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Heath Ledger Tributes and Obituaries...
MilAn:
--- Quote ---JOHNNY DEPP has paid a personal tribute to the late HEATH LEDGER by naming a section of his private paradise island in the Bahamas after the tragic actor.
The Pirates of the Caribbean star owns Little Hall's Pond Cay in the Caribbean and frequently travels there with his girlfriend Vanessa Paradis and their two children, Lily-Rose, 10, and Jack, seven.
Depp reveals he has renamed a prime snorkelling spot Heath's Place, in memory of his pal, and admits the sunshine getaway provides the perfect place to unwind and escape from the pressures of Hollywood.
He tells Vanity Fair magazine, "I don’t think I'd ever seen any place so pure and beautiful.
"(Pond Cay life) is my decompression. It's my way of trying to return to normalcy. Escapism is survival to me. You can feel your pulse rate drop about 20 beats. It's instant freedom. ...And a little morsel of anonymity.
"Whenever I was getting frustrated about being 'novelty boy' and making movies, I told myself, Calm down. I can come down here and disappear. I spent the Christmas season here with Vanessa and the kids. You can feed hot dogs to the nurse sharks in the Exumas (the outer islands of the Bahamas) - but it's best to not swim when doing it."
Ledger died from an accidental prescription drug overdose in January 2008.
Depp is one of three actors who have stepped in to take over Ledger's role in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, his last unfinished project, alongside Colin Farrell and Jude Law.
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http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/depp-honours-ledger-with-snorkelling-cove_1105133
Katie77:
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,,25600138-5005368,00.html
June 07, 2009 10:00am
PERTH chart-toppers Eskimo Joe have written a tribute to tragic star Heath Ledger (watch the video here).
Their new single and radio hit, Foreign Land, is about Ledger's untimely death in New York.
``New York is a big bad city in some respects,'' Eskimo Joe singer Kav Temperley said. ``It's got a coldness and loneliness to it.
``And this young man dying in a foreign land, we felt the loneliness of the situation.''
Eskimo Joe - Temperley, Joel Quartermain and Stuart McLeod - are from Ledger's hometown of Perth.
``We came from the same town, we were the same age and we were in New York when he died,'' Temperley said.
A powerful lyric in the song - ``I smell the blood of an Australian'' - is about the US media bloodlust following Ledger's death.
``They pretended to be sorry, but they really loved it,'' Quartermain said. ``They loved the fact that somebody was dead.''
Eskimo Joe were scheduled to do US interviews on the same day as Ledger's passing.
``When everyone got wind of the fact we were from the same town as Heath, they shoved microphones in our faces.
``We got a distant taste of the media frenzy. And it left a bad taste.
``For us, it was like: `Let the poor guy be.'''
Ledger's father, Kim, had no comment on the song.
The band, and their record company Warner Music, have had no contact from the Ledger family about Foreign Land.
Eskimo Joe performed an exclusive acoustic version of Foreign Land, which you can watch now.
Foreign Land, by Eskimo Joe, sample lyrics -
Steady my shaky hands
Shut off the world's demands
to get the facts down
Do you understand?
That this is a foreign land
So try to understand that
Do you understand?
Do you understand?
This is what it feels to love
then l can feel that
Even when you're all alone
Even when it's not your home
Take a little look around
nothing else hits the ground
Touch my hand
up to the air
Dying in the foreign land
So do you understand that
Do you understand?
Even when you're all alone
When it's not your home
I smell the blood of an Australian
optom3:
Well that set the waterworks off again. How very true what they said though.The media pretended to be sad but really it was a good dramatic story for them, which they managed to drag out for some time.
What was really sad, is that stupidly it had never really sunk in that Heath did pass in a country not his own. It is bad enough that he died alone,I hope with all my heart that he just fell asleep never to wake. I hope he never had a conscious second of panic, wondering what was happening to him.
trekfan:
what a beautiful man he was inside and out. There is a hole that can never be filled. :'(
ifyoucantfixit:
Sue you should never be ashamed to be an Aussie. All of the Aussies are not responsible for what happened to Heath, at that
premier, any more than, all Americans are responsible for the deaths of Pres. Kennedy, or his brother. There are always kooks in
every place and every country. It is a sad fact that when people become famous, its just a bad fall out, or the price you pay to
have fame and celebrity.
I am watching the mad media rush now that is following Adam Lambert around. Its crazy. His being gay makes him an
additional target. I just hope they have good security on him...I fear for his safety.
I certainly don't know the answer to the problem, I doubt there is one...? Maybe international stalker laws, that
require six feet or more away from the celebs. But that again stops the ones that wish to interact with their fans the
ability to do so.????
When I thinnk of Heaths death, other than the utter devastation and sadness, was that damnable video. They played
over and over and over. The gurney and the hearse leaving his home. I wanted to scream,,,,,stop! stop! stop !stop! IT
We had seen it too many times...........................................................
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