath doing any drugs and he is heard on the tape referring to his wife girlfriend and three month old baby upstairs at the hotel.

ET and The Insider issued a statement this morning that they would not air the footage, which was much less sensational than their TV spots suggested, out of respect for Heath’s family. They seem to have had a more compelling reason for pulling it if the celebrities they depend on for coverage could possibly refuse to appear on the show in the future.

The article notes that Entertainment Tonight has aired more questionable footage after a celebrity has died, including a video of a pregnant Anna Nicole drugged-out while wearing clown makeup, in which she seemed to confuse a doll for her real baby.

Websites that have posted the video today include Splash News and A Socialite’s Life. Both have since taken the video down and replaced it with just a photo. The comments were overwhelmingly negative on those posts, with many people saying that they would no longer visit sites that chose to publish the video.

Earlier today I was duped into reporting a story by Page Six that the “Heath Ledger Drug Tape,” taken in January, 2006, at a party at the Chateau Marmot, actually showed Heath snorting cocaine. The video was purchased by Entertainment Tonight and the Insider for $200,000 and they sent out notices to other outlets warning them not to show segments from the tape or risk a lawsuit. Ultimately Entertainment Tonight made the wise decision not to air the tape after immense public pressure.

Page Six reported:

In the video, Heath is shown talking while at a private party after sniffing a cocaine-like substance off a table with a rolled up bill in his hand. As he speaks, his face noticeably twitches.

[Page Six Blog]

According to the NY Daily News, it is someone else on the tape, not Heath, shown snorting something. I noted in the earlier article that it hardly seemed fair to dig up this crap from nearly two years before his death and it turns out that he wasn’t even seen using drugs on the tape. The video may still air on an Australian channel despite widespread opinion that it is not appropriate to show it to the public.

In the video, Heath mentioned that he shouldn’t be at the party because his wife and baby were upstairs in another room and said “I’m going to get serious s–t from my girlfriend. We just had a baby three months ago.” He also supposedly said “I used to smoke five joints a day for 20 years.”

So not only was Page Six wrong about the video, they’re now repeating the claim in their latest column that the video shows Heath doing coke, and reporting that he was some big time drug user according to a source. I would not put it past them to make that shit up or to dig up any old person that would make a statement incriminating him.

In November, 2005 Heath wrote a letter to the Post admonishing Page Six for revealing the location of his new brownstone in Brooklyn. He said “Page Six’s revealing our whereabouts could possibly put our child in danger.” Now they’re not hesitating to report false information about that “drug video” and to damage his reputation after his death.

Yesterday commentors over at US Weekly were overwhelmingly critical of a new cover story about Heath Ledger’s supposed past drug use. They claim to have an exclusive about how the recently-deceased up and coming A-list actor decided not to go to rehab in 2006. As if that had anything to do with his death nearly two years later, in which no illegal drugs or even alcohol was found in his apartment. Multiple sources have said that Heath only drank nonalcoholic beverages around them in the months leading up to his death, and the autopsy was inconclusive, but showed that he had pneumonia. Sources tell TMZ (who never hesitate to print negative news when they get their grubby hands on it, so this seems plausible) that preliminary toxicology reports are inconclusive and point to a natural or accidental cause of death.

Now there’s supposedly a new video showing Heath snorting coke confessing to being a habitual pot smoker for 20 years while another man on the tape snorts something. It was taken on January 29, 2006, and Heath mentioned his baby daughter by name and says he’s “going to get so much shit from his girlfriend.” This suggests to me that it was a rare occasion when he did cocaine he was just out at a party and felt guilty about it. (Update: The NY Daily News’ story about the tape clears up the misconception in Page Six’s report that Heath was actually shown snorting something - he wasn’t) . Entertainment Tonight and The Insider bought the video, shot at the Chateau Marmot, for $200,000. They sent a warning to other outlets not to publish it, but Page Six notes that Entertainment Tonight is still deciding whether to air it or not.

How many of us have done illegal drugs in the past, including cocaine? If you keeled over tomorrow for some other reason, how fair would it be if all people talked about was how you did drugs a few years back?

It’s possible that Heath did die from some kind of drug-related cause, either prescription or illegal, but what good does it do to speculate about that just a week after he died? And how flimsy is this “evidence” from nearly two years ago? We don’t have any new information about his death yet, except for testimonials and heartfelt wishes that keep pouring in from people who knew him. It just doesn’t seem fair to bring this up.

There are stories that Heath had a drug problem and that Michelle wanted him to get tested before he had visits with Matilda. Those reports originated in the Daily Mail, which is notorious for making shit up entirely. It could be true, but what kind of evidence do we have other than a two year old video and some hearsay?

Thanks to commentors for pointing out that last week on “The Soup” host Joel McHale showed a picture of Heath and said “Stop digging through the dirt, weasels. A talented decent guy is gone and our thoughts go to those who knew him.” Here’s a link to the video.

Update: Entertainment Tonight reports that they will not run the video of Heath “Out of respect for Heath Ledger’s family.”