As I walked back to my dorm room after dinner this evening, I was informed by a friend that Heath Ledger was dead. I was first a little shocked. Deaths of famous actors are not really common occurrences. Apparently my entire floor had heard the news earlier this morning and had about the same response as I did.
I was told that Heath had died of an apparent overdose on sleeping pills in the apartment of Mary Kate Olsen in NYC. The story just kept getting more and more complicated. 1. Heath is dead. 2. He died of an overdose. 3. He was found in Mary Kate's apartment. I thought I'd google search "Heath Ledger" to see if these facts were indeed true.
Yes, I verified the facts; Heath Ledger was most definitely pronounced dead earlier this morning. That's where the truth stopped and the rumor started. Although a couple sleeping pills were found next to the body, an autopsy had not yet been conducted to determine the cause of death. Furthermore, Heath Ledger was not found in the apartment of Mary Olsen but rather in his own. I was kinda surprised at how quickly (and incorrectly) the rumor of his death spread around my floor. This goes to show that you can't always believe everything that is reported on the Internet.
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I must say I was more surprised about how big of a deal it was made out to be. Most people, as far as I noticed, did not spend excessive amounts of time fawning over heath ledger, yet, once word of his death spread, facebook was overrun by status messages about mourning heath ledger and multiple "RIP Heath Ledger" etc groups.
Although death so early in life is sad, how would people mourn if someone less well-known died? or perhaps less well liked?
Just food for thought.
-Rachel
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