Yesterday was a sad sad day. Actor Heath Ledger was found dead in his apartment after an apparent accidental drug overdose. As I mourned the death of an actor I had grown up watching in films, I searched for more information as the article I was reading from was strangley vauge. Was it an intentional overdose or an accident? Was he alone? What will happen to his two year old daughter? But I soon discovered that there are lines between not enough information and too much. There are pictures on the internet of the police searching his apartment that appear to be taken by someone’s cell phone through the window. We as a society are obsessed with knowing the most microscopic details about celebrities, but there has to be a line somewhere. Today, I read the first article that came up when I googled heath ledger found here. Now they are saying that his overdose appears to be accidental but the autopsy was inconclusive. Yesterday there were only pill bottles for anxiety and insomnia and today according to this new article there are allegedly six different prescriptions found “all over” the bedroom and bathroom. Today there is magically a rolled up 20 dollar bill on the night stand that is being tested for drug residue that wasn’t there yesterday. How long will it take until the media turns this tragedy into a horror story of “Ledger’s deep dark secrets” and ruin what should be a respectful mourning period for a human being that has passed away. Although it is true that we do not know yet if he intended to take his own life or not, there is no reason for this to become a media circus.
