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I was identified in a project page complaint as the only one opposing [the removal of] the block quotations. So I have added the "Resolved" template (as requested) to the sections relating to it; someone has been removing those templates, initially without comment. That is not useful. Some people seem to argue just for the sake of argument. Those deletions of the resolved templates are not improving this article or this talk page on it. If you want to start up the controversy again, please start another section. The discussion in the previous section is "Resolved." -- NYScholar ( talk) 04:51, 6 February 2008 (UTC) [corr. in brackets. -- NYScholar ( talk) 05:01, 6 February 2008 (UTC)]
It appears to me that some other editors are attempting to "micromanage" even this talk page! That is not helping. -- NYScholar ( talk) 05:55, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
For the record and by the way: I see absolutely no value in removing the extremely short (already edited) quotation excerpted from the official government media release of the Prime Minister of Australia, posted on the government site. -- NYScholar ( talk) 06:01, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
I've also reorganized the whole article, so that it is more concise and more coherently organized, parallel other articles on actors (whether alive or dead). -- NYScholar ( talk) 06:53, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
-- NYScholar ( talk) 06:27, 6 February 2008 (UTC) <<
According to police, as reported by Al Baker in The New York Times, when housekeeper Teresa Solomon, who had arrived at approximately 12:30 p.m. EST to do household chores, entered the bedroom "At about 1 p.m. ... to change a light bulb in an adjacent bathroom[,] she found him on the bed face down, with the sheet pulled up to his shoulders, and heard him snoring." [1] Masseuse Diana Wolozin arrived at approximately 2:45 p.m. to give Ledger a massage, and when he did not emerge from his bedroom by 3 p.m., called his cell phone and received no answer. Wolozin entered the bedroom, began to set up the massage table, and tried to wake the unresponsive Ledger. [1] Baker reports that then Wolozin "entered the bedroom and saw him lying in bed. She took a massage table out of the closet and began to set it up near his bed. She then went over to him and shook him, but got no response. Using his cell phone, she used a speed-dial button to call Ms. Olsen in California to seek her guidance, knowing Ms. Olsen to be a friend of Mr. Ledger’s." [1]
"According to the authorities," Baker continues, "Ms. Wolozin told Ms. Olsen that Mr. Ledger was unconscious. Ms. Olsen said she would call some private security people she knew in New York, and hung up. Ms. Wolozin again shook Mr. Ledger, called Ms. Olsen a second time, and said she believed the situation was grave and would call 911." [1] According to Baker, "Ms. Wolozin called 911 at 3:26 p.m. to say that Mr. Ledger was not breathing. The call occurred less than 15 minutes since she had first seen him in bed and only a few moments after the first call to Ms. Olsen. The 911 operator urged Ms. Wolozin to try to revive Mr. Ledger, but Ms. Wolozin’s efforts were not successful." [1]
Seven minutes later, Baker reports, " Emergency medical workers arrived at 3:33 p.m., at almost exactly the same moment as a private security guard summoned by Ms. Olsen. The medical workers moved his body to the floor and then used a defibrillator and CPR, to no avail. Mr. Ledger was pronounced dead at 3:36 p.m. By that point, two other private security guards summoned by Ms. Olsen had arrived, as had police officers." [1]
Police said that they found prescription medication in the bathroom, that there were "no obvious signs" of suicide, and that they did not suspect foul play. [2]
The source cited still in this article in "Death" sec. already includes all this detailed information. People can just read it. (Too much q. from a single source.) -- NYScholar ( talk) 06:33, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
The international dates have been changed to US date format (except for the infobox) but, according to WP:DATE - Strong national ties to a topic, the article may be styled on international format. If there are no serious objections, I shall re-format the article over the next day or two. • Florrie• leave a note• 09:06, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
penultimate penultimate penultimate penultimate. how many times does one have to use the same word? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.5.159.250 ( talk) 00:34, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
Penultimate means second to the lowest. Not best. Do you really mean his second to the worst performance Jbesr1230 ( talk) 02:16, 28 December 2008 (UTC)JBE
The way penultimate is used in the lede is poor: "A few months before his death, Ledger had finished filming his penultimate performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight." makes it sound like he is to appear as the Joker again. Can the wording be made clearer? "...while playing the Joker..." for example. Ob1db ( talk) 12:33, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
I removed "penultimate" from the introduction. I'm recommending that someone also remove the second "penultimate" that appears later in the article. I hate to put it in these terms, but let me be blunt--this is a stupid word to have in an encyclopedia entry. It seems like people get confused sometimes and think that these articles are supposed to be press releases. The more dramatic the article appears, the lower quality it ultimately becomes. Accipio Mitis Frux ( talk) 17:12, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
Here's what wisegeek.com has to say in regards to penultimate: "Penultimate is a word subject to common misuse. Many people use penultimate to mean ultimate or greater than ultimate. In fact, penultimate means second to last, or next to last. Thus it is not the ultimate, but the next to ultimate."
You can find that at http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-penultimate-mean.htm. The Columbia Guide to Standard English by Kenneth G. Wilson says almost the exact same thing. You can find that at Google Book Clubs. Need more proof? The following pages have "penultimate" listed as one of the most commonly confused/misused words in the English language:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0200807.html "Easily Confused or Misused Words" (infoplease.com)
http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/confused_words_nopq.html "250 Often Confused False Cognates (Words) In English" (alphadictionary.com)
http://upwordlymobile.com/web/pages/confusing-words.php "Grammar, Usage, and Writing Tips - Confusing Words" (upwordlymobile.com) http://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2008/05/penultimate-rev.html "Quirks of the English Language, Penultimate (Revisited)" (Nancy Friedman's Blog)
http://anarchiblog.blogspot.com/2005/11/ultimate-usage-of-penultimate.html "The Ultimate Usage of Penultimate" (anarchitect.com) http://btr.michaelkwan.com/2009/01/22/grammar-101-misusing-penultimate/ "Grammar 101: Misusing Penultimate" (Beyond the Rhetoric) http://www.insidepr.ca/index.php/inside-proper-english/ "Inside Proper English - PR Words to Banish" (Insidepr.ca)
This is just a small slice of what you will find on the internet in regards to misuse of this word. Try googling it if you don't believe me. So Wildhartive, I think I can fairly say that it's not an appropriate word.
