On This Tragic Occasion...

[serious crayons]

Ijust found this article and thought some other people might enjoy it. It is almost 2 years old but has some wonderful observations pf Heath.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/film/tale-of-an-untrained-homeboy/2008/01/23/1201024944702.html

Doodler, thank you so much for posting that. I almost didn't read it -- I feel like I've read so many articles about Heath that there's nothing new under the sun -- but after seeing all the comments about it I did, and it may have been the best Heath profile I've ever read. Far better than, say, the Rolling Stone piece because it went so much deeper beneath the surface. That writer did a wonderful job of gaining his trust and getting him to open up. Heck, it's one of the best celebrity profiles I've read, period.

[Kelda]

Doodler, thank you so much for posting that. I almost didn't read it -- I feel like I've read so many articles about Heath that there's nothing new under the sun -- but after seeing all the comments about it I did, and it may have been the best Heath profile I've ever read. Far better than, say, the Rolling Stone piece because it went so much deeper beneath the surface. That writer did a wonderful job of gaining his trust and getting him to open up. Heck, it's one of the best celebrity profiles I've read, period.

Rolling Stone - can you link me?

[MaineWriter]

Rolling Stone - can you link me?

I don't think it's online. It was an interview in the March 23, 2006 issue. You can try to search on that date to see if it is available.

L

[serious crayons]

Who's the news sleuth now?    Here it is.

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/profile/story/9448111/heath_ledger_lonesome_cowboy

[Anya_Angie]

Yes I am Elle! Glad to see I'm remembered despite my very long absence!

[MaineWriter]

Who's the news sleuth now?    Here it is.

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/profile/story/9448111/heath_ledger_lonesome_cowboy

Hahahaha, I'll have to hand over my badge!

It is the entire thing? I have some vague memory of it being truncated when it was first posted, which is why I went and bought Rolling Stone.

EDIT: It is the whole thing. Excellent. They probably knew people would be searching for it. I see Peter Travers wrote a commentary on Heath's death.

[Kelda]

Thanks Katherine!

[Penthesilea]

Doodler, thank you so much for posting that. I almost didn't read it -- I feel like I've read so many articles about Heath that there's nothing new under the sun -- but after seeing all the comments about it I did, and it may have been the best Heath profile I've ever read. Far better than, say, the Rolling Stone piece because it went so much deeper beneath the surface. That writer did a wonderful job of gaining his trust and getting him to open up. Heck, it's one of the best celebrity profiles I've read, period.

I second the thank you to Doodler.

This has always been my favorite article about Heath.

[jstephens9]

I don't think it's online. It was an interview in the March 23, 2006 issue. You can try to search on that date to see if it is available.

L

I have that issue and it is a wonderful article about Heath. I learned a lot about him from it. I remember reading that not all that long after the first time I saw BBM.

[ptannen]

I heard from Meryl earlier this afternoon, who placed a card for BetterMost, and a picture of our journey to the Kananaskis Lakes this past summer, as a token of thought in front of his apartment in SoHo on behalf of all of us, at the impromptu shrine.

It's good to see so many familiar faces making their way back to our community over this tragic event.  We are part of a big family here, and I hope that you will stick around and remain with us in the days and weeks ahead.  We can get through this.  Together, we can get through anything.

Meryl - thanks so much for that wonderful jesture.  Thank you, too, Philip, for posting about it.