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Major Developments Update: Last updated 2/8/08
Phillip Dampier:
Check this message for the latest developments you can find on the story in this forum. News accounts can be read in their entirety in the News Accounts thread, excepting TMZ stories which have their own thread.
* Late afternoon Friday, Jan. 25: Heath's body removed from Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home and taken to an undisclosed location,
probably an airport. No sign of family members at the funeral home. Publicity agent Mara Buxbaum tells the NY Times that there are no plans for a public memorial service in Los Angeles
* Saturday morning, Jan. 26: Michelle Wiliams and Matilda leave Brooklyn for a flight to Los Angeles
* Saturday night, Jan. 26: A private memorial for Heath is held in LA, according to various sources. It consists of a dinner at the Beverly Hills Hotel with family and friends, including Naomi Watts, and a visit to the Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary.
* Saturday night, Jan. 26: A memorial to Heath is part of the G'Day USA gala at NY's Waldorf Astoria Hotel
* Sunday night, Jan. 27: A memorial to Heath is part of the Annual SAG Awards telecast. Best Actor winner Daniel Day-Lewis pays tribute to Heath and dedicates his award to him.
* Monday night, Jan. 28: Heath's father, Kim Ledger, arrives in New York
* Tuesday, Jan. 29: Kim Ledger visits Heath's 421 Broome Street apartment
* Friday, Feb. 1: Michelle Williams issues her statement to the press
* Saturday afternoon, Feb. 2: A private memorial service is held on the Sony Pictures lot, attended by friends and colleagues, among them Todd Haynes, Sienna Miller, Shannyn Sossamon, Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and Ellen Degeneres
* Sunday, Feb. 3: The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the Ledger family will have a private funeral in Perth and that Heath will be buried in Karrakatta Cemetery. The Guildford Grammar School may be the site of a later public memorial service.
* Tuesday, Feb. 5: Ledger family arrives in Perth. Private funeral services scheduled for Saturday at Karrakatta.
* Wednesday, Feb. 6: Toxicology results released by NYC Medical Examiner. Cause of death ruled "accident, resulting from the abuse of prescription medications." Michelle Williams and Matilda arrive in Perth.
* Thursday, Feb. 7: Jake Gyllenhaal, among other friends, arrives in Perth.
* Friday evening, February 8 (Saturday morning in Perth): Kim Ledger speaks to the press, offering them a position to photograph mourners arriving and leaving a memorial service held at Penhros College in Como, south of Perth. A private funeral for 10 family members follows at Karrakatta Cemetery. A dinner is held later at Indiana Tea House on Cottesloe Beach, a favorite place of Heath's.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Phillip Dampier on January 23, 2008, 12:44:29 pm ---
* 9:38am No illegal drugs were found in the apartment.
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Whew.
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* 9:38am Testing on a rolled-up $20 bill revealed no presence of drugs.
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Whew.
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* 9:38am Jack Nicholson clarified his remarks - saying he warned Ledger about Ambien, -not- illegal drugs.
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Whew.
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* 9:38am Heath's revised time of death is 1:30pm EST. He would have been deceased before the arrival of the masseuse, making her actions inconsequential.
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Whew.
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* 9:38am All prescription medication was found in their respective bottles, not tossed about the room.
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Whew.
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* 9:38am The masseuse's hesitation and calls to Ledger friend Mary Kate Olsen were "out of concern for a media frenzy."
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Whew.
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on January 24, 2008, 11:20:29 am ---Whew.
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Ditto on every Whew.
Kd5000:
--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on January 24, 2008, 11:20:29 am ---Whew.
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It must be human nature or maybe it sells more tabloids to assume the worse. So far so qood. I don't want him to join the ranks of a River Phoenix type. Though of course, Heath was a much more talented actor in my opinion and was heading for a much higher trajectory in his career.
serious crayons:
As I just wrote on a different thread, personally I don't care if he did take drugs. But I don't want to see his memory besmirched by those who would make an issue of it.
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