I think it's kinda there. It wouldn't be a Hollywood story without some dickishness involved.

Nicola Pecorini, friend and cinematographer,

"And I'm pretty sure that all his sleeping problems had nothing to do with work and all to do with Matilda and Michelle . . "

".. . He was so solid into keeping clean, it was quite stunning. I really think he died of a broken heart. I know it can sound very romantic, but it's very tragic. I think that's what killed him."

Terry Gilliam: "All of us who were close to Heath knew what was going on, and it was not the most pleasant experience."

Nice one guys. Way to imply that the everyday problems of having a relationship and being a dad were like, an evil plot to kill a grown man. Having a child is so awesome except for the people with wombs who come with that. The *stress.*

Yeah, Pecker-ini, he did NOT die of a broken heart, he died of a lethal combination of drugs. And while it's awesome to dispel the rumours that his job as the Joker killed him, possibly you should just stop projecting your own toxic issues with women onto the poor late Heath.

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I think more than anything he blamed himself, which is sometimes worse.

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I think it comes down to something like what you said about his having done something "true and admirable." I have rarely cared for a fictional character as much as I cared for Ennis. That film absolutely broke my heart, and I know that it was entirely because of how Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal were able to embody the power of the story, and to reach that level of honesty through art just feels to me to be a gift. And the fact is that I have cared for every one of the characters that I saw Heath Ledger portray, and that feels like an even larger gift. It makes me deeply sad that he is no longer able to give that amazing, true thing, and that he no longer has the opportunity to explore it within himself.

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