A damnable accident

By Joe Williams

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Now that the toxicology reports are official, I suppose it’s a small consolation to the Ledgers that Heath didn’t die from illegal drugs or an intentional overdose. Notwithstanding the trigger-happy tabloid press, he didn’t have a heroin habit or a death wish. He just had a hard time sleeping.

Take it from your pal Joey: suicide destroys a whole family. And Heath Ledger loved his.