一如大家所預期，已故男星希斯萊傑以「黑暗騎士The Dark Knight」得到奧斯卡最佳男配角，關於這部片的心得，因為對我來說印象太深刻，日後有空再寫吧XD

來貼一篇CNN在2008/01/28的新聞，去年有一段時間很無聊就抓出來翻譯了...不過原始連結已經失效，但是google標題還是可以找到原文 (翻得不妥之處也請告知)

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/23/heath.ledger.dead/index.htm

Autopsy fails to find how actor Heath Ledger died

NEW YORK (CNN) -- An autopsy Wednesday morning on actor Heath Ledger was inconclusive, and a cause-of-death determination will take 10 to 14 days, a medical examiner's spokeswoman said.

醫檢發言人說：「星期三早上演員希斯萊傑的死因仍未有定論，將需要10~14天的鑑定。」

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Housekeeper Teresa Solomon, left, and masseuse Diana Wolozin were in the apartment where Heath Ledger died.

管家泰瑞莎(左)和按摩師黛安娜曾經待在希斯萊傑死時的公寓

Meanwhile, tests on a $20 bill found at the Lower Manhattan apartment where Ledger died yielded no drug residue, a New York police spokeswoman told CNN.

紐約警方發言人對CNN記者說：「化驗結果顯示這張在死者曼哈頓公寓發現的20塊鈔票，並沒有毒品反應。」

The bill was collected for testing because of the way it was folded, New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said earlier.

紐約警長雷凱利較早時提及：「因為這張鈔票被折起，所以被我們拿去化驗。」

The Academy Award-nominated actor was found dead Tuesday of a possible drug overdose, the New York Police Department said. He was 28.

28歲的奧斯卡金像獎提名演員被發現可能是因為吸毒過量致死。

New details are emerging about the moments before and after his death.

新事證可推測他死前和死後發生的事。

The masseuse who discovered Ledger's body called his friend -- actress Mary-Kate Olsen -- twice before calling 911, a police source with knowledge of the investigation said.

按摩師發現了他的屍體，並在叫救護車前打電話找了他的朋友演員瑪麗凱特歐森兩次。

A housekeeper, identified by the source as Teresa Solomon, arrived at the apartment about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, the police source said.

管家泰瑞莎大約是在星期二中午12:30到達這間公寓。

She went into Ledger's bedroom to change a light bulb in an adjoining bathroom about 1 p.m., saw him on the bed face down with a sheet pulled up around his shoulders and heard him snoring, the source said.

她大約下午一點去萊傑臥室旁的浴室換燈泡，那時看到他在床上臉朝下，肩膀披著床單，而且正在打呼。

Masseuse Diana Wolozin arrived at the apartment about 2:45 p.m. to give Ledger a massage, according to the police source. About 15 minutes later, when he had not come out of the bedroom and the door remained closed, she went in, saw him lying in bed, and set up a massage table nearby.

按摩師黛安娜下午2:45本要去他的公寓給他馬殺雞服務，但是十五分鐘後他都沒出來應門，黛安娜就自己進門，看到他躺在床上，所以就留了張紙條。

She shook Ledger, but he did not respond, so she used his cell phone to call Olsen in California, knowing Olsen was a friend of Ledger's, the source said.

她搖了搖死者，卻沒任何反應，於是他打手機給萊傑在加州的朋友歐森。

Wolozin told Olsen that Ledger was unconscious, according to the NYPD source.

她告訴歐森，萊傑目前不省人事。

Olsen told her she would call private security people in New York. After getting off the phone, Wolozin tried to wake Ledger again, then called Olsen back to tell her she believed the situation was an emergency and was calling 911.

歐森說她將會找紐約的私人保全，按摩師掛完電話又搖了萊傑兩次，覺得事態不妙又打給歐森說情況緊急，於是又叫了救護車。

In the 911 call, at 3:26 p.m., Wolozin told authorities Ledger was not breathing. While on the phone with dispatchers, Wolozin tried to perform CPR on Ledger, but he was unresponsive.

黛安娜在3:26pm電話中告訴救護單位的調度員說萊傑沒有呼吸，她還試著CPR，不過他依然沒有反應。

Emergency personnel arrived seven minutes later, according to the police source, at about the same time as a private security person summoned by Olsen.

急救人員在七分鐘後到達現場，而歐森招來的一位私人保全也差不多同時抵達。

The medical technicians performed CPR on Ledger and used a cardiac defibrillator, but their efforts were in vain and he was pronounced dead at 3:36 p.m. By then, two other private security people summoned by Olsen had arrived, as well as police.

醫護人員施行了CPR和心臟電擊 (cardiac defibrillator應該就是這種東西了 http://www.pixnet.net/photo/stockton0/89371925) 都無效，他在3:36pm被宣佈不治死亡。到那時另外兩位歐森叫的私人保全和警察也到了。

Ledger's former girlfriend, actress Michelle Williams, who was shooting a movie in Sweden, was informed of his death late Tuesday night, a movie production company spokesman said.

萊傑的前女友演員蜜雪正在瑞典拍電影，於星期二晚間被通知了他的死訊。

Williams left early Wednesday morning with 2-year-old daughter Matilda Rose, the spokesman said. Ledger was the child's father.

蜜雪在星期三早上帶著她的兩歲女兒離開，萊傑正是孩子的爸。

Some prescription medications were found in the room where Ledger -- Oscar-nominated for his role in "Brokeback Mountain" -- died, said police spokesman Paul Browne.

