Comments on: Eternal Embrace

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:37:20 +0000

@ Everyone: As the news continues to develop on this story, it appears that his death was unintentional. Although my post implies that he might have committed suicide, it was written from the heart and I don’t see the point of changing it now.

By: Hayden

Hayden — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:26:44 +0000

I still vividly remember the day I saw BBM, and it was on the opening day. A small independent theatre in downtown Berkeley (California) that had three screens. BBM was on all three, and the guy working in the ticket booth was dressed in cowboy gear. Not kidding. It was fantastic.

Heath Ledger will be missed. I can barely wrap my mind around what could have been in terms of his career and development as an actor.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:11:14 +0000

One of the more horrible aspects of this story is that Heath’s parents apparently found out about his death by watching the news. I just cannot imagine their pain.

However it may be lessened somewhat by the autopsy being performed this morning–some have said that he had pneumonia and mixed the wrong medication, so it may not have been a purposeful overdose or suicide. Still tragic, however.

By: Alyson

Alyson — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:03:37 +0000

Wonderful post.

We didn’t find out until late last night, during a teaser for the “Today” show. J and I looked at each other in shock, then I went to the computer to see if it was true.

By: FreeFromItAll

FreeFromItAll — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:46:00 +0000

What a heartfelt post.

I have a different theory but the same ending about suicide. I don’t believe God punishes those who are not in their right mind - and in pain (emotional, physical, etc), you are definitely not in your right mind. God knows our heart, man does not.

I wrote a piece on suicide (a friend of mine committed suicide less than a month ago). I hope you don’t mind if I post the link here.

http://werlivingfree.wordpress.com/2007/12/30/may-he-rest-in-peace/

By: fightingwindmills

fightingwindmills — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:23:08 +0000

Thanks for writing about this, Brian. You did well to memorialize him in this way.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:48:44 +0000

This was just so shocking today. I was watching E! and they had a breaking news update. SNL was on, and for a while I thought it was one of their sketches. It’s so hard to believe still. He was so young.

By: moonbeammcqueen

moonbeammcqueen — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:06:28 +0000

This is a really wonderful tribute, Brian. Heath Ledger was beautiful and talented. It’s horrible that he was so quietly tortured. The loudly tortured scream for help, but he just quietly slipped away. I still can’t believe he’s really gone.