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HEATH'S CLIFF

I said some time ago that the canonization of Heath Ledger was premature and wrong.

He died of a self inflicted overdose of prescription drugs. That doesn't mean that he should have had them. It means that they are usually prescribed.

It was a soup of tranqs, sleeping pills, and other medications.

This does not make Ledger a bad person. It only makes him an addict. A person with a disease that is treatable.

It was not an accident. It was not homicide. It was self inflicted.

I don't know about his Batman performance. I admire the makeup.

But I think he has a lot of attention because he is dead. How many people went to see a dead man walking?

Now that I have said my piece again, listen to this guy who has the same ideas only better put. I suspect that he, too, is a sober refugee from the drug and alcohol wars.

Sobering Up on Heath Ledger

Also, let's not forget this man left a baby and a family and many friends behind. That doesn't make him a bad person but does show how his personal values had crumbled in the mists of his addictions.

Sad. Sorry. And nothing to elevate or reward here.

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