And Rossr, thanks for your response, but I have to humbly disagree. The goal of Wikipedia is not to improve people's vocabularies. People come to this site to find quick and easy information, not to reference a dictionary so they can discover new words. Also, I wrote press releases professionally for over six years, so I have a pretty good idea what I'm talking about with that statement. Can we finally let this go? The word doesn't work. That's all I'm saying. Accipio Mitis Frux ( talk) 11:25, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
Next to last? Well, by that deifnition "The Dark Knight" was his penultimate performance: his last performance would be the first half of Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.62.12.237 ( talk) 11:35, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
It is revealed in Vanity Fair [ [1]] that Heath was actually married to Michelle Williams. KChamplin ( talk) 16:52, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
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Heath Ledger did not date Julia Stiles during and after "10 Things I Hate About You". It was Joseph Gordon Levitt she dated. If one listens carefully to the DVD commentary, one of the participants wonders aloud what "Joe" thought about "that kiss" (an outtake of Heath Leger planting a big kiss on Julia Stiles) and the others add that the situation had been awkward at the time as they didn't know whether they could publicly acknowledge the relationship between Stiles & Levitt; they added further that both actors went to Columbia and had dated for 2 years. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.72.143.45 ( talk) 22:45, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Why is there no mention of Lisa Zane? http://www.people.com/people/heath_ledger/biography
Heath Ledger was the third actor to receive an award posthumously. The missing actor is Raul Julia from the movie Street Fighter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.244.100.16 ( talk) 20:49, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
For an article that so many people are updating, it's pathetically difficult to read. It seems like every other sentence has three or four references next to it. I found this very distracting, and it interrupts the continuity. If your goal in contributing to Wikipedia is to have your article or book referenced, all I can say is I hope the administrators catch on to this and limit your access. If not, then please clean up the references you cite so that the article is a little more readable. Thanks. Accipio Mitis Frux ( talk) 17:21, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
All I'm doing is challenging the statements you are making, and trying to get back to the original point of the posting. This article looks sloppy due to the number of references listed at certain points in it. Let's make it look nicer and more readable. The "well, well, well" comment was to point out that the specific page you cite as being high quality is an example of the specific improvement I am recommending. I'm sorry if I am not more tactful about it, but it is time to take this page up to the next level and do a little more editing. Accipio Mitis Frux ( talk) 22:20, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
The video has now been released. Would somebody be so kind and update this article as I don't have the right to do so. Please note that Terry Gilliam did not animate the video. See the King Rat (song) article for sources. Please also update or better replace or delete footnote 165 as it also mentions Gilliam's involvement and other outdated info. All the relevant info has been included in the King Rat (song) article. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.41.34.154 ( talk) 17:57, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
The current intro, consisting of 3 full length paragraphs, seems incredibly long. I'm on a 1280x800 screen with about 650 pixels in height of my browser window and I cannot see the NavBox without scrolling. I think it needs to be shortened to just include that he was an actor and what roles he was best known for. There is just too much information in the intro that is likely repeated below (I have not checked that, however). Thoughts? Jaj43123 ( talk) 23:11, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
It says in the opening that he also died from AIDS complications due to being homosexual with three sources following it. Not only do none of those sources mention AIDS, I'm pretty sure from his dating history that he was not homosexual (at least not openly). Just an FYI Hendrixfan24 ( talk) 08:56, 26 January 2010 (UTC) No, it doesn't and I'd suggest you limit yourself to one registered account, and not try sliding in such comments with a new username. Wildhartlivie ( talk) 09:05, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
I am a Heath Ledger Fanatic and I have some suggestions that I would please like to be added to this page.
Please note that these are direct quotes from HEATH LEDGER: HOLLYWOOD'S DARK STAR by Brian J. Robb
'Sally Ledger had named her son after a diminutive of Heathcliff, the central character in Emily Bronte's tragic romantic novel Wuthering Heights. (It was her favourite book, and she'd previously named his older sister, Katherine, after the novel's Cathy)'
'Back in his youth, swimming was Heath's best-loved pastime as he learned to snorkel and surf in the nearby sea. Alternatively, he'd spend time with his father at the race track, learning all he could about fixing cars.'
'He was really good at field hockey as well. you get these predetermined ideas: I thought he was going to be on the Olympic field hockey team!' says Heath's Father Kim.
'Field hockey was the other activity that put the young Ledger head and shoulders above his fellow pupils - so much so that he became a small-town school hockey star and won several trophies. 'I don't like telling people I played field hockey,' he later admited. 'It's real big in Australia for guys, but in America I say I played and everybody goes, "Oh, you girl!"'
I have more I would please like to be added that I will post later.
Thanks Heaps
Heath Ledger Fanatic NovaSparks ( talk) 09:06, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
The above lines both appear in the Notes section of the Film table in his Filmography. I cannot see any difference between the two, I believe them to be duplicates.
If they are duplicates, one should probably be removed. If he was somehow awarded twice for the same thing, some sort of disambiguation caveat should be mentioned.
