Heath's Family Says Goodbye
Heath Ledger's family is publicly sharing their grief.
The actor's parents and sisters each wrote touching tributes in the Friday edition of the West Australian newspaper.
Here's what they said.
His father, Kim, wrote:
"'Heatho,' 'Beef,' . . . my beautiful boy, so loving, so talented, so independent, so caring, so young . . . no more chess games mate . . . this is it, couldn't beat you anyway!
My body aches for the sound of your voice, our chats, our laughs and our life and times together."
Your truly varied artistic skills, insatiable desire to improve and eclectic abilities set you apart from any other person on the planet . . . it had only just started for you … and for us to further enjoy. We were one, in soul and commitment. Just . . . Father and Son. I will love you forever, Dad."
His mother, Sally, wrote:
"Our darling boy, special in so many ways to all of us. You knew you were so loved. You lived life with courage and daring and we are so grateful for the wonderful times we shared. We will be there for Matilda. Your loving Mamma, Rog and Ash."
His older sister, Katie, wrote:
"I can hardly breathe when I try to write this. We were the ultimate in soul mates. I feel both my heart and life have been torn apart. I loved our special talks, our daily chats from where ever you were in the world.
I especially loved all the precious time we spent together. We were so fortunate to have you as long as we did. You were so many things to so many people, but to me you were just my little brother.
There will never, ever be another "Heath" and I think that in itself is the greatest tragedy.
I will continue to talk with you everyday and love you just as if you were here. You will never leave my thoughts "Roast", ever."
His younger sister, Olivia, wrote:
"You're my idol, my hero, but most importantly, my loving big brother. I'll treasure every moment we spent together. I love you Heath, I miss you and pray every night you're safe."
His entire family wrote:
"How do we describe our sudden and tragic loss? … You were the most amazing individual "old soul" in a young man's body.
You so loved us, as we dearly loved you. As a close knit and very private family unit we have observed you so determined yet quietly travelling in your self-styled path in life, nothing would get in your way … no mountain too tall, no river too wide.
You dreamed your dreams and lived them with passion and intelligent commitment. We have been privileged to accompany you on a ride through life that has simply been amazing and through it all, we have loved each other beyond imagination.
Your true legacy lives on in beautiful little Matilda, who will always remain in the greatest of care. Our hearts are broken . . . Dad and Ines, Mum and Roger, Kate and Nathan, Rori and Scarlett, Ashleigh, Olivia, Elana and Nadia."
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i love you
god, i'm close to tears. such heartfelt messages. love you heath x
That's really sweet, brought a tear to my eye!
shit man that's sad…
2nd?
he will be greatly missed xxxxxx
My heart broke reading that…… so awful but he was so loved!!
It is tragic!
Always a star, Heath
damn
respect!!
This is amazing.
So very sad.
so sad
first
first ?
So very sad
Condolances to his family
so so sad …. i just cry … can't believe it.
God bless you Heath; God bless your family and your beautiful sweet baby.
God loves ALL his children unconditionally xx
so beautiful…couldn't read that without streams coming down my face..
So sad! So loved. Too soon. So Sad!
my heart breaks.
:(
so sad. i feel really upset after reading that. beautiful and poignant words.
RIP> Heath
Sad.
its too sad. kind of breaks the harmony of the world.
Oh My God, I am moved to tears! Thank you Perez for sharing this with us. May he rest in peace and may God watch over his loved ones.. We will miss you Heath . We love you.
omg, so sad. I feel sad over here and i dont even know him personally, now imagine what his family must be going through. RIP Heath
this seriously breaks my heart
Gosh I'm in tears right now. It's so sad. They each wrote such beautiful and touching tributes. I can't believe I'm crying right now.
that's beautiful
still cant belive it
Heart wrenching!
I cried, So sad
R.I.P x
Speaks volumes in this crazy celebrity obsessed world.
To the Ledgers, he was just their Heath.
Tragic loss to the world, unbearable pain for his family and particularly little Matilda growing up without her adoring Daddy.
its so sad when this happens to anybody,even if the person isnt famous.may God help his famly through this tragic time. i doesnt go away but it gets better.
Im in tears now, that was the most sweetest, saddest thing ever. May he R.I.P and I hope is in a happy place with people he loves.
it's crazy, somehow it feels like i knew him! i mean, i always admired him… but it's just a crazy feeling now he's dead
wish i would've had the chance to get to know him!
Omg… I could not read this without starting to cry… the sentence "We will be there for Matilda" made me so sad… I really feel the pain they have. I hope Heath's doing well now and that he's the protecting angel for little Matilda.
THIS IS REALLY SAD, I CRIED WHEN I READ IT.
I will always remember him
i dont feel a special thing. he was just a person. lots of people die every day.
That has brought tears to eyes. This entire situation is heartbreaking. I hope you can continue to cover this tragedy in respectful manner you began yesterday.
Heith, i hope you are somewhere peacefull and happy. You have leaft this earth leaving a hole in your loved ones but one day yous will be reunited again. RIP
Oh how sad, brought a tears to my eyes….
I will pray for you and your family Heath…..
So SAD
omg such heartfelt words…brought tears to my eyes…i cant imagine what they feel.
its just so sad.
RIP Heath, rest with the Angels!
OMG!!! I have tears on my eyes as I read this. Is so sad!
I know how they feel I just went throuht that same thing just a month ago
RIP L
that is so fucking sad. i am really moved and i am usually a big macho bastard cos i didnt cry through the movie Ghost.
they couldnt have said it better. how fucking sad. my heart bleeds for them
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE! MUST HAVE BEEN SO DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO WRITE… TO EVEN COMPREHEND THAT HE IS GONE. WHY? WHY DID HE HAVE TO GO? OF ALL THE ANNOYING PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, THE ONES WHO DO EVIL THINGS, THE SELF-CENTERED AND GREEDY, HEATH DESERVED IT THE LEAST. ALTHOUGH I OBVIOUSLY DIDNT KNOW HIM, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A SINGLE BAD THING SAID ABOUT THIS MAN AND I THINK IT WAS PRETTY APPARENT HOW LOVING AND KIND AND SENSITIVE HE WAS.
so sad. I didn't believe it when it happened, and I still don't believe it now. You were an amazing actor. Your persona will live on through your movies.
This is heartbreaking! Rest in Peace, sleep tight, Heath!
How very sad. Such a great actor.
God Bless you Heath and condolences to the family.
you will be missed
Perez, I don't know about other countries, but in Australia it is customary for families/friends to publish obituaries in their local paper. What is not customary is for an internet blogger to take them and post them on their gossip site. You have turned a sincere gesture into gossip fodder. You have gone too far, mate.
This is something that I wrote to the family.
To The Family and Friends…
You don’t know me. And I don’t we have met in a past life. Or if by chance we would ever even meet.
First and foremost, I want to give you my deepest and most sincere respects to you all. A loss as great as this will forever send ripples and shock waves. As much as I would love to say that it will all be okay, it would be a lie. It won’t be okay. It may take weeks, months, years…maybe never. The heart will still ache, and the air will be harder to breathe. Days will seem longer and special occasions will seem empty. But that is why we are given the mental ability to always keep memories. All of those silly faces and candid conversations will always be there to laugh and smile upon later.
Remember. Breathe. Smile.
Jennifer
{{{{{{{{♥♥Heath♥♥}}}}}}}}}
[[[[[[[[[ U will never B forgotten ]]]]]]]]]]]
{{{{{{{ Itz not Y'r fault the doctorz put U on POIZON }}}}}}
{{{{ 2 Heathz family…ZO ZORRY, do zomething }}}}
{{{{ about AMBIAN, ITZ POIZON }}}}}
[[[[[ we will alwayz LOVE HIM ]]]]]]
♥♥ ♥♥ ♥♥ ♥♥ ♥♥ ♥♥ ♥♥
i cant imagine the pain this family is going through. my heart aches for them, they are surely in my prayers as is Heath.
if someone says 'its so sad' one more time im gonna fucking kill someone.
STFU you fuckers!! you didn't even know him
PS: I THINK THIS WAS THE FIRST POST I EVER READ WHERE THE FIRST 100 COMMENTS WERENT "FIRST!" JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW TOUCHING AND HEART-BREAKING THIS REALLY IS…
I`M shocked!so sad! he was amazing actor! we love u heath!
Sad stuff.
RIP Heath. the world loved you, but only your family knew you. my thoughts and prayers with the Ledger family.
Oh my God! This is all just too much! So sad and tragic. Sometimes it's easy to forget that to us they are just "actors", but for other people they are best friends, sons, daughters, lovers, wives, husbands, etc. I think about how devestated I would be if I lost my own husband so unexpectedly like this. The father of my children. And his poor parents… they must be totally devestated. Your whole world gets thrown out of whack when your children die before you do. It's just not supposed to be like that. Well he will be missed by his family and friends more than he probably could have ever imagined, but also missed by his fans who have enjoyed all of his movies, and who loved his talent and charisma.
