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One Year Later: Heath Ledger's Tragic Overdose Death Reminds Us More Must Be Done

Isaac Skelton and Meghan Ralston | Posted 02.22.2009 | Living

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Isaac Skelton and Meghan Ralston

Drug overdose now ranks as a leading cause of preventable death, second only to motor-vehicle accidents. Accidental overdoses killed more Americans last year than did firearms.

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Heath Ledger's Tragic Overdose Death And What Can be Done To Prevent Others

Tony Newman | Posted 07.26.2008 | Entertainment

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Tony Newman

There is nothing we can do to bring back the life of Heath Ledger. But we can learn from the tragedy and pass compassionate and sensible legislation to save thousands of others like him.

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Cutting The Celebrity Gossip Chord

Rachel Mosteller | Posted 07.05.2008 | Living

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Rachel Mosteller

Consider it the "where were you when JFK was shot" of a new generation. I know I can tell you exactly where I was when I found out Heath Ledger died. ...

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Heath Ledger Replaced By Three Stars On Last Film

AICN, Variety | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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The news first broke Friday on insider-y webiste aintitcoolnews.com and today Variety reported on their scoop. Heath Ledger's role in Terry Gilliam's ...

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Ledger Gets Final Send-Off in Perth

AP | MIN LEE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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PERTH, Australia — Heath Ledger's family, his former fiance Michelle Williams and Australia's entertainment elite bade him farewell at a private...

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Heath Ledger's Family Returns To Perth For Burial

AP | Min Lee | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Heath Ledger's family arrived back in Australia on Tuesday on the final leg of the Oscar-nominated star's long journey home following his premature de...

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Heath Ledger And The Poem To Remember Him By

John Lundberg | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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John Lundberg

In the midst of the flurry of publicity--mostly distasteful--surrounding Heath Ledger's death, a humble but fitting poem reentered the national consci...

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Michelle Williams Breaks Her Silence About Ledger: "My Heart Is Broken"

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Michelle Williams released her first statement since the death of former fiancee Heath Ledger. The pair have a two-year-old daughter Matlida Rose. "P...

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Celebs Rally To Pull Heath Ledger Drug Video

AP | David Bauder | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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It was a striking example of Hollywood protecting its own: After an aggressive lobby from powerful film industry figures, "Entertainment Tonight" dec...

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Heath Ledger Refused Rehab In 2006

Us | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Heath Ledger's battle with alcohol and drugs was so harmful to his relationship with Michelle Williams that she tried to get him to enter rehab, Us We...

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Heath Ledger's Final Movie To Continue Without Him

People | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Director Terry Gilliam is feverishly working to figure out how to keep Heath Ledger alive on film, according to one of the late actor's costars in The...

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'Batman' Director Remembers His Joker: 'Heath Was Bursting With Creativity'

Newsweek | Christopher Nolan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Best known for his haunting, Oscar-nominated performance as Ennis Del Mar, one of the gay cowboys in 2005 ' s "Brokeback Mountain," Ledger was a mas...

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Heath Ledger Mourned In Private Los Angeles Memorial

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Heath Ledger was mourned in a private memorial Saturday in Los Angeles attended by family, friends and former girlfriends. He was found dead in New Yo...

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Mary-Kate Olsen: Heath Was A Friend... Funeral Home Barricaded

AP | Tom Hays | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Update: Ledger's body has been moved from a New York funeral home to an airport and is enroute to Los Angeles, and then probably Perth, for private me...

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Fox Host John Gibson Mocks Heath Ledger's Death

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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UPDATE: John Gibson has "apologized" for his distasteful comments on Heath Ledger's death. Though he first defended his statements on his radio show ...

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Heath Ledger Found Dead

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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There are more new details in the death of Heath Ledger Tuesday afternoon at age 28. Meanwhile, Ledger's parents and sister have revealed their immens...

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Keith Ledger: Heath Ledger's Death Teaches A Lesson In Google

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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When news broke Tuesday afternoon that Oscar-nominated actor Heath Ledger passed away, news outlets scrambled to cover his death. Meanwhile, tens of t...

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Heath Ledger's Last Costar, Christopher Plummer, Reflects

Entertainment Weekly | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Early on Sunday, Jan. 20, Plummer boarded a plane back to New York and went on to his Connecticut home. Ledger took a different London-to-New-York fli...

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Bush Cancels Event After Heath Ledger's Death

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The death of Heath Ledger prompted the White House to postpone President Bush's event Wednesday promoting an ad campaign aimed at p...

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Confirmed: People Only Celeb Weekly To Have Heath Ledger Cover

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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As surmised in my earlier post, People magazine will be the only celebrity weekly to have a cover featuring actor Heath Ledger, whose death was disco...

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Heath Ledger Autopsy Inconclusive

AP | Tom Hays | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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The AP reports early Wednesday: An autopsy on Heath Ledger was inconclusive, and more tests are needed, the medical examiner's office said Wednesday,...

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Page Six Reports: Heath Ledger Dead...And Available!

236.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Heath Ledger: News — Or Whatever They Had — On A Deadline

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Heath Ledger's tragic death was the day's big story — and traditional media outlets could only run to catch up with the Internet.

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CNN Airs Brokeback Musical Tribute To Heath Ledger

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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"Larry King Live" started out the show with a half hour on Heath Ledger's death. Larry aired "bumps" into his commercial breaks of video clips set to ...

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Heath Ledger Dead: Overheard On TMZ's Live Stream From The Body Removal Scene

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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TMZ set up a camera streaming live video and audio outside 421 Broome Street in New York, where Heath Ledger was found dead earlier today. As reporte...

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