Throughout the last few weeks in the wake of Heath Ledger's sad death, we've felt more than a little pang of sorrow for Australian supermodel Gemma Ward.

Ward was rumoured to be dating Ledger for the past couple of months (and that was more or less confirmed when her sister Sophie spoke of Ledger hanging out with the fam in Perth at Christmas) and she must be in a very confused place, particularly because in the eyes of the press, she's not really "allowed" to grieve for him properly since they were only just starting to date.

She has apparently just flown home to Perth for Ledger's funeral.

The sombre-looking Ward touched down in Perth as investigators concluded Ledger's abuse of powerful prescription drugs led to a fatal "accidental overdose".

Tests on Ledger's blood detected six different drugs, including narcotic painkillers, anti-anxiety pills and sleep medication.

Ledger's ex, Michelle Williams, touched down in Perth with the actor's two-year-old daughter Matilda on Wednesday.

We must say, we're very impressed at the way the press has respected the Ledger family's request not to seek out the funeral or publish details of it.

If any snappers or reporters set up camp near the service, we'd hasten to guess they'd be taking a very swift chute straight to the fifth layer of hell - or at least to the dole queue.

 

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