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Heath's Family Releases A Statment To His Official Cause of Death

Sassy Smith — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:13:00 GMT

Heath's dad Kim, released a statement on behalf of the Ledger family concerning his official cause of death. It reads:

We remain humble as parents and a family, among millions of people worldwide who may have suffered the tragic loss of a child. Few can understand the hollow, wrenching, and enduring agony parents silently suffer when a child predeceases them. Today's results put an end to speculation, but our son's beautiful spirit and enduring memory will forever remain in our hearts.

While no medications were taken in excess, we learned today the combination of doctor-prescribed drugs proved lethal for our boy. Heath's accidental death serves as a caution to the hidden dangers of combining prescription medication, even at low dosage.

Our family enjoyed an extremely happy two week visit with Heath just prior to the New Year. Those recent precious days will stay with us forever. We as a family feel privileged to have some of his amazing magic moments captured in film. To most of the world Heath was an actor of immeasurable talent and promise. To those who knew him personally, Heath was a consummate artist whose passions also included photography, music, chess and directing. We knew Heath as a loving father, as our devoted son, and as a loyal and generous brother and friend.

We treasure our beautiful granddaughter Matilda (to our dear Michelle) as well as an unbelievably wonderful network of close friends, forever, around the world. Families rarely experience the uplifting, warm and massive outpouring of grief and support as have we, from every corner of the planet. This has deeply and profoundly touched our hearts and lives. We are eternally grateful.

At this moment we respectfully request the worldwide media allow us time to grieve privately, without the intrusions associated with press and photography.

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BREAKING NEWS: Heath Ledger Died of Accidental Overdose

sweatpantsmom — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:02:00 GMT

Heath Ledger's death on January 22 was due to an accidental overdose of prescription drugs the New York City medical examiner's office reported Wednesday morning.

"Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam, and doxylamine," spokesperson Ellen Borakove said.

"We have concluded that the manner of death is accident, resulting from the abuse of prescription medications," the two-paragraph statement said in its entirety.

Ledger was found dead in his New York apartment on January 22.

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Heath Ledger's Death Taking A Toll On Jake Gyllenhaal

Sassy Smith — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:03:00 GMT

The death of Heath Ledger shocked many people all over the world, obviously his family and certainly his close friends. His dear friend and godfather to his daughter Matilda - Jake Gyllenhaal is taking the news especially hard. Many are speculating on why Jake hasn't released a statement thus far. However, others are saying that Jake is taking the news of Heath's death "harder than most" and just cannot face the public during this most difficult time.

A source close to Jake and who works on the set of his new movie Brothers, told PEOPLE that he's taking the news extremely hard.

"This has had a strong personal affect on [Jake]." Jake apparently returned to the movie set on Thursday (he had left when given the news of Ledger's passing) but was seen as "unfocused and distraught" the whole time.

"He was there, but he wasn't with us. It was obviously a major trauma. These guys were very close. [Jake] was sitting in the director's chair staring off into space."

Jake has now taken time off from work to grieve the loss of his close friend.

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Jake Gyllenhaal Devastated Over Heath Ledger's Death

sweatpantsmom — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:35:00 GMT

Jake Gyllenhaal, who was close to Heath Ledger, is reportedly too distraught to even speak about the death of his friend. Gyllenhaal co-starred with Ledger in Brokeback Mountain and is godfather to his 2-year-old daughter Matilda Rose.

Gyllenhaal is in New Mexico shooting the film Brothers and has declined any requests to make a statement to the media. Although production has not been shut down on the film, the set has been closed to non-crew members and extra security has been hired to ensure Gyllenhaal's privacy.