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REST IN PEACE HEATH. Thanks for all of the wonderful flicks bro. We were lucky to have you.
AMERICA will always remember how special you were.
I want to kill those drug companies, all they care about is
is money and not the CHILDREN OF THE WORLD…
ANYONE WHO HAS AN EAR, LISTEN UP…YOUR
KID MAY BE NEXT…STOP THEM FROM
PERSCRIPTION DRUGS, NOW….
borderline tears right now.
I'm crying now i feel so much for them…it was so sudden…..my condolences to his family. He will be missed by many.
Im in tears and I hardly ever cry! Why does it always seem to be the ones with so much promise? While the idiots and junkies who dont care go on living and bugging the hell out of everyone? I can only imagine how his family feels, and his poor little girl who will only get to him in his movies. so terribly sad. Also Brad Renfro, trying so hard to clean up, such a good actor and yet…
Such moving words. Gosh, I knew this was going to be an extremely sad post, but I did not expect to cry while reading it because well, I didn't know him personally, you know? I can't imagine the pain that his family and close friends must be going through. This whole story is just so tragic.
Oh, hell, this actually made me cry…his poor family.
their pain is palpable. just awful.
but yet idiots like kiara still have the balls and disrespect to post "first" as a comment. This is a truly sad moment in time, but these retards still have the balls to post "first." hope you're happy with yourself, idiot.
So so sad
… for the family: all my love and the best wishes. You keep him your heart forever….
If this really WAS suicide tha n I have NO respect what so ever for that man..that's a very selfish selfish act and those who have enough strength to take their own life HAD enough strentgh to battle with things in life…
I can't imagine what it must be like to loose my brother. I really feel for the family. For the paps to be all over them is just sick. Thank you Perez for not publishing those pics. I really respect you for that!
Thank you for the other gossip and pics you post every day, though
everytime i read this, i cry…my heart absolutely aches
for his family, his loved ones…i cant help but feel their pain.
i cannot imagine their loss and how they are feeling right now.
it breaks my heart over and over again hearing all of this.
what hit me even harder was reading somewhere how he would act
with his baby girl matilda….
its heart wrenching she doesnt have her daddy with her anymore.
he was an amazing father to her.
i hope he's in his own little heaven, acting his heart out up there.
we will never, ever forget you heath.
god speed
So beautiful, and so sad.
RIP Heath, I'll miss you.
That really made me cry. That was awful. I cant imagine having to say goodbye and just let go like that to someone I cared so deeply for. I hope he sees how much he is loved by his family, friends and fans.
So sad. Heath you and your family are in my prayers.
that is so sad =[
those words are truly touching.
it's so sad that the ledger family have lost their loving son and brother.
happy australia day heath.
we will all remember you.
Goodbye Heath, and thank you. As a country we will join and support your family in their grief. We are proud to have you as our own. Sleep peacefully.
Unfortunately I read this post while listening to Seal's Prayer for the Dying.. big mistake, Im in tears! I can't believe it! And to all those rude people that say " you didnt even know him " Yes, we knew him.. we knew him through his movies.. we got to know his sensitive side, his funny side, his serious side and they meant alot to us and we adored him as an actor. True we didnt know him personally but we were fortunate enough to know him as an actor. He will be deeply missed.
Wow. That made me cry a bit.
R.I.P Heath.
This is special to share. It most definately 'humanizies" someone that most of us will only know through the movies. It was beautiful. I lost my son, and those words are all too familiar of the emotions and shock they are feeling. My son was 9. Just goes to show you….Heath is still someone's "Little Boy".
rest in peace
Show some respect . There are more important things than being "first". Cows. Heath may you rest in peace
My heart is braking.
I live in Perth and im going to the funeral & might take pics of the event and the apparent christian protesters if there are any..ill egg their motherfucking christian faces if I see their banners!
Thankyou Perez, for your respectful coverage of heath's passing. It speaks volumes about you.
Heath's family's words are so touching, pulled my heart strings.
Was nice to read these words tho, after watching "A Current Affair" here in Western Australia, and an interview with that oxygen theif, Fred Phelps.
The hateful words that spewed out of that wrinkled hole in his face shocked and sickened me. I was disgusted at his view point, and I fully believe that 3 letter F word be treated as a swear word and be "beeped" on TV.
What a terrible message to send our young children. I am upset that the program aired the interview, but understand why they did, I wasnt aware of the planned "protest" at Heath's funeral/memorial. I am truely disgusted.
Words fail me.
Thankyou again Perez, for giving Heath the respect he truely deserves. XOXO
I'm in tears. That is so sad.
I have tears running down my face that was so sad….God help is family and his poor daughter who will have to grow up not knowing her daddy…may he rest in peace…
His Spirit will live on. He had more guts than anyone will ever know. A rebel with a cause.
I hope more people will be like him. Waltzing Matilda Heath. He loved her more than life itself. Wish more parents could be like that.
I think Michelle will see a lot of Heath in Matilda. The pure Heath minus the stuff Hollywood fed him.
he was amazing.
so heartbreaking
Omg.. so so so so sad.
My heart breaks.
I feel so much pain for that family!
Heath was a fantasic guy, just so cool and relaxed in life!
I am glad i got to read their messages to him!
Just a pity i read them on this nasty vile site!
You contribute to the saddness in celebrities lives with this site!
Posting embarrassing pictures and information about these people!
You said in a pervious post that you are so great for not using the private pictures about this matter, but you have never done that before for anyone else! i guess you are just afraid to make fun now because you know you will have 100% of the visitors complain about you!
Close your site
#50. You have no heart. No shit we all didn't know him but anybody who has a heart feels their pain. I can't belive some of you sit here and say such terrible things.
THANKYOU so much Perez. I live in Perth, where Heath Ledger often came to visit. It wasn't so unusual to see such a star here in Perth, that's probably why he was so impressed with the lack of media scruteny he received when he was here rather than over east. You, Perez, have given me every update I have ever wanted on this story. On channel 7, 9 and 10, there were tributes to this amazing person. Every single one of them brought me to tears. And on Saturday, on Foxtel, there is a tribute to him with his movies in a marathon.
I can't thankyou enough for your respectful manner in which you have approached the situation. Unlike some of the American's, you truly represent yourself as someone who knows when enough is enough, and when something ISN'T supposed to be made fun of (referring to john gibson).
Thankyou again.
R.I.P Heath.
Forever in our hearts.
Apparently the funeral is in New York, but I am sure that Heath would've wanted his funeral in Australia, without any possibilities of fucking paparazzi ruining the scenario and these religious anti-gay nutjobs who are threatening to protest at such a sensitive time for the Ledger family.
The reason why Russell Crowe moved from LA back to Sydney was so that his family could live a more normal life away from the celebrity obsessed world that is in LA and New York. Everyone who was a fan of Heath Ledger knows that he he loathed all the press attention seeking and wanted to be left alone as muc has he could and just do his job.
The drug use and anxiety was all a result of the ending of his relationship with Michelle and the huge pressure to succeed, which is what Hollywood does to some people. I hate to say this now and it's too late, but had he lived a lot longer, Heath Ledger would have won an Academy Award for sure and I think he was the best acting talent to come out of Australia in the last decade.
Re: Bunbury Bunnie – Hey.. i live in bunbury too. Who're you?
So sad, tears in my eyes. What a loss! R.I.P Heath we love you!
"Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest."
Perez - thanks for being humane about this and convering the story with some respect for the deceased & his loved ones.
Re: K. – Bunbury is a big place, 27 F. google me
that is the really sad part…
We have lost a great actor,who seemed to be a very nice person.
But they have lost a dear family member,a girl lost her father.
In the spotlight,everyone is watching them.
That must be hard.
But also very comforting.
If i lose my son,i wont share the pain with the whole world.
That can actually help i think.
And thats probably why they wrote this.
R.I.P Heath.
We will remember you…
That was LOVELY and BRILLIANT!! Thank you for sharing!
May God Bless Us All, Everyone, especially his family and loved ones! xo
Fuck. One could NEVER articulate such emotions after losing someone, but that comes close. You can feel the sorrow in their words.
RIP Heath…we're all missing you..
It hurts my heart….it simply does. They must feel so lost, so deprived of 'him'. Hope their thoughts don't wonder of too much, to that night I mean. Cause when I think about how you must have felt that night, my heart breaks. I wish your family all the best, and I hope you (in your out-spoken vision of what dead was going to be like) have found exactly what you hoped you would find. Don't we all? LU
This is so touching…I cried… I'm sorry for the family's loss and I hope that Heath is in a happy place…
I just hope that the Batman movie is going to be good. Get over it. Many people die everyday, do we really care about them!
so sad…
i'm in tears right now…
we will miss you heath
god bless you , and yor family and of course god bless your little baby