The coverage of Heath Ledger's death is getting ridiculous. This morning on Washington's Mix 107.3, DJ Jack Diamond said he was almost tempted to drive to New York yesterday to leave some flowers on Ledger's doorstep.
Let's review, Jack. A millionaire celebrity actor has a child with another celebrity actress (without being married, of course). Life is just so tough, he starts using drugs. Of course, he breaks up with the child's mother and moves to a multimillion dollar apartment in the SoHo area of New York City. You could not possibly live in California, or even Brooklyn, because that is too declasse. Your body is discovered by a masseuse who had arrived to give you a massage. The masseuse does not call 911, he calls Mary-Kate Olson.
Sure, Heath Ledger was a reasonably good actor, but if Jack Diamond feels the need to mourn, he can go over to Arlington National Cemetery right here in the Washington area and mourn someone who deserves it more. Someone who died serving his country. Maybe someone who left a spouse and child behind. Maybe someone whose name is name is "known but to God."
UPDATE: The NYC medical examiner now has ruled the death accidental, attributable to six(!) different prescription drugs, including pain and anti-anxiety drugs. It is a sobering lesson for anyone taking more than one type of drug that it is dangerous to mix prescription drugs. It is possible that doctors or pharmacists did not know what other drugs Ledger was taking.
My point about a young actor in New York still stands, however. It appears that his drug use (whether legal or illegal) was a factor in his being kicked out by his girlfriend. And if you are suffering from pain, depression and anxiety, maybe you should think about living somewhere other than Manhattan.
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