Deadly Combo?

MonkGlenn you're great !!!!

F. David I have news they are probably not working for you if are leaving messages like that on a message board.

Obviously I must watch too many crime dramas, but doesn't anyone else find some of the witness testimony to be a little odd? Would a housekeeper really just go into his bedroom, and to change a light bulb in the bathroom. If you knocked on the door and no one answers you assume it's okay to process, maybe she though he wasn't home, but once she saw him in bed, she keep on going through to change the light bulb. doeDoes e

Heath Ledger's death, like all sudden deaths of those so young, is certainly a tragedy. We hear only statistics until someone so famous and in the public eye passes, but that's the way of things. That aside, Heath Ledger was a talented young man with a winning smile, and I hope and believe (like many people do, I think) that his death was an accident-- that his intention was never to kill himself, only to fall asleep. It's more than possible that he had become accustomed to his regular dosage of medication, and that having become so dependent upon it, felt he needed more of it to slip into unconsciousness. Speculation is part of the human condition. People form opinions, judgements and theories without all the facts because we will never truly know them, I think. We can only wonder what happened to Heath until the final results of his autopsy are complete, and only imagine what wonderful things he'd have done with his life, his career. His family doesn't mourn alone, and his daughter will someday know that his fans, both rabid and casual, miss him.

Marijuana may not result in overdose diseases or death, but I knew a guy in the 70s who took LSD and became an ORANGE!!!

Oh, Paxil can cause drowsiness initally that is why it is prescribed at night....dear....

I agree... we are all in Oz or La La land. I know it. Does anyone know where the door is? a window?

AH, I found a WINDOW on my COMPUTER!! I'm gone!!!

I did enjoy this spirited and convoluted rant and forum, but all in all, it's back to the saddle for me....

Happy Trails...Heath! Happy Trails to youooooo!

i feel sad to his family and friends, who is to say that he took them knowingly on purpose, maybe he was down and thought just one more and the one more pushed him over the edge, but mixing all that combination is a time bomb waiting to happen. i take tylenol 3 and lorazapam (ativan) but accordingly to what my dr says, but also with all the pills u can get on the net nowadays u don't need a script at least in the US, not in Canada, well i have never seen any ads from here, here we can only go to one dr, and getting scripts filled out is like pulling teeth at least with mine. May God be with his family and friends and all the media stop milling around and making assumption as to how this happened, accidents do happen, i know i have been there and was very lucky i had God on my side, lee

Wow, It's very sad that Heath Ledger died. He was a great actor, I remember first seeing him in A Knights Tale; he was so good in evrything he did. When he did Brokeback Mountain it was a big risk, but he proved he didn't care what anybody thought and took the controversy in stride. He had a long and successful carreer ahead of him, and it is just too bad that his life was cut short by drugs. Prescription drugs are just as dangerous as illegal ones, a fact that has been learned through this tragedy. He probably never knew what he was taking could lead to death, unfortunatly now his daughter has to go though life without a father because of his ignorance. You will be missed Heath, God bless and remember us up there, cause we'll be remembering you down here.

I understand that it is "news" when a celebrity dies unexpectadly. I certainly had an interest in this case as I particularly enjoyed Mr. Ledger's portrayals of his various roles, with the exception of Brokeback Mountain which I had no interest in, although I am told he was great. I am curious though, why does the above report mention a rolled up twenty without a trace of illegal drugs on it? Were I reporting the story I would focus more on why the medical community would prescribe drugs in a potentialy lethal combination or, perhaps, what this loss will mean to his daughter. It has been clearly established that the man was not on illegal drugs, and that he was a doting father who took interestin and spent time with his child, but all the reporting seems suprised and disappointed that they couldn't find something seedy and sordid, so much so, they have to mention the possibility existed in order, I would imagine, to titilate, rather than comisserate with a child who lost her father or family who lost such an important member or even the toll a divorce takes on a man when clearly the american public cannot empathize with. Why look for the slime under the rock over and over again? This rock was a diamond in the sand. Clean, beatiful and altogether too rare.

COMMENT: THIS IS FOR THE PERSON THAT WROTE ABOUT COME ON PEOPLE YOU ACT LIKE IT WAS A FAMILY MEMBER!! YOU KNOW WHAT IT WAS SOMEONE SON ANYONE THAT PASSES WHOEVER IT IS. IT IS SAD AND AS A AMERICAN WE SHOULD ALWAYS MOURN FOR OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. LYNN

he should be remember for what he did as a great actor not for what happened. If it was an accident or not, the only one that knew is him. He should rest in peace now.

C'EST LA VIE ......

posted by rstone21, how do you know what kind of pills he had , they named a couple , you the one that sold him the rest ,death is tragic and who are you to make judgement on someone like this or anybody else. what you really need to do is go back to school and learn how to spell right . and i hate people who judge others .all death is tragic . have you walked in his shoes ,i guess not , have you been in the service, i would guess not, i have and i have seen war and been in it .and was on pills when i got out . so don't judge people unless you have been there,

The two other actors who died from drugs within the same 24 hours as Heath were each about 25 years old. We need some serious serious meaning in our lives to stop the despair of emptiness.

It is sad---we lose yet another person to the ravages of drugs. That damn Xanax is a powerful drug---and very addicting. I was addicted to benzodiazipines (Valium, Xanax) in the late 90's. It took me five years and a stint at a detox facility for three months to get off of them. It is sad----parents---talk to your kids about this---it is so easy to start taking (and getting) these drugs!!