Heath Ledger found dead in a Manhattan Apt

Who's Heath Ledger?

Actor - played Mel Gibson's oldest son in The Patriot.

Pretty sad, I just read that they think it was drug related.

Why is this relevant to sports?

You post something about some obscure actor dying on a sports site and I'm the ass? Guess again, man.

Faggot probably died of HIV.

Even I wasn't going there.....

Learned more about the guy in one thread than I ever knew about him while he was alive. Does this mean everyone is going to change their Sean Taylor avatars to this guy now?

i wasn't calling for that Manny.

i'm an actor and it struck a chord with me. i just put it in here seeing as how it was a message board.

I know it wasn't sports related, i just figured that someone might care.

Also, I did not want to start a fight. Kels please check your messages, i sent you an appology for callign you an ass. I don't want to make waves here. i get mad when others do.

ArmchairCelebrity.com cares for this story... it doesn't belong here

With the amount of stupid crap routinely posted here in the Locker Room {and we are all guilty of that from one time or another}, this little tidbit of information is hardly worth "calling out" AOEH.

An actor died and AOEH already stated that he was pursuing an acting career, hence the connection.

Give him a break.

At least he didn't make an article of it. I have no issue with this being a locker room posting

Hang on a second, this IS a sports story!

Ledger played a PATRIOT but lived in NEW YORK.

So was he a PATRIOTS fan or a GIANTS fan?

This is important to know. Otherwise both teams may lay claim to "WIN IT FOR HEATH" in the Super Bowl.

We owe Ed an apology.

I was a little surprised to see this here, but I'm glad someone mentioned it. Heath was in "10 Things I Hate About You," which I considered the greatest movie ever when I was about 13. He played a rebellious Aussie in a new school in LA, and I was in love with him. After "10 Things," he got offered other roles in teen movies but turned them down to do real movies. I was shocked when I heard he died. He was very talented and a father to a baby girl. Very sad.

Does anybody here NOT give a fack about Brady's foot?

I think it is pathetic that a young man dies, someone thinks to share it with this community, and instead of expressing condolensces, we debate about whether it is sports related? Heath Ledger was a talented actor, hardly a B talent as he was a top contender for an Oscar last year, and he will sorely be missed. He and his ex-wife used to live in my neighborhood, but they recently seperated and he moved to Manhattan and she was looking to sell their Brooklyn brownstone. He was formerly married to Michelle Williams who was in Brokeback Mountain with him and is most known for her role in Dawson's Creek. I am not sure if they were seperated or officially divorced, but I think just seperated because it takes a year to get divorced in NY.

MJD made reference to his on-going divorce, which are usually not amicable. There is also the young child issue, with that MSN is reporting his death as a possible suicide.

I don't see why it's problematic to talk about things like this on the site. I mean, this is a community, right? But whatever, what do I know? I'm just a hockey fan. What a crappy "hobby."

Ledger said he having a tough time playing the Joker in the new Batman film The Dark Knight. He was quoted as saying he was having trouble sleeping while portraying the Joker, whom he called a "psychopathic, mass-murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy." Maybe he got into the role a little too much?

I had nothing to do with this.

For those of you that think this doesn't belong in the locker-room, please check the upper left corner of this page.

It says: The Lockerroom

This is a the place to discuss the site, community issues, discuss ideas for opinions, and other things related to the community but not specifically about sports. You can add something to the locker room by clicking the link.

Since Hoch is part of this community, as far as I'm concerned, it is perfectly OK to post it.