72.16.164.254 ( talk) 12:09, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
Is the picture of his body in the bodybag really neccessary? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobdylan92 ( talk • contribs) 03:06, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
It's his body in the bag on the gurney, waiting for the ambulance. I know it's not gross, or graphic. It just seems like a unneccessary addition to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User: Bobdylan92| Bobdylan92]] ([[User talk: Bobdylan92|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/ Bobdylan92|contribs]])
I apologize for the idiot remark, but how am i being obtuse? You were the one saying that there was no picture of his body in a bodybag, when there clearly is. The picture stays, fine, it really doesn't matter to me. It was just an observation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.7.183.34 ( talk) 00:18, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
The bodybag photo, as depressing as it may be, definatly does relate to that portion of the artical. Possibly even giving you a feeling of what it would have been like to have been there. What I would like to point out are the confusing times that are mentioned here. I realize that the times are not suppose to be exact but they seem to be way off. "At about 2:45 p.m."---"Ledger was found unconscious in his bed..." Then further down," At 3:26 p.m., "[fewer] than 15 minutes after Wolozin first saw him in bed..." Now perhaps I am being anal on this next one but in a situation like this the time that things happened are always important. "At 3:36 p.m., Ledger was pronounced dead and his body removed from the apartment." Now, this is the reason I put this into the bodybag section. In the photo, it is definatly night. It cannot be 3:36 p.m. It looks late at night but it has to be later than 5:36 p.m. I do believe. Maybe, "and his body removed from the apartment a couple of hours later."? Just to keep us folks who have a knack for seeing all the bloopers in movies and whatnot from thinking, as Dr. Henry Lee might say, "something wrong". Rickao40 ( talk) 09:57, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
Regardless of Wikipedia policy, it's inclusion is definitely of poor taste and rather unnecessary; it adds nothing to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.94.61.107 ( talk) 06:21, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
I don't think Kim Ledger ever married his second partner Emma```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.223.0.46 ( talk) 12:09, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
The intro (or whatever the term is) says that Heath died due to "an accidental combination of prescription drugs" which seems to imply he was prescribed them. Yet later the article makes it clear he was not prescribed the drugs in question by his doctors. This should be clarified. -- Alanhogan ( talk) 03:33, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
third paragraph of intro reads: He died at the age of 28,[3][8] from an accidental "toxic combination of prescription drugs and Aids complications due his Homosexuality." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.180.61.69 ( talk) 05:36, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
That's a very long minute then, seeing as the vandalism is still there. Someone please sort it out! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dis maddie ( talk • contribs) 16:13, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
This article is, in my opinion far too long for an actor of Heath Ledger's quality. Just because he died young and in one of his last roles he put in a great performance (as the joker) we should not forget that this guy was hardly James Dean and really has had a minor impact upon the film and entertainment industries. I suggest that this article be dramatically reduced and I suggest to those who seem to have an over-zealous drive to extend articles pertaining to hansom hollywood stars that they extend Christian Bale's page as he is a far greater actor and is on well on track (remember he is only in his mid-thirties) to becoming the greatest screen actor of all time... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guyaubreydevito ( talk • contribs) 18:01, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
Please Wikipedia amend the entry for Heath. It states that he was the first actor to win an Oscar posthumously but this is a mistake. Peter Finch won Best Actor for the film Network (1976) posthumously —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fast Eddie in HK ( talk • contribs) 07:45, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
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Heath Ledger's younger half-sister Ashleigh Bell, was born in September 1990, not in 1989. 202.124.89.225 ( talk) 23:11, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
"After sitting for early graduation exams at 16, Ledger left school to pursue an acting career.[15] With Trevor DiCarlo, his best friend since he was 3, Ledger drove across Australia from Perth to Sydney, returning to Perth to take a small role in Clowning Around (1992), ..."
He was born 1979, so how could he possibly leave Perth at the age of 16 and return in 1992? (-- 84.119.48.134 ( talk) 20:39, 30 September 2010 (UTC))
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Heath also stared in the movie lords of dog town(2005) and was the head figure of the movie which was up there with two hands. 121.220.33.250 ( talk) 15:16, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. Lords of Dogtown is listed in his filmography already. I'm not sure what you're requesting be changed. If there is a specific change, please make a new edit request and state exactly what part of the article should be changed, and how.
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Ledger was also nominated for two more Scream Awards, both for Best Line; "I'm gonna make this pencil disappear" and "Why so serious?"
Why aren't they added in the list of awards in the Dark Knight section? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.238.204.30 ( talk) 10:40, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
The Central Ohio Film Critics Association awarded Heath Ledger Actor Of The Year for his role in "Lords Of Dogtown". Please add that to the notes of the movie in the table. Here are the references:
120.144.42.170 ( talk) 14:01, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
I've noticed people like MJ get a seperate article for their death. So i think Heath's death may have enough info for a seperate article. Anyone else concur? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.192.70.42 ( talk) 02:54, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
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Around 25th November 2011, "chef Alex Breslau" was added to the short list of people who discovered Heath's body on 22nd January 2008. I can find no justification for this addition as no reports of the time list such a person as being present, only the housekeeper, Teresa Solomon, and the masseuse, Diana Woltzin. If no supporting evidence is forthcoming I shall remove this reference. Josedley ( talk) 23:14, 13 February 2012 (UTC)josedley 14 Feb 2012
There is a lengthy quote ostensibly based on an interview he gave Empire magazine about his preparation for the performance as the Joker. It had three cites, which doesn't make sense - only the one for Empire should be included. If the quote is based on more than one interview, the introductory sentence needs to be changed; it it was cited by other sources after the interview was printed, we don't care. Parkwells ( talk) 17:51, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
On his filmography, it states he lent his voice to the Joker for The Dark Knight Rises coaster. I'm pretty sure he died before he would've been able to participate in the ride, but because of his star status, I doubt he would've participated anyway. Probably a simple mistake by a fan who went on the ride and thought the Joker sounded just like Ledger, but it could've easily been an impersonation. I don't simply want to erase it from his filmography because, of course, I don't know if he was part of the ride or not, I just doubt it. - Dpm12 - 6 September 2012, 8:02 PDT
Did Ledger have American citizenship? If so, then referring to him as "Australian-American" is appropriate, however if he didn't have American citizenship he should be referred to as Australian only. Starswept ( talk) 05:23, 10 November 2012 (UTC)Starswept
He did not have US citizenship, hence my correction. Josedley ( talk) 22:04, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
Why is he listed as dead of an accidental overdose? Wouldn't it be more appropriate to say he died of accidental posioning? Two way time ( talk) 21:54, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
There seems to be no information about his death in this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.189.76.105 ( talk) 00:03, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
Can we change the "diazepam, alprazolam, and temazepam" under second paragraph of Autopsy and toxicology report into: "diazepam, temazepam, and alprazolam"? If, that is, there is no specific reason the current order is being used. The reason I request this is so that it is easier to compare to the list of drugs on the paragraph above, keeping them in the same order compared to the quote and that will help get the message (that multiple within the list are of the category) across a bit easier.
