Ledger to be honoured at Aussie museumTuesday, January 25 2011, 8:17pm ESTBy Rebecca Davies An Australian museum has decided to pay tribute to the late Heath Ledger. The Perth-born actor, who died in 2008 after an accidental overdose of...
Set in Stone
Ledger’s memory set in stonePosted 10 hours 52 minutes agoUpdated 10 hours 53 minutes agoABC Online, Australia Heath Ledger’s family has given the City of Melville in Perth’s southern suburbs a gift of public artwork in memory of their...
Incredible passion for chess
Heath Ledger’s Passion for ChessBy Christina TapperPeople MagazineOriginally posted Saturday January 26, 2008 12:00 PM EST No stranger to the New York Washington Square Park chess world, Heath Ledger found joy by screaming the occasional ‘checkmate!’ But an observer...
He loved to play chess
Heath sometimes even played chess with strangers, according to one man who befriended him. Retired city worker Tony Rivera, 52, told US magazine People that he often saw the actor in Manhattan’s Washington Square park around dawn. He said:...
The Queen’s Gambit
Prior to his tragic death, Heath Ledger was working on what would have been his feature directing debut, an adaptation of the Walter Tevis novel “The Queen’s Gambit,” with British writer-producer Allan Scott. The leading role of a young...
Ledger, a champion at chess
Heath Ledger dies at 28 in N.Y.C.By JAMES BARRONThe New York Times …Heathcliff Andrew Ledger was born April 4, 1979, in Perth, Australia, where a local theater company cast him in “Peter Pan” when he was 10. That role...
Shocking news
28 year old Oscar nominee Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence at 3:26 PM. The Australian-born actor was nominated for an Oscar for “Brokeback Mountain,” where he met his wife, actress Michelle Williams, in...