Quite shocked - he was only 28, and leaves a young daughter behind. Very sad. I thought he was really good in Brokeback Mountain.

I hope it's not someone else who's been lost to drugs...

One day I'm sure the same headline will apply to Amy Winehouse

The most shocking bit is how quickly someone changed his entry on Wikipedia. "He died on January,22 etc.", only a few minutes after they announced that he passed away.

oh, it might very well be that his wikipedia entry is managed by his manager. so that would explain that.

sorry to hear about that, too - though people do die all the time. it's part of life... other deaths make me more upset.

Oh don't get me wrong, I'm not in bits about this or anything, and other deaths do get me more upset..

I think I was just more surprised at this as Ledger wasn't exactly someone who was in the news all the time, unlike the Winehouse/Doherty/Lohan crew.