{"id":1643,"date":"2008-01-22T17:05:13","date_gmt":"2008-01-22T17:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2008\/01\/another-too-young-rest-in-peac.html"},"modified":"2008-01-22T17:05:13","modified_gmt":"2008-01-22T17:05:13","slug":"another-too-young-rest-in-peac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2008\/01\/another-too-young-rest-in-peac.html","title":{"rendered":"Another, Too Young: Rest in Peace, Heath Ledger, 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ledger.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/import\/ledger.jpg\" width=\"304\" height=\"200\" style=\"float:right;margin:5px\">First we lost Brad Renfro, and now <a href=\"http:\/\/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com\/2008\/01\/22\/actor-heath-ledger-is-found-dead\/index.html?hp\" target=\"_new\">the New York Times reports <\/a>that actor <a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/name\/nm0005132\/\">Heath Ledger<\/a>, critically lauded for his performance in the groundbreaking &#8220;Brokeback Mountain,&#8221; has been found dead in his SoHo apartment. Pills were found near his body, but no cause of death has been reported yet.<br \/>\nHeath Ledger most recently gave one of the critically acclaimed performances in the Bob Dylan biopic &#8220;I&#8217;m Not There&#8221; and will be seen shortly as the Joker in the second Batman prequel, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0468569\/\" target=\"_new\">The Dark Knight<\/a>&#8220;, which is now in post-production. He was filming Terry Gilliam&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt1054606\/\" target=\"_new\">Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus<\/a>,&#8221; which was due in 2009.<br \/>\nIn September, Ledger and actress Michelle Williams ended their three-year relationship. They had one daughter, Matilda Rose. Heath Ledger was 28. Our thoughts are with his family as the world mourns the loss of another promising young actor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First we lost Brad Renfro, and now the New York Times reports that actor Heath Ledger, critically lauded for his performance in the groundbreaking &#8220;Brokeback Mountain,&#8221; has been found dead in his SoHo apartment. Pills were found near his body, but no cause of death has been reported yet. 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