TV Monger

Sometimes we don’t really think of movie/tv stars as people, they’re just celebrities: folks with fatter paychecks and better “weekend clothes.”  We track their robotic perfect lives in gossip magazines and entertainment news blogs.  So why is Heath Ledger’s unexpected death so upsetting?  I’ll tell you why.  It’s because he was a talented actor who didn’t exhibit any of those annoying celebrity characteristics.  It’s because even though you didn’t know him, he just somehow seemed like a genuine human being.  And of course, maybe it’s because he’s leaving behind an adorable 2 year old that will only ever know her dad from the movies she will inevitably watch when she’s older.

Mtv reported today that the initial autopsy was inconclusive and the official cause of Ledger’s death will probably not be known until next month.  It is speculated (because of the way he was discovered) that the death was the result of an accidental drug overdose.