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Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008) was an Australian television and film actor. After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to develop his movie career. His work includes nineteen films, most notably 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), The Patriot (2000), Monster's Ball (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001), Brokeback Mountain (2005), and The Dark Knight (2008). In addition to his acting, he produced and directed music videos and aspired to be a film director.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 25: Terry Gilliam arrives for the Royal world premiere 'Alice In Wonderland' after party at The Sanderson Hotel on February 25, 2010 in London, England. Terry Gilliam
Sid Ganis, President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, left, and Oscar director Louis J. Horvitz, right, listen to Oscar producer Gil Cates talk during a news conference on the red carpet arrivals area for the 80th Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, Friday, Feb. 22, 2008. The Oscars are on Sunday. Academy Awards
HOLLYWOOD - MARCH 07: Actor Christopher Plummer arrives at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on March 7, 2010 in Hollywood, California. Christopher Plummer
Protestors demonstrate on Hollywood Blvd in Los Angeles during an anti-war protest marking the seventh anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, March 20, 2010. Hollywood
US author Daniel Depp, brother of US actor Johnny Depp, presents his book 'Loser's Town' at the literature festival 'lit.Cologne' on March 20, 2010 in Cologne, western Germany. Johnny Depp
HOLLYWOOD - MARCH 07: Actors Tim Robbins and Colin Farrell onstage during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on March 7, 2010 in Hollywood, California. Colin Farrell
TOKYO - FEBRUARY 18: Actor Jude Law attends the 'Sherlock Holmes' Japan Premiere at Roppongi Hills on February 18, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan. The film will open on March 12 in Japan. Jude Law
PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 24: Actor Mike Vogel attends the 'Blue Valentine' premiere during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles Center Theatre on January 24, 2010 in Park City, Utah. Mike Vogel
Cast member Emily Blunt, left, and John Krasinski arrive at the premiere of "The Wolfman" in Los Angeles on Feb. 9, 2010. John Krasinski
Actor James Woods, right, speaks about his brother Michael J. Woods during a news conference as Kent Hospital CEO Sandra Coletta, left, looks on outside Kent County Courthouse in Warwick, R.I., Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009, as Woods' mother, Martha Dixon, center, listens. A settlement was announced in court concerning the negligence lawsuit against Kent Hospital for the 2006 death of Michael J. Woods. James Woods
Director Shekhar Kapur (L), with actress Abbie Cornish (R) arrive for a press conference in Sydney, 02 November 2007, to promote the new film Elizabeth: The Golden Age. Kapur downplayed the controversy surrounding the second instalment in the life of Elizabeth I, responding to claims from a Vatican-backed historian that the film was anti-Catholic. Shekhar Kapur
Actors Jeff Bridges, left, and Garrett Hedlund, right, talk after promoting their upcoming movie "Tron Legacy" at Comic-Con in San Diego Thursday, July 23, 2009. The annual comic book and popular arts convention attracts over 100,000 people and runs through Sunday July 26. Garrett Hedlund
An Indian woman labourer carries stones on a construction site at a railway station in New Delhi, 18 February 2007. Whilst India's economy has undergone a substantial transformation since independence in 1947, women still suffer high levels of wage discrimination in the Indian urban labour market India
HOLLYWOOD - MARCH 07: Best Actor and Best Actress nominees (L-R) Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Helen Mirren, Colin Firth, Carey Mulligan, Morgan Freeman, Gabourey Sidibe, Jeremy Renner and Meryl Streep onstage during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on March 7, 2010 in Hollywood, California. Helen Mirren
WASHINGTON - MARCH 10: Actress Reese Witherspoon speaks during the fourth annual Award for International Women of Courage ceremony at the State Department March 10, 2010 in Washington, DC. The ceremony paid tribute to 10 outstanding women leaders worldwide. Reese Witherspoon
Personal trainer Brian McNamee testifies before the House Oversight, and Government Reform committee hearing on drug use in baseball on Feburary 13, 2008 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. McNamee claimed to have injected Major League Baseball star Roger Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone at least 16 times between 1998 and 2001. Clemens has said the syringes contained only Vitamin B-12 and the painkiller lidocaine. Hydrocodone
In this 1973 photo provided by Bruce Wersen, Werson, left, is shown with his childhood friend Glenn Beck, right, as they get ready to perform at the Puyallup Fair in Puyallup, Wash., 1973. Beck, now a personality on the Fox News Channel, has drawn protests as he prepares to return to Mount Vernon, Wash., where he spent part of his childhood, to accept a key to the city. Glenn Beck
HOLLYWOOD - MARCH 07: (L-R) Actor Eli Roth, actress Diane Kruger, director Quentin Tarantino and actor Christoph Waltz arrives at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on March 7, 2010 in Hollywood, California. Christoph Waltz

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