Breaking: Heath Ledger Found Dead

We’re just as shocked as you are likely to be by this news, which is beginning to filter through Agencies.

Some reports have it as a drug overdose, but there is no official word yet.

Australian actor Heath Ledger has been found dead at a downtown Manhattan residence, a New York Police Department spokesman says.

The celebrity website TMZ said Ledger, 28, was found dead in his bed in one of his residences in Soho by his housekeeper at 3.35pm New York time (0735 AEDT) today.

Law enforcement sources said they believe it was not a crime, TMZ said.

Defamer Australia’s thoughts are with his family and friends and we hope someone is looking after little Matilda if this is all true.