139.102.163.13 ( talk) 20:02, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
The wording in the intro, "... from an accidental intoxication from prescription drugs...", is incorrect. As stated elsewhere in the article, the death was ruled an accident, but it was caused by abuse of controlled substances. The death, not the intoxication, was an accident. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.115.122.37 ( talk) 20:20, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
unprescribed:
prescribed:
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For his credit in A knigth's tale, shorten it to just "William Thatcher" as the "Ulrich von lichenstein" bit is unnecessary and he is not credited with both names on IMDB or the wiki page for A Knights Tale
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Please change "posthusmously" to "posthumously" regarding the The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, because the latter is the correct spelling. 108.41.8.251 ( talk) 02:16, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
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Thinking out loud. Like the headline mention, if possible, there should be a "method and style" section just like other good or featured articles have on actors and artists. This is, of course, dependent on fair and valid sources. With out any, there will be nothing. With, it can and will be something. I think "method and style", if possible, belongs to the "Legacy" section. Would that work? — Preceding unsigned comment added by WforRight ( talk • contribs) 10:18, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
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People who has worked with the actor praised him for his creativity, discipline and professionality.
Replace with "People who has" with "People who have..." because it is gramattically correct.
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So I can't edit this article for some reason. There's a problem with the tense in one of the paragraphs:
[quote]Although Gilliam temporarily suspended production on the latter film, he expressed determination to "salvage" it, perhaps using computer-generated imagery (CGI), and dedicated it to Ledger.[/quote]
The two highlighted verbs do not correspond for tense. I think it should be written as:
Although Gilliam temporarily suspended production of the latter film, he expressed determination to salvage it, perhaps using computer-generated imagery (CGI), and dedicate it to Ledger.
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Can you please fix up the IMDb link in the external links section?
From 5132 to 0005132. Thanks. 206.45.9.182 ( talk) 21:14, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
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The last two edits by Garkinive are borderline vandalism, please revert them. Kolmilan ( talk) 13:44, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
can you add that he faked his death and has been living as a lumberjack in oregon for 9 years — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.182.172.160 ( talk) 19:30, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
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"with his ashes interred later in a family plot at Karrakatta Cemetery, next to two of his grandparents.[125][129][130] Later that night"
this information is incorrect. While Heath was cremated at Fremantle Cemetery and his ashes were collected from there by his family. However they were not interred in the family grave at Karrakatta. Your source [130] references the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board summary of record information - where it states that the ashes were 'taken by administrator from Fremantle Cemetery' - this is the Boards term for collected. IF the ashes were interred in a grave at Karrakatta it would say 'FAMILY GRAVE Karrakatta Cemetery' as well as the grave location.
There is a memorial for Heath at Heathcote Reserve located on Duncraig Rd in Applecross WA 6153 - his ashes however are not placed there. What happened with Heath's ashes is unknown.
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Hi there - the wikipedia page for Heath Ledger states that his ashes were placed with his grandparents at Karrakatta Cemetery. This is not the case. The link to the cemetery page clearly states that the ashes were collected by family and removed from Fremantle Cemetery. A public memorial was established for Heath in 2009. It is located at Point Heathcote Reserve in Applecross. Link here: http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/arts/display/90269-heath-ledger
The reason I mention it is that the cemetery receives countless calls and visits from people wanting to visit his memorial but there actually isn't one in the cemetery. 167.30.37.52 ( talk) 06:20, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
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We are told that Ledger died of "prescription drugs". Then we are told that it is not known how he obtained two of them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.79.29.112 ( talk) 14:09, 15 July 2017 (UTC)
I'm not sure how much to say about his chess strength, but I'm tempted to make it a little longer, because the false claims of his chess strength keep coming up in the news. Here are a few references which I might incorporate. First. some of the (almost certainly) exaggerated claims:
Better sources:
(updated) Adpete ( talk) 06:21, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
"The Descendants of Samuel Moss Solomon" by Jenny Cowen published 2019 ISBN: 978-0-9945713-1-9.The geneology of ledger's mother is beyond dispute.It is non controversial and beyond dispute.
