Heath's Legacy
Filed under: Australiastic > Heath Ledger
Before Heath Ledger's untimely death earlier this year, the Australian actor was a partner and investor in a bar he planned to open in Brooklyn.
Well, now, the bar is going ahead as planned!
Heath's father, Kim, was convinced that Ledger would have wanted the bar to move forward. So, being the executor of his estate, he allowed the release of the funds his son had previously allocated for the project.
A Brooklyn boy until shortly before his passing, Heath's bar is located at the corner of Lorimer Street and Bedford Avenue in Greenpoint (Brooklyn), New York.
The new venue has a nautical theme and it is going to be called Five Leaves (after "Swan cigarette papers that tell you when there are just five left in a package").
It will be opened before the end of the year.
[Image via Buzz Foto.]
yay
Swan cigs? Bet Heath was into semen and much more….
pook
I'm over it he was just another druggie like Wino and so on
first?
yay (:
i will go
cool
Looks like my kind of bar.
I love the "porthole" doorway. Very Freudian.
First
FIRST CUM BAGS
Who in the hell, ingests those kind of drugs unless you are:
1. totally fucking STUPID or
2. have a death wish?
sorry no pity here.
fuck him and I hope he doesn't get the pity Oscar
Uhh… 15th? I miss Heath. Go brokeback mountain!
I'm glad their going through with the bar. But the real question is, will Mary Kate be there opening night?
I cun drink mah self to death in praise o' Heef
a bar…. that's his legacy? a bar? for someone who met his untimely demise due to substance abuse that seems crass. hey come on in to heath's bar, get fucked up and go home and die. stupid drunk assholes.
I'm glad their going through with the bar. Now the real question is will Mary Kate be there opening night?
yes!!! my comment waws first, imn ale
The waitresses will all wear masseuse outfits.
Re: dfdfd – what the fuck? youre a dumb shit.
oh yeah… cigs kill too, 'specially roll yer owns. what a wastoid he was. good thing for heath's orphan that spike jonz is a grown up.
aw thats very nice sounds like it will be a good place its a nice idea.
ps. shut up. he was not a druggie cum bag etc etc etc…
realise how NO ONE said anything bad about him before he died???
pps LMAO *jack says – FIRST CUM BAGS * haha loser.
"Five Leaves" probably also refers to an album by Nick Drake "Five Leaves Left", also referring to the cigarette papers. Apparently Heath was a big fan and made a video about Drake (who also died in his twenties of a drug overdose).
awesome.
just what we need here in willy burg, another hipster joint "dive"
What a legacy! Drunk driving arrests and alcohol-related accidents and violence, liver cancer, and lord knows what all.
I used to live RIGHT THERE! oh man,i miss Greenpoint…..Now im in Stockholm Sweden… ahg
load of crap is what this is. People will do anythign to make money even use a dead man. SAD
They should name it "Heath Bar." Ha! Get it? Like the candy bar?
Re: K8T – now that is FUNNY!
Maybe Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg are silent investors.
Re: Eweli – I'd rather live in Sweden personally.
Re: K8T – "heath bar" that's fuckin funny, really, way better than "5 leaves" or my suggestions, "respiratory failure" and "cardiac arrest".
heath bar… funny
oