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Remembering Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger's sudden death at age 28 seems yet another improbable facet of what had become, in less than a decade, among the more improbable ascents in the mercurial history of motion-picture stardom.

When the actor born Heathcliff Andrew Ledger in Perth, Australia achieved his big Hollywood breakthrough in 2000's "The Patriot" as Mel Gibson's son, he appeared to most audiences as brawny,...

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