Heath Ledger is found dead in New York
By Chris Kaltenbach | Sun Reporter
10:03 AM EST, January 23, 2008
Heath Ledger, the Australian actor who earned an Academy Award nomination for his turn as a stubbornly taciturn gay ranch hand in Brokeback Mountain, was found dead yesterday in a Manhattan apartment, New York police said. He was 28.
An autopsy was inconclusive, and more tests are needed, the medical examiner's office said Wednesday, a day after the actor was found dead with sleeping pills nearby.
It will take about 10 days to complete the investigation, said Ellen Borakove, a spokeswoman for the medical examiner.
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