The entertainment world's response was a shocked one after learning that the 28-year-old Oscar-nominated actor had been found dead in a New York City apartment. Rumors of heroin-use, sleeping problems and prescription pills continued to be just that, as police and his family call the death accidental. A conclusive autopsy ruled that Ledger died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs. And there is nothing like dying young to make yourself legendary<br />http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorWed, 03 Dec 2008 22:07:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43729/ledger-tragedy-to-hit-law-order.html?refid=rss_all_defaultHeath Ledger’s death is set to provide Law & Order with another “ripped from the headlines” episode, the New York Post reports. An upcoming show about a male supermodel who “has a great career and gets all the ladies” is based on Ledger’s demise, say an insider. The character is found dead by friends the morning after drug-fueled sex with a stranger. Tune in to see if L&O also rules the death accidental.http://www.newser.com/story/43729/ledger-tragedy-to-hit-law-order.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 26 Nov 2008 7:07:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38659/ledgers-estate-goes-to-daughter.html?refid=rss_all_defaultHeath Ledger’s estate will go to his daughter, Matilda, the late actor's dad tells Perth Now . “There is no claim,'' Kim Ledger said of the estimated $16.6 million bequest. “Our family has gifted everything to Matilda.'' Ledger’s will, written before his daughter’s birth in 2005, left everything to his sisters and parents.http://www.newser.com/story/38659/ledgers-estate-goes-to-daughter.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 29 Sep 2008 7:13:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38719/ledger-tot-sues-as-insurance-balks-at-10m-payout.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA trustee representing Heath Ledger's 3-year-old daughter is suing the actor's insurance provider, who is balking at paying out his $10 million death benefits, TMZ reports. ReliaStar Life Insurance Co. says it's withholding payment until they determine whether Ledger's accidental overdose death was a suicide, an investigation that includes quizzing Mary Kate Olsen, reports the AP.http://www.newser.com/story/38719/ledger-tot-sues-as-insurance-balks-at-10m-payout.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 30 Sep 2008 7:51:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35238/pals-pony-up-for-ledgers-daughter.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJohnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell, who banded together to complete Heath Ledger’s final film role, in the The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus , gave their paychecks to his daughter, Matilda, the Sun reports. “They didn’t take money—it goes to Heath’s daughter,” director Terry Gilliam said. The actor wrote his will before the now-2-year-old was born, and provisions for her future aren't clear.http://www.newser.com/story/35238/pals-pony-up-for-ledgers-daughter.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 19 Aug 2008 9:02:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34230/dark-knight-curse-claims-more-victims.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFirst a technician died on the set of the Dark Knight , then Heath Ledger overdosed. Christian Bale allegedly assaulted his mother recently, and now Morgan Freeman is recovering from a nasty car accident and undergoing a divorce. Folks have started muttering about a Dark Knight curse, and Radar insists the hex is real. What other tragedies plague actors linked to the film? Aaron Eckhart is doomed to play supporting roles for the rest of his life.http://www.newser.com/story/34230/dark-knight-curse-claims-more-victims.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 10 Aug 2008 8:25:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34331/feds-close-ledger-case.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFederal prosecutors have closed their investigation into the death of Heath Ledger without filing charges, meaning Mary-Kate Olsen will not have to testify, People reports. The US attorney's office in Manhattan had been trying to determine whether the painkillers Ledger took were obtained illegally.http://www.newser.com/story/34331/feds-close-ledger-case.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 06 Aug 2008 21:28:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33931/oscar-for-ledger-you-must-be-high.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIt’s time to put an end to the inane campaign to give Heath Ledger an Oscar for The Dark Knight , writes Eric Lucas in the LA Times. Ledger’s much-fawned-over performance “ultimately devolves into a can-can dance of snuffling pseudo-psychopathia,” Lucas writes. “It has all the subtlety of a hangover—exactly what I'd expect from someone who headed home every night to a pill party.”http://www.newser.com/story/33931/oscar-for-ledger-you-must-be-high.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 02 Aug 2008 8:08:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33582/overdose-deaths-spike.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe number of deaths caused by fatal combinations of prescription medications with alcohol or street drugs has exploded in recent years in part because patients are being released from hospitals early, according to researchers. Such deaths rocketed from 92 in 1983 to 3,792 in 2004, reports MSNBC.http://www.newser.com/story/33582/overdose-deaths-spike.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 29 Jul 2008 4:06:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33262/is-ledgers-ex-jonzin-for-love.html?refid=rss_all_defaultHeath Ledger's ex-fiancee, Michelle Williams, may have found love again—in the arms of director Spike Jonze, Star magazine reports via the Daily Mail . Williams and Jonze, who divorced director Sofia Coppola in 2003, were spotted locking lips outside his Manhattan pad. The late actor's best friend, who has been helping Williams care for 2-year-old Matilda, approves of the match.http://www.newser.com/story/33262/is-ledgers-ex-jonzin-for-love.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 02 Aug 2008 8:08:16 CDT