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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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Final Close Ups on Faces Framed in Classic Films: Gone With the Wind, Casablanca

Penelope Andrew | Posted 01.26.2009 | Entertainment

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Penelope Andrew

Two actors from Gone With the Wind--Evelyn Keyes who played Suellen O'Hara and Fred Crane who played Stuart Tarleton one of Scarlett's many beaus passed away in 2008.

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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 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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Heath Ledger Dad Imposter Got Tom Cruise On The Phone, Funeral Home Freebies

NY Post | JAMIE SCHRAM and DAN MANGAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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A twisted impostor pretending to be Heath Ledger's grieving dad cruelly duped superstar Tom Cruise into consoling him over the phone - and nearly got ...

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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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Daniel Day-Lewis Dedicates SAG To Heath Ledger

YouTube | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Days after breaking down on Oprah talking about the death of Heath Ledger, Daniel Day-Lewis dedicated his win for best actor at the SAG awards to Ledg...

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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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Daniel Day-Lewis Breaks Down Talking About Heath Ledger

Oprah | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Oprah aired an Oscar nominee special Thursday, including an interview with Daniel Day-Lewis. It seemed the interview was taped late Tuesday, hours aft...

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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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Courtney Hazlett, MSNBC Gossip Reporter, On Heath Ledger Death: "A Dress Rehearsal For This With Owen Wilson"

Huffington Post | Danny Shea and Katherine Thomson | Posted 06.23.2008 | Entertainment

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MSNBC's gossip reporter, Courtney Hazlett, who writes "The Scoop" column for MSNBC.com and regularly appears on air, has made the tackiest statement o...

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