Heath Ledger was an Australian actor who died due to a dangerous combination of drugs. Ledger was found in his apartment in New York on January 22, 2008, by his housekeeper and masseuse. Emergency medical services arrived on the scene at 3:33 pm, and after being unable to revive Ledger, they pronounced the actor dead at 3:36 pm. False reports immediately began surfacing, declaring that Ledger was found in Mary-Kate Olsen's apartment, who he had been casually dating in the months leading up to his death. In reality, Olsen was called upon finding Ledger unconscious not only for help, but also because of her relationship with Ledger. His cause of death was an overdose, and the coroner ruled that it was an accident ("Heath Ledger"). Ledger was a famous actor with countless fans and his death devastated many. The media played a major role in his death because his entire life was lived in the limelight. …show more content…
His mother was a French teacher and his father was a professional racecar driver, as well as a mining specialist. He had a sister named Katherine and two half-sisters named Ashleigh Bell and Olivia Ledger, who were both born out of his parents' second marriages. Ledger became interested in performing around age ten, and around that same time, his parents began growing apart, and when Ledger was eleven, they divorced. Ledger "found emotional release in acting, choreography and dance and continued seeking out roles in his grammar school" ("Heath Ledger"). Ledger poured himself into his acting and immersed himself in his characters. Heath Ledger's acting was so amazing that he was posthumously awarded both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in The Dark Night ("Heath Ledger"). Many people had suspected that Heath Ledger’s manner of death was suicidal, but the medical examiner had a different
Death: 15 October 1977, Sydney. She was bludgeoned to death with a large piece of timber in her Paddington studio, her fingers found broken, and her body battered. The murder was never solved, but there has been some speculation that she was a victim of the serial killer, John Wayne Glover.
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Sberna, Robert. House of Horrors: The Shocking True Story of Anthony Sowell, the Cleveland Strangler. Kent, Ohio: Black Squirrel Books, 2012. Print.
Throughout America’s history there have been countless influential leaders that have proudly been American. Those have held positions of politicians, soldiers, and . Kanye Omari West has opened the eyes of today's generation and still continues to shape American history. His musical influence has transformed the lives of countless people. Inspiring many to stand up and fight for what they believe in is something Kanye West continues to do even today.. Also, opening the eyes of many to racial injustice towards African American citizens. I’ll further elaborate my claim in the following paragraphs using historical evidence.
Medical Negligence is sometimes the reason why famous actors and actresses die or have lasting detrimental side effects. It has been happening for years, but is not always common knowledge. It may have happened to Marilyn Monroe.
James Bowie was born on April 10,1796 in Logan County Kentucky. His father actually fought in the American Revolution. His mother was a nurse that treated his father and they later fell in love. He was the 9th child of 10! As a child he was expected to farm in his home near Bayou Teche in Louisiana. He had moved many times previously places including Kentucky and Missouri. His family had a lot of cattle and farmland. He was home schooled which is where he learned to read, speak, and write English and he also learned how to speak, read, and write fluent Spanish and French. he was extremely smart and had a lot of "bad" He left home at the age of 18 with his brother Rezin. To gain money him and his brother entered a partner ship with the pirate
Andrew Foster was born in June of 1925 to Wiley and Veline Foster. They lived in Ensley, Alabama, where his father worked as a coal miner. He did not become Deaf until the age of 11 when he and his younger brother were stricken with spinal meningitis, leaving both of them Deaf. He learned ASL at the Talladega School for the Colored Deaf,
Edgar Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston Massachusetts(Academy of American Poets). Poe was the second child of Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe and actor David Poe, Jr. He had an older brother William Henry Leonard Poe and a younger sister Rosalie Poe(Poemhunter). Shortly after Poe's birth his father abandoned them and their mother died of pulmonary tuberculosis(Poemhunter). Poe was then taken to foster care(Academy of American Poets). Poe ended up in the home of John Allan which is where he got his middle name Allan and became Edgar Allan Poe even though the Allan's never formally adopted him(Poemhunter).
John Wayne Gacy, an American serial killer also known as the “Killer Clown” was a rapist who sexually assaulted, abused, and murdered young men and children. John Wayne Gacy was not interested in women what so ever. John Wayne Gacy murdered about thirty-three young teenage boys and young men from the year of 1972 to 1978 where he lived in Chicago, Illinois.
For Nathan Drake’s entire life, it has been tough. When he was only five years old his mother committed suicide and his father gave up custody to the state. He ended up in the Saint Francis Boys' Home, where he was raised by nuns and taught Latin. As he grew, he learned a great deal about the voyages of Francis Drake. By the time he was fifteen, this knowledge led him to Cartagena, Colombia, where the Maritime Museum was holding a Francis Drake exhibit. Included in the exhibit were Francis Drake's ring and astrolabe. Nathan's intention was to steal the ring, although he later stated that he was there to "reclaim" it, as it belongs in his family. While making preparations for the theft, he encounters both Victor Sullivan and Katherine Marlowe. Sullivan had been hired by Marlowe to steal the ring, and a confrontation ensues when both parties attempt their heists at the same time. After Marlowe
Early Life in Georgia. The "Godfather of Soul," James Brown, was born James Joe Brown Jr. on May 3, 1933, in a one-room shack in the woods of Barnwell, South Carolina, a few miles east of the Georgia border. When James was a little kid he was a hard working little kid that do anything to help this family. When he was at the age of six year old he was send to live with is Aunt Honey. James find Music when he was little kid. This mother left him when he was four year old, she left with another man, and while Aunt Honey would play something of a maternal role for James, the fact that she ran a brothel and sold moonshine for a living made for anything but a traditional upbringing. It was a lot of people who wanted to play music and learn at the same time they when to
Erica Castillo Mrs. Olah English 10 March 2017 The Killer Clown and Lethal Injection John Wayne Gacy was an American serial killer and rapist. He tortured and killed thirty-three young boys between 1972 and 1978 in Cook County, Illinois. He was executed by lethal injection, however this act of execution was wrong. John Wayne Gacy was born on March 17, 1942.
Andy Warhol, one of the most prolific and well known modern artists of his time, may owe his ideas to something other than his human nature, but rather a disorder, one known as OCD. Through a wide assortment of what would later become his very own established style of “pop art,” Andy Warhol spurred a market for his ideas, in life and death. Although known for his illustrations of popular brands, icons, and commercial life, Warhol was also well known, as many artists are, for his personal life in contrast to his personality in his creations. Many have and still will speculate whether or not his art reflects his mental struggle with himself and the world around him, but deciding on what lines Warhol falls along is tough. While many characteristics of numerous disorders seem to be present in Warhol's , nature, they can be slowly narrowed down to one dominant condition, known as OCD.
Poe's psychologically thrilling tales examining the depths of the human psyche earned him much fame during his lifetime and after his death. His own life was marred by tragedy at an early age (his parents died before he was three years old) and in his oft-quoted works we can see his darkly passionate sensibilitiesa tormented and sometimes neurotic obsession with death and violence and overall appreciation for the beautiful yet tragic mysteries of life. They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night."Elonora". Poe's literary criticisms of poetry and the art of short story writing include "The Poetic Principal" and "The Philosophy of Composition". There have been numerous collections of his works published and many of them have been inspiration for popular television and film adaptations including "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Black Cat", and "The Raven". He has been the subject of numerous biographers and has significantly influenced many other authors even into the 21st Century.
John Quincy Adams once said “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” Justin Timberlake started inspiring and helping people at the age 14 when he joined NSYNC. Because of his leadership qualities, artistic skills and humanitarian efforts, Justin Timberlake is a great leader, with good influence on the rest of society.