The world was left in shock when actor Heath Ledger, famous for his role as the Joker in Batman and star of Brokeback Mountain, died of suicide at the age of 28. His daughter, Matilda, was only two years old at the time, but she didn’t receive any of his money. In fact, she was left out of his will for one devastating reason.
In 2008, Australian actor Heath Ledger was at the top of his career. Following his many praised and versatile roles, not least starring alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain and as the Joker in Christoper Nolan’s Batman trilogy, he had developed into a major Hollywood star.
However, in private, things were different. Heath Ledger lived a life of internal battles, and it overcame his will to live. On January 22, 2008, he took his own life in his Manhattan apartment.
A housekeeper found the actor’s dead body in the afternoon, where he was lying in bed with a bottle of sleeping pills nearby, police said. The housekeeper had been looking for Ledger to let him know his masseuse had arrived when they found him.
