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[7] [8] [9] A few months before his death, he finished filming his role as the Joker in The Dark Knight; the performance brought him praise and popularity, and numerous posthumous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, and the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. [10 ...
Months before The Dark Knight premiered, Ledger died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in his NYC apartment in January 2008. He was survived by daughter Matilda, whom he welcomed ...
Ledger, who played the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, died on 22 January 2008 following a prescription drug overdose in his New York apartment. He was 28 years old. He was 28 ...
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight ... Ledger died on Jan. 22, 2008, six months before the film’s release, at age 28 due to a fatal mix of prescription medication, his autopsy determined.
The sequel to the film, The Dark Knight, featured the Joker portrayed by actor Heath Ledger. Ledger died before the film's release, and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor posthumously. [23] [24] Nicholson was among many who praised Ledger's performance. [citation needed]
Before The Dark Knight ' s release, film industry discourse focused on Ledger potentially earning an Academy Award nomination at the 81st Academy Awards in 2009, making him only the seventh person to be nominated posthumously, and if the decision would be influenced by his death or performance.
Stephen Gaghan and Heath Ledger. Getty Images (2) Director Stephen Gaghan had an idea in the early 2000s to turn Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking into a movie ...
Heath Ledger: His Beautiful Life and Mysterious Death is the first book-length biography of Australian actor Heath Ledger since his death on 22 January 2008, written by British journalist John McShane. [1] [2] It was published on 7 April 2008 by John Blake, in London, and on 15 June 2008, in the United States. [3] [4] [5]