Heath Ledger post-mortem results inconclusive
Results of a pM on Hollywood star topology Heath Ledger are inconclusive, US authorities said today.
The 28-year-old actor was launch dead at his Freshly York apartment yesterday.
Constabulary are treating his death as mayhap drug-related and said dormancy pills were ground close to his body.
Only a spokeswoman for the medical exam examiner's office staff said an postmortem examination had proved inconclusive and farther tests were needed - which could take around 10 years.
In that location were unconfirmed reports today that the 'Brokeback Mountain' star was excruciation from pneumonia at the time of his death.
The actor's family have said that his last was a tragic accident.
Reading a affirmation exterior the family unit home in Perth, his begetter Kim said: "We, Heath's kinsfolk, fundament confirm the very tragic, prematurely and accidental expiration of our in a heartfelt way loved son, brother and doting father of Matilda."
Freshly House of York Law Department spokesman Paul Hablot Knight Browne said: "We are investigating the possibility of an o.d.... There were pills within the neighborhood of the bed." He added that the prescription practice of medicine included quiescency pills.
The star's housekeeper plant him at 3:26pm (US fourth dimension) yesterday, and tried to come alive him for his fitting with a masseuse.
Paying tribute to Heath Account book, Aboriginal Australian Prime Parson Kevin Rudd said: "Heath Ledger's diverse and challenging roles will be remembered as more or less of the great performances by an Aussie role player."
The actor's compatriot and 'The Patriot' co-star Mel Gibson said: "I had such great hope for him. He was exactly pickings away and to lose his life at such a loretta Young historic period is a tragic loss."
Aussie actress Nicole Kidman said: "What a terrible disaster. My heart goes out to his kin."
The bosses of Warner Bros, Alan Hooter and Jeff Robinov, said: "The studio is stunned and devastated by this tragic news. The entertainment community has doomed an enormous natural endowment. Heath was a brilliant actor and an exceptional person. Our hearts go come out to his family and friends."
Ledger was nominated for an Oscar for his portion in the pic 'Brokeback Mountain' and had lately finished work on the Warner Bros smash hit 'The Dark Knight'.
Last class he broke up with actress Michelle Sir Bernard Williams, wHO played his wife in 'Brokeback Mountain' and was the mother of their two year old daughter.
The player had recently been workings on 'The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus' with theatre director Dame Ellen Terry Gilliam; they previously collaborated on 'The Brothers Grimm'.
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