Heath Ledger
Within seconds of getting out of my constitutional law class, I heard from about five people at once that Heath Ledger had died. I was skeptical, of course; usually when I hear that some celebrity dies, I immediately assume that I’m being screwed with. But, of course, he’s actually dead of an apparent suicide.
Of course, many more young men die every day in Iraq, but there’s something tragic about a successful, beautiful, young person who kills himself. He seemed to have been pretty troubled, having separated from his wife about a year ago.
This sounds pretty embarassing, but my favorite Heath Ledger movies were A Knight Tale and 10 Things I Hate About You. The Dark Knight looks awesome though.
Two things:
1) Yeah, it is sad. Dark Knight does look like it will be cool (And the reports aren’t certain that it was suicide; no note, just pills).
2) You have a constitutional law class in high school? Upper-middle class public schools are good, but they’re apparently the bomb on the West Coast. Sheesh.
paxamericana
January 22, 2008 at 6:25 pm