警方發現有一些處方藥物在萊傑死亡的房間。(他在斷背山中的角色獲得奧斯卡提名)

He said the pills were not "scattered around," as had been reported.

這些藥丸並沒有散落一地。

No note was found, and there was no indication of foul play, Browne said.

沒有遺書紙條，也沒有謀殺的跡象。

In light of Ledger's death, President Bush on Wednesday postponed an event surrounding the launch of a public-service ad campaign warning against the dangers of prescription drug abuse.

由於萊傑的死，布希總統延後了開拍一個關於宣導濫用藥物危險的公益廣告。

"We thought it would be better to postpone the event rather than run the risk of anyone thinking that we were being opportunistic in highlighting the issue," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.

白宮發言人：「我們延後這行程以免讓大家覺得藉機炒作此新聞。」

Ledger's family on Wednesday called his death "very tragic, untimely and accidental."

萊傑家屬表示對他的死感到非常不幸、早逝和意外。

Hollywood reacts

Condolences began pouring in from Ledger's friends and co-stars.

萊傑親朋好友的追思弔唁不斷湧入。

"I had such great hope for him," said Mel Gibson, who played Ledger's father in "The Patriot," in a statement.

在決戰時刻(The Patriot)扮演他老爸的梅爾吉勃遜說：「我對他有很大的期望！」

"He was just taking off, and to lose his life at such a young age is a tragic loss. My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family."

「他如此年輕卻驟然離我們而去，這對我們是個悲慟的損失。我的意念和祈禱會隨著他和家人。」

At the time of his death, Ledger had just finished playing the villain The Joker in "The Dark Knight," the latest installment in the Batman series. The film is to open in July.

萊傑剛完成了七月即將上映的蝙蝠俠最新一集「黑暗騎士」中的角色，他在劇中飾演反派小丑。

The role disturbed him, according to The Associated Press. He called The Joker a "psychopathic, mass-murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy."

根據美聯社的說法，這個角色影響了他的心理，他曾經說劇中的角色是「神經病、殺人狂、精神分裂的小丑」

"Last week, I probably slept an average of two hours a night," Ledger told The New York Times. "I couldn't stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going."

萊傑曾對紐約時報說：「我上星期平均大概一天睡兩小時，腦筋總是不停的轉，我累壞了」

He said prescription sleeping pills didn't help, according to AP.

美聯社表示，他說醫生開的安眠藥並沒有效。

Ledger was born in Perth and named Heathcliff Andrew after the main characters of Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights." He began acting at a local theater as a child.

萊傑出生在澳洲的伯斯，被取名為艾蜜莉布朗特所寫「咆哮山莊」中的主角Heathcliff Andrew。他從小就在當地戲院當童星。

Ledger's first American film was the teen comedy "10 Things I Hate About You" in 1999, and he immediately attracted attention from Hollywood. He passed up several scripts before taking a role in the Revolutionary War drama "The Patriot" in 2000 and "A Knight's Tale" in 2001. He also played a supporting role in "Monster's Ball," among other films.

他的第一部美國電影是1999年的青少年喜劇「對面的惡女看過來」，並且立刻受到好萊塢的注意。在飾演2000年的美國獨立戰爭片「決戰時刻」和2001的「騎士風雲錄」之前，他曾推掉了幾部劇本。他也在「擁抱豔陽天」中飾演配角。

Controversial role

爭議性的角色

But Ledger was perhaps best known for his 2005 portrayal of Ennis Del Mar in "Brokeback Mountain," about two cowboys who had a secret romantic relationship. The role earned him an Oscar nomination.

萊傑最廣為人知的角色莫過於2005年斷背山中的Ennis Del Mar，這是關於兩個牛仔間的斷袖之癖，這個角色也讓他獲得奧斯卡提名。

Asked how he felt about filming love scenes with another man, Ledger said he and his co-star Jake Gyllenhaal simply focused on their roles.

當被問到他和另外一個大男人演這種浪漫愛情劇是什麼感覺時，他說他只是和傑克葛倫霍專注演對手戲罷了。

"We can't say that we weren't nervous about it," Ledger told Oprah Winfrey in 2006. "But once the first take was over, it's like, 'OK. So what? It's kissing another human being. How are we going to finish this scene? Let's get on with it and let's get out of here.' "

萊傑曾於2006年告訴歐普拉(美國企業家和電視節目主持人)：「我們不能說一點也不緊張啦，但只要第一幕拍完後，又感覺其實沒什麼，那只是在親另一個人類罷了╮(﹀_﹀")╭，該怎麼完成下一幕咧？就繼續拍下去啊，然後拍完閃人！」

In a written statement, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation said it mourns Ledger's death, adding that his portrayal of Del Mar "changed hearts and minds in immeasurable ways."

反歧視同性戀聯盟在書面說明中對希斯萊傑的死表示哀悼，並補充到，他飾演的Del Mar潛移默化地改變了世人對同性戀的想法和心態。

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至於大家很關心的死因，目前為止我還是看到兩種說法，一為多種藥物混合服用中毒(六種不同的處方藥，其中包括安眠藥、鎮定劑、抗憂鬱藥及抗焦慮藥)，另一種是海洛因中毒，請參考以下這兩則新聞。

http://www.epochtimes.com/b5/8/2/7/n2004159.htm

http://www.epochtimes.com/b5/8/2/9/n2005737.htm