GavinSilbert ( talk) 00:28, 18 March 2020 (UTC)GJC Silbert QC
At the Solomon and Associated Families Reunion in 2018 Jenny Cowen was instructed by those present to update and print in book form the pedigrees of the descendants of Samuel Moss Solomon and Abraham and Julia (nee Isaacs) Solomon .This doesn't sound too encouraging for the authenticity of the author, self-published as she is. This looks like a print request, not an authorship. Dr. K. 11:44, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
Under the 'Directorial work' section, Elliot page is mentioned by his deadname, "[...] with Canadian actress Ellen Page proposed in the lead role". I think this should be updated to reflect Elliot's current name, but not sure how best to re-phrase the sentence in line with Wikipedia policy. 134.225.251.79 ( talk) 15:39, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
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I was identified in a project page complaint as the only one opposing [the removal of] the block quotations. So I have added the "Resolved" template (as requested) to the sections relating to it; someone has been removing those templates, initially without comment. That is not useful. Some people seem to argue just for the sake of argument. Those deletions of the resolved templates are not improving this article or this talk page on it. If you want to start up the controversy again, please start another section. The discussion in the previous section is "Resolved." -- NYScholar ( talk) 04:51, 6 February 2008 (UTC) [corr. in brackets. -- NYScholar ( talk) 05:01, 6 February 2008 (UTC)]
It appears to me that some other editors are attempting to "micromanage" even this talk page! That is not helping. -- NYScholar ( talk) 05:55, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
For the record and by the way: I see absolutely no value in removing the extremely short (already edited) quotation excerpted from the official government media release of the Prime Minister of Australia, posted on the government site. -- NYScholar ( talk) 06:01, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
I've also reorganized the whole article, so that it is more concise and more coherently organized, parallel other articles on actors (whether alive or dead). -- NYScholar ( talk) 06:53, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
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According to police, as reported by Al Baker in The New York Times, when housekeeper Teresa Solomon, who had arrived at approximately 12:30 p.m. EST to do household chores, entered the bedroom "At about 1 p.m. ... to change a light bulb in an adjacent bathroom[,] she found him on the bed face down, with the sheet pulled up to his shoulders, and heard him snoring." [1] Masseuse Diana Wolozin arrived at approximately 2:45 p.m. to give Ledger a massage, and when he did not emerge from his bedroom by 3 p.m., called his cell phone and received no answer. Wolozin entered the bedroom, began to set up the massage table, and tried to wake the unresponsive Ledger. [1] Baker reports that then Wolozin "entered the bedroom and saw him lying in bed. She took a massage table out of the closet and began to set it up near his bed. She then went over to him and shook him, but got no response. Using his cell phone, she used a speed-dial button to call Ms. Olsen in California to seek her guidance, knowing Ms. Olsen to be a friend of Mr. Ledger’s." [1]
"According to the authorities," Baker continues, "Ms. Wolozin told Ms. Olsen that Mr. Ledger was unconscious. Ms. Olsen said she would call some private security people she knew in New York, and hung up. Ms. Wolozin again shook Mr. Ledger, called Ms. Olsen a second time, and said she believed the situation was grave and would call 911." [1] According to Baker, "Ms. Wolozin called 911 at 3:26 p.m. to say that Mr. Ledger was not breathing. The call occurred less than 15 minutes since she had first seen him in bed and only a few moments after the first call to Ms. Olsen. The 911 operator urged Ms. Wolozin to try to revive Mr. Ledger, but Ms. Wolozin’s efforts were not successful." [1]
Seven minutes later, Baker reports, " Emergency medical workers arrived at 3:33 p.m., at almost exactly the same moment as a private security guard summoned by Ms. Olsen. The medical workers moved his body to the floor and then used a defibrillator and CPR, to no avail. Mr. Ledger was pronounced dead at 3:36 p.m. By that point, two other private security guards summoned by Ms. Olsen had arrived, as had police officers." [1]
Police said that they found prescription medication in the bathroom, that there were "no obvious signs" of suicide, and that they did not suspect foul play. [2]
The source cited still in this article in "Death" sec. already includes all this detailed information. People can just read it. (Too much q. from a single source.) -- NYScholar ( talk) 06:33, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
The international dates have been changed to US date format (except for the infobox) but, according to WP:DATE - Strong national ties to a topic, the article may be styled on international format. If there are no serious objections, I shall re-format the article over the next day or two. • Florrie• leave a note• 09:06, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
penultimate penultimate penultimate penultimate. how many times does one have to use the same word? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.5.159.250 ( talk) 00:34, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
Penultimate means second to the lowest. Not best. Do you really mean his second to the worst performance Jbesr1230 ( talk) 02:16, 28 December 2008 (UTC)JBE
The way penultimate is used in the lede is poor: "A few months before his death, Ledger had finished filming his penultimate performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight." makes it sound like he is to appear as the Joker again. Can the wording be made clearer? "...while playing the Joker..." for example. Ob1db ( talk) 12:33, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
I removed "penultimate" from the introduction. I'm recommending that someone also remove the second "penultimate" that appears later in the article. I hate to put it in these terms, but let me be blunt--this is a stupid word to have in an encyclopedia entry. It seems like people get confused sometimes and think that these articles are supposed to be press releases. The more dramatic the article appears, the lower quality it ultimately becomes. Accipio Mitis Frux ( talk) 17:12, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
Here's what wisegeek.com has to say in regards to penultimate: "Penultimate is a word subject to common misuse. Many people use penultimate to mean ultimate or greater than ultimate. In fact, penultimate means second to last, or next to last. Thus it is not the ultimate, but the next to ultimate."
You can find that at http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-penultimate-mean.htm. The Columbia Guide to Standard English by Kenneth G. Wilson says almost the exact same thing. You can find that at Google Book Clubs. Need more proof? The following pages have "penultimate" listed as one of the most commonly confused/misused words in the English language:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0200807.html "Easily Confused or Misused Words" (infoplease.com)
http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/confused_words_nopq.html "250 Often Confused False Cognates (Words) In English" (alphadictionary.com)
http://upwordlymobile.com/web/pages/confusing-words.php "Grammar, Usage, and Writing Tips - Confusing Words" (upwordlymobile.com) http://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2008/05/penultimate-rev.html "Quirks of the English Language, Penultimate (Revisited)" (Nancy Friedman's Blog)
http://anarchiblog.blogspot.com/2005/11/ultimate-usage-of-penultimate.html "The Ultimate Usage of Penultimate" (anarchitect.com) http://btr.michaelkwan.com/2009/01/22/grammar-101-misusing-penultimate/ "Grammar 101: Misusing Penultimate" (Beyond the Rhetoric) http://www.insidepr.ca/index.php/inside-proper-english/ "Inside Proper English - PR Words to Banish" (Insidepr.ca)
This is just a small slice of what you will find on the internet in regards to misuse of this word. Try googling it if you don't believe me. So Wildhartive, I think I can fairly say that it's not an appropriate word.
