Thoughts On Heath Ledger’s Death
File the death of Heath Ledger under “We didn’t expect anything like this.”
I normally don’t opine about the deaths of celebrities or people that have been made famous by the media or the silver screen. But Ledger’s life coming to a tragic end today made me think a bit.
The guy was only 28 and was obviously trying to make some sense of life. He had just finished filming his role as the Joker in the upcoming Batman movie The Dark Knight and from what the news was saying, so intensely portrayed the Joker — a cold, sociopathic, almost demonic criminal — that he had trouble sleeping at night. He had just gone through a breakup as well. He had been addicted to drugs over a period of time, but friends said he was clean over the past year. Reports also say he was suffering from pneumonia recently.
He was found dead today by a housekeeper and a masseuse, apparently with pills strewn all over the bed in which he was sleeping.
Everything that the news reported today made me really wonder. Heath Ledger had fame and money that we all can only dream of, but in reality it seemed as if he just wanted to be human like the rest of us.
Any way you cut it, a young man’s life was cut short after 28 years and it is a sad, grim reminder that our lives are nothing without faith in Christ to fill the void that only He can fill.
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Jason
Well said.
Jan 23rd, 2008
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