found dead in his Manhattan apartment. Initial police reports say that the possibility of a drug overdose is being investigated as the cause of his death.
A housekeeper found Ledger inside his apartment at 421 Broome Street in the Soho section of New York City apartment at around 3:26pm, and even tried to wake him up for his scheduled massage. He was reportedly lying face down on his bed,with a bottle of sleeping pills nearby.
Heath Ledger was later pronounced dead at 3:35 pm EST.
Lieutenant John Grimpal from the New York Police Department says drugs were found at the scene, but investigators are yet to determine how he died. “The medical examiner will determine if that … caused his death or if something else caused his death.”
Entertainment website TMZ says Ledger was discovered “face down on the floor” adding that “law enforcement sources … believe it was not a crime.”
The New York Times says Ledger was discovered by the housekeeper and a masseuse.
They knocked on the door, but “when no one answered, the housekeeper and the masseuse opened the bedroom and found Mr Ledger naked and unconscious on a bed. They shook him, but he did not respond,” the Times said.