And Rossr, thanks for your response, but I have to humbly disagree. The goal of Wikipedia is not to improve people's vocabularies. People come to this site to find quick and easy information, not to reference a dictionary so they can discover new words. Also, I wrote press releases professionally for over six years, so I have a pretty good idea what I'm talking about with that statement. Can we finally let this go? The word doesn't work. That's all I'm saying. Accipio Mitis Frux ( talk) 11:25, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
Next to last? Well, by that deifnition "The Dark Knight" was his penultimate performance: his last performance would be the first half of Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.62.12.237 ( talk) 11:35, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
It is revealed in Vanity Fair [ [1]] that Heath was actually married to Michelle Williams. KChamplin ( talk) 16:52, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
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Heath Ledger did not date Julia Stiles during and after "10 Things I Hate About You". It was Joseph Gordon Levitt she dated. If one listens carefully to the DVD commentary, one of the participants wonders aloud what "Joe" thought about "that kiss" (an outtake of Heath Leger planting a big kiss on Julia Stiles) and the others add that the situation had been awkward at the time as they didn't know whether they could publicly acknowledge the relationship between Stiles & Levitt; they added further that both actors went to Columbia and had dated for 2 years. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.72.143.45 ( talk) 22:45, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Why is there no mention of Lisa Zane? http://www.people.com/people/heath_ledger/biography
Heath Ledger was the third actor to receive an award posthumously. The missing actor is Raul Julia from the movie Street Fighter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.244.100.16 ( talk) 20:49, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
For an article that so many people are updating, it's pathetically difficult to read. It seems like every other sentence has three or four references next to it. I found this very distracting, and it interrupts the continuity. If your goal in contributing to Wikipedia is to have your article or book referenced, all I can say is I hope the administrators catch on to this and limit your access. If not, then please clean up the references you cite so that the article is a little more readable. Thanks. Accipio Mitis Frux ( talk) 17:21, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
All I'm doing is challenging the statements you are making, and trying to get back to the original point of the posting. This article looks sloppy due to the number of references listed at certain points in it. Let's make it look nicer and more readable. The "well, well, well" comment was to point out that the specific page you cite as being high quality is an example of the specific improvement I am recommending. I'm sorry if I am not more tactful about it, but it is time to take this page up to the next level and do a little more editing. Accipio Mitis Frux ( talk) 22:20, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
The video has now been released. Would somebody be so kind and update this article as I don't have the right to do so. Please note that Terry Gilliam did not animate the video. See the King Rat (song) article for sources. Please also update or better replace or delete footnote 165 as it also mentions Gilliam's involvement and other outdated info. All the relevant info has been included in the King Rat (song) article. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.41.34.154 ( talk) 17:57, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
The current intro, consisting of 3 full length paragraphs, seems incredibly long. I'm on a 1280x800 screen with about 650 pixels in height of my browser window and I cannot see the NavBox without scrolling. I think it needs to be shortened to just include that he was an actor and what roles he was best known for. There is just too much information in the intro that is likely repeated below (I have not checked that, however). Thoughts? Jaj43123 ( talk) 23:11, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
It says in the opening that he also died from AIDS complications due to being homosexual with three sources following it. Not only do none of those sources mention AIDS, I'm pretty sure from his dating history that he was not homosexual (at least not openly). Just an FYI Hendrixfan24 ( talk) 08:56, 26 January 2010 (UTC) No, it doesn't and I'd suggest you limit yourself to one registered account, and not try sliding in such comments with a new username. Wildhartlivie ( talk) 09:05, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
I am a Heath Ledger Fanatic and I have some suggestions that I would please like to be added to this page.
Please note that these are direct quotes from HEATH LEDGER: HOLLYWOOD'S DARK STAR by Brian J. Robb
'Sally Ledger had named her son after a diminutive of Heathcliff, the central character in Emily Bronte's tragic romantic novel Wuthering Heights. (It was her favourite book, and she'd previously named his older sister, Katherine, after the novel's Cathy)'
'Back in his youth, swimming was Heath's best-loved pastime as he learned to snorkel and surf in the nearby sea. Alternatively, he'd spend time with his father at the race track, learning all he could about fixing cars.'
'He was really good at field hockey as well. you get these predetermined ideas: I thought he was going to be on the Olympic field hockey team!' says Heath's Father Kim.
'Field hockey was the other activity that put the young Ledger head and shoulders above his fellow pupils - so much so that he became a small-town school hockey star and won several trophies. 'I don't like telling people I played field hockey,' he later admited. 'It's real big in Australia for guys, but in America I say I played and everybody goes, "Oh, you girl!"'
I have more I would please like to be added that I will post later.
Thanks Heaps
Heath Ledger Fanatic NovaSparks ( talk) 09:06, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
The above lines both appear in the Notes section of the Film table in his Filmography. I cannot see any difference between the two, I believe them to be duplicates.
If they are duplicates, one should probably be removed. If he was somehow awarded twice for the same thing, some sort of disambiguation caveat should be mentioned.
