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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 01.22.2009 | Living
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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.
More Misinformation on Ledger Death, Prescription Drug Misuse
Maia Szalavitz | Posted 03.07.2008 | Living
Salon has just published a virtually data-free article which blames Heath Ledger's overdose death on busy doctors and pharmacists, and drug company advertising.
Overdose and Heath Ledger, Part III: Shame About Addiction Should Not Obscure Truth About How Drugs Kill
Maia Szalavitz | Posted 02.07.2008 | Living
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It's conceivable that Ledger had an incompetent doctor, but the more parsimonious explanation, given his history of recreational drug use, is that he was not following doctor's orders at all.
How Not to Die Like Heath Ledger, Part II
Maia Szalavitz | Posted 02.06.2008 | Living
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Naloxone should be kept in every first aid kit. Even when overdoses involve multiple drugs, simply taking away the effect of the opioid is often all that is needed to revive the victim.
Heath Ledger And The Poem To Remember Him By
John Lundberg | Posted 02.02.2008 | Living
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In the midst of the flurry of publicity--mostly distasteful--surrounding Heath Ledger's death, a humble but fitting poem reentered the national consci...
The Contraindications of Our Pill-Popping Ways
Naomi Wax | Posted 01.28.2008 | Living
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Six different medications in one person's apartment!? It's hardly as scandalous as reporters implied when Heath Ledger's drug inventory was made public.
If You Want to Make Me Smile, Bring Back Heath Ledger
Taylor Negron | Posted 01.27.2008 | Entertainment
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Most of us never met Heath Ledger, but we feel his loss, partly because we bond to talents on the big screen in the same way that we connect to a stranger crying on a public bus or at Starbucks.
Heath Ledger Mourned In Private Los Angeles Memorial
Huffington Post | Posted 01.27.2008 | 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...
What We Can Learn from Heath Ledger's Death: Don't Mix Downs!!!
Maia Szalavitz | Posted 01.25.2008 | Living
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If I could only impart one lesson about reducing overdose risk, it would be this: Don't take "depressant" drugs -- drugs that make you calm or sleepy -- in combination with each other.
Mary-Kate Olsen: Heath Was A Friend... Funeral Home Barricaded
AP | Tom Hays | Posted 01.25.2008 | 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...
Fox Host John Gibson Mocks Heath Ledger's Death
Huffington Post | Posted 01.25.2008 | 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 ...
Heath Ledger Found Dead
Huffington Post | Posted 01.24.2008 | 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...
The Westboro Baptist Church's First Foray Into Celebrity Funeral Protest: Condemning Heath Ledger
Chez Pazienza | Posted 01.23.2008 | Entertainment
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Fred Phelps isn't the only Fundamentalist Christian who called Heath Ledger a sodomite in the wake of Brokeback Mountain, he's just the only one willing to take his righteous indignation to the next level.
Bush Cancels Event After Heath Ledger's Death
AP | Posted 01.23.2008 | 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...
Confirmed: People Only Celeb Weekly To Have Heath Ledger Cover
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 01.23.2008 | 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...
Heath Ledger Autopsy Inconclusive
AP | Tom Hays | Posted 01.23.2008 | 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,...
Page Six Reports: Heath Ledger Dead...And Available!
236.com | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics
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Heath Ledger: News — Or Whatever They Had — On A Deadline
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 01.23.2008 | 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.
Heath Ledger: Art, Loss and Celebrity
Danny Zucker | Posted 01.23.2008 | Entertainment
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"Heath Ledger dead?" It strikes me as a little weird to feel a sense of loss for a person I've only come to know through the cinema. And yet, I still mourn him.
CNN Airs Brokeback Musical Tribute To Heath Ledger
Huffington Post | Posted 01.22.2008 | 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 ...
Heath Ledger: Why, Why, Why?
Bonnie Fuller | Posted 01.22.2008 | Entertainment
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None of his gifts, neither talent nor family, appears to have been enough to combat the demons that apparently led Heath to take the pills that could have ended his young life.
Heath Ledger Dead: Overheard On TMZ's Live Stream From The Body Removal Scene
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 01.22.2008 | 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...
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 01.22.2008 | 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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