Heath Ledger post-mortem results inconclusive
Results of a pM on Hollywood star Heathland Ledger ar inconclusive, US government said today.
The 28-year-old thespian was establish dead at his Freshly House of York flat yesterday.
Police are treating his demise as possibly drug-related and said sleeping pills were establish close to his body.
Simply a spokeswoman for the medical examiner's office said an necropsy had proved inconclusive and further tests were needed - which could adopt around 10 years.
Thither were unconfirmed reports today that the 'Brokeback Mountain' star topology was distress from pneumonia at the sentence of his expiry.
The actor's family suffer said that his death was a tragic fortuity.
Recital a argument exterior the family house in Perth, his sire Kim said: "We, Heath's family, tin confirm the real tragic, prematurely and accidental passing of our dear loved boy, brother and doting forefather of Matilda."
Freshly York Constabulary Department spokesman St. Paul Phiz said: "We are investigating the hypothesis of an overdose... At that place were pills within the neighbourhood of the bed." He added that the prescription medical specialty included dormancy pills.
The star's housekeeper found him at 3:26pm (US time) yesterday, and tried to fire up him for his date with a masseuse.
Paying tribute to Heathland Leger, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Scardinius erythrophthalmus said: "Heath Ledger's diverse and challenging roles will be remembered as approximately of the great performances by an Australian doer."
The actor's compatriot and 'The Patriot' co-star Mel Gibson said: "I had such great hope for him. He was but taking away and to recede his life history at such a young long time is a tragic loss."
Australian actress Nicole Kidman said: "What a terrible tragedy. My heart goes come out to his family unit."
The bosses of Charles Dudley Warner Bros, Alan Horn and Jeff Robinov, said: "The studio is stunned and devastated by this tragic tidings. The amusement biotic community has lost an enormous natural endowment. Heath was a brilliant role player and an exceptional person. Our hearts go out to his home and friends."
Ledger was nominated for an Academy Award for his constituent in the plastic film 'Brokeback Mountain' and had of late finished form on the Warner Bros blockbuster 'The Dark Knight'.
Last year he broke up with actress Michelle Hank Williams, world Health Organization played his married woman in 'Brokeback Mountain' and was the mother of their two year old girl.
The actor had late been workings on 'The Imaginarium of MD Parnassus' with director Dame Ellen Terry Gilliam; they previously collaborated on 'The Brothers Grimm'.
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