72.16.164.254 ( talk) 12:09, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
Is the picture of his body in the bodybag really neccessary? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobdylan92 ( talk • contribs) 03:06, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
It's his body in the bag on the gurney, waiting for the ambulance. I know it's not gross, or graphic. It just seems like a unneccessary addition to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User: Bobdylan92| Bobdylan92]] ([[User talk: Bobdylan92|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/ Bobdylan92|contribs]])
I apologize for the idiot remark, but how am i being obtuse? You were the one saying that there was no picture of his body in a bodybag, when there clearly is. The picture stays, fine, it really doesn't matter to me. It was just an observation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.7.183.34 ( talk) 00:18, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
The bodybag photo, as depressing as it may be, definatly does relate to that portion of the artical. Possibly even giving you a feeling of what it would have been like to have been there. What I would like to point out are the confusing times that are mentioned here. I realize that the times are not suppose to be exact but they seem to be way off. "At about 2:45 p.m."---"Ledger was found unconscious in his bed..." Then further down," At 3:26 p.m., "[fewer] than 15 minutes after Wolozin first saw him in bed..." Now perhaps I am being anal on this next one but in a situation like this the time that things happened are always important. "At 3:36 p.m., Ledger was pronounced dead and his body removed from the apartment." Now, this is the reason I put this into the bodybag section. In the photo, it is definatly night. It cannot be 3:36 p.m. It looks late at night but it has to be later than 5:36 p.m. I do believe. Maybe, "and his body removed from the apartment a couple of hours later."? Just to keep us folks who have a knack for seeing all the bloopers in movies and whatnot from thinking, as Dr. Henry Lee might say, "something wrong". Rickao40 ( talk) 09:57, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
Regardless of Wikipedia policy, it's inclusion is definitely of poor taste and rather unnecessary; it adds nothing to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.94.61.107 ( talk) 06:21, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
I don't think Kim Ledger ever married his second partner Emma```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.223.0.46 ( talk) 12:09, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
The intro (or whatever the term is) says that Heath died due to "an accidental combination of prescription drugs" which seems to imply he was prescribed them. Yet later the article makes it clear he was not prescribed the drugs in question by his doctors. This should be clarified. -- Alanhogan ( talk) 03:33, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
third paragraph of intro reads: He died at the age of 28,[3][8] from an accidental "toxic combination of prescription drugs and Aids complications due his Homosexuality." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.180.61.69 ( talk) 05:36, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
That's a very long minute then, seeing as the vandalism is still there. Someone please sort it out! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dis maddie ( talk • contribs) 16:13, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
This article is, in my opinion far too long for an actor of Heath Ledger's quality. Just because he died young and in one of his last roles he put in a great performance (as the joker) we should not forget that this guy was hardly James Dean and really has had a minor impact upon the film and entertainment industries. I suggest that this article be dramatically reduced and I suggest to those who seem to have an over-zealous drive to extend articles pertaining to hansom hollywood stars that they extend Christian Bale's page as he is a far greater actor and is on well on track (remember he is only in his mid-thirties) to becoming the greatest screen actor of all time... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guyaubreydevito ( talk • contribs) 18:01, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
Please Wikipedia amend the entry for Heath. It states that he was the first actor to win an Oscar posthumously but this is a mistake. Peter Finch won Best Actor for the film Network (1976) posthumously —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fast Eddie in HK ( talk • contribs) 07:45, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
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Heath Ledger's younger half-sister Ashleigh Bell, was born in September 1990, not in 1989. 202.124.89.225 ( talk) 23:11, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
"After sitting for early graduation exams at 16, Ledger left school to pursue an acting career.[15] With Trevor DiCarlo, his best friend since he was 3, Ledger drove across Australia from Perth to Sydney, returning to Perth to take a small role in Clowning Around (1992), ..."
He was born 1979, so how could he possibly leave Perth at the age of 16 and return in 1992? (-- 84.119.48.134 ( talk) 20:39, 30 September 2010 (UTC))
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Heath also stared in the movie lords of dog town(2005) and was the head figure of the movie which was up there with two hands. 121.220.33.250 ( talk) 15:16, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. Lords of Dogtown is listed in his filmography already. I'm not sure what you're requesting be changed. If there is a specific change, please make a new edit request and state exactly what part of the article should be changed, and how.
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Ledger was also nominated for two more Scream Awards, both for Best Line; "I'm gonna make this pencil disappear" and "Why so serious?"
Why aren't they added in the list of awards in the Dark Knight section? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.238.204.30 ( talk) 10:40, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
The Central Ohio Film Critics Association awarded Heath Ledger Actor Of The Year for his role in "Lords Of Dogtown". Please add that to the notes of the movie in the table. Here are the references:
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I've noticed people like MJ get a seperate article for their death. So i think Heath's death may have enough info for a seperate article. Anyone else concur? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.192.70.42 ( talk) 02:54, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
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Around 25th November 2011, "chef Alex Breslau" was added to the short list of people who discovered Heath's body on 22nd January 2008. I can find no justification for this addition as no reports of the time list such a person as being present, only the housekeeper, Teresa Solomon, and the masseuse, Diana Woltzin. If no supporting evidence is forthcoming I shall remove this reference. Josedley ( talk) 23:14, 13 February 2012 (UTC)josedley 14 Feb 2012
There is a lengthy quote ostensibly based on an interview he gave Empire magazine about his preparation for the performance as the Joker. It had three cites, which doesn't make sense - only the one for Empire should be included. If the quote is based on more than one interview, the introductory sentence needs to be changed; it it was cited by other sources after the interview was printed, we don't care. Parkwells ( talk) 17:51, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
On his filmography, it states he lent his voice to the Joker for The Dark Knight Rises coaster. I'm pretty sure he died before he would've been able to participate in the ride, but because of his star status, I doubt he would've participated anyway. Probably a simple mistake by a fan who went on the ride and thought the Joker sounded just like Ledger, but it could've easily been an impersonation. I don't simply want to erase it from his filmography because, of course, I don't know if he was part of the ride or not, I just doubt it. - Dpm12 - 6 September 2012, 8:02 PDT
Did Ledger have American citizenship? If so, then referring to him as "Australian-American" is appropriate, however if he didn't have American citizenship he should be referred to as Australian only. Starswept ( talk) 05:23, 10 November 2012 (UTC)Starswept
He did not have US citizenship, hence my correction. Josedley ( talk) 22:04, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
Why is he listed as dead of an accidental overdose? Wouldn't it be more appropriate to say he died of accidental posioning? Two way time ( talk) 21:54, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
There seems to be no information about his death in this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.189.76.105 ( talk) 00:03, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
Can we change the "diazepam, alprazolam, and temazepam" under second paragraph of Autopsy and toxicology report into: "diazepam, temazepam, and alprazolam"? If, that is, there is no specific reason the current order is being used. The reason I request this is so that it is easier to compare to the list of drugs on the paragraph above, keeping them in the same order compared to the quote and that will help get the message (that multiple within the list are of the category) across a bit easier.
139.102.163.13 ( talk) 20:02, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
The wording in the intro, "... from an accidental intoxication from prescription drugs...", is incorrect. As stated elsewhere in the article, the death was ruled an accident, but it was caused by abuse of controlled substances. The death, not the intoxication, was an accident. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.115.122.37 ( talk) 20:20, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
unprescribed:
prescribed:
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For his credit in A knigth's tale, shorten it to just "William Thatcher" as the "Ulrich von lichenstein" bit is unnecessary and he is not credited with both names on IMDB or the wiki page for A Knights Tale
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Please change "posthusmously" to "posthumously" regarding the The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, because the latter is the correct spelling. 108.41.8.251 ( talk) 02:16, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
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Thinking out loud. Like the headline mention, if possible, there should be a "method and style" section just like other good or featured articles have on actors and artists. This is, of course, dependent on fair and valid sources. With out any, there will be nothing. With, it can and will be something. I think "method and style", if possible, belongs to the "Legacy" section. Would that work? — Preceding unsigned comment added by WforRight ( talk • contribs) 10:18, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
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People who has worked with the actor praised him for his creativity, discipline and professionality.
Replace with "People who has" with "People who have..." because it is gramattically correct.
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So I can't edit this article for some reason. There's a problem with the tense in one of the paragraphs:
[quote]Although Gilliam temporarily suspended production on the latter film, he expressed determination to "salvage" it, perhaps using computer-generated imagery (CGI), and dedicated it to Ledger.[/quote]
The two highlighted verbs do not correspond for tense. I think it should be written as:
Although Gilliam temporarily suspended production of the latter film, he expressed determination to salvage it, perhaps using computer-generated imagery (CGI), and dedicate it to Ledger.
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Can you please fix up the IMDb link in the external links section?
From 5132 to 0005132. Thanks. 206.45.9.182 ( talk) 21:14, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
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The last two edits by Garkinive are borderline vandalism, please revert them. Kolmilan ( talk) 13:44, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
can you add that he faked his death and has been living as a lumberjack in oregon for 9 years — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.182.172.160 ( talk) 19:30, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
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"with his ashes interred later in a family plot at Karrakatta Cemetery, next to two of his grandparents.[125][129][130] Later that night"
this information is incorrect. While Heath was cremated at Fremantle Cemetery and his ashes were collected from there by his family. However they were not interred in the family grave at Karrakatta. Your source [130] references the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board summary of record information - where it states that the ashes were 'taken by administrator from Fremantle Cemetery' - this is the Boards term for collected. IF the ashes were interred in a grave at Karrakatta it would say 'FAMILY GRAVE Karrakatta Cemetery' as well as the grave location.
There is a memorial for Heath at Heathcote Reserve located on Duncraig Rd in Applecross WA 6153 - his ashes however are not placed there. What happened with Heath's ashes is unknown.
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Hi there - the wikipedia page for Heath Ledger states that his ashes were placed with his grandparents at Karrakatta Cemetery. This is not the case. The link to the cemetery page clearly states that the ashes were collected by family and removed from Fremantle Cemetery. A public memorial was established for Heath in 2009. It is located at Point Heathcote Reserve in Applecross. Link here: http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/arts/display/90269-heath-ledger
The reason I mention it is that the cemetery receives countless calls and visits from people wanting to visit his memorial but there actually isn't one in the cemetery. 167.30.37.52 ( talk) 06:20, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
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We are told that Ledger died of "prescription drugs". Then we are told that it is not known how he obtained two of them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.79.29.112 ( talk) 14:09, 15 July 2017 (UTC)
I'm not sure how much to say about his chess strength, but I'm tempted to make it a little longer, because the false claims of his chess strength keep coming up in the news. Here are a few references which I might incorporate. First. some of the (almost certainly) exaggerated claims:
Better sources:
(updated) Adpete ( talk) 06:21, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
"The Descendants of Samuel Moss Solomon" by Jenny Cowen published 2019 ISBN: 978-0-9945713-1-9.The geneology of ledger's mother is beyond dispute.It is non controversial and beyond dispute.
GavinSilbert ( talk) 00:28, 18 March 2020 (UTC)GJC Silbert QC
At the Solomon and Associated Families Reunion in 2018 Jenny Cowen was instructed by those present to update and print in book form the pedigrees of the descendants of Samuel Moss Solomon and Abraham and Julia (nee Isaacs) Solomon .This doesn't sound too encouraging for the authenticity of the author, self-published as she is. This looks like a print request, not an authorship. Dr. K. 11:44, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
Under the 'Directorial work' section, Elliot page is mentioned by his deadname, "[...] with Canadian actress Ellen Page proposed in the lead role". I think this should be updated to reflect Elliot's current name, but not sure how best to re-phrase the sentence in line with Wikipedia policy. 134.225.251.79 ( talk) 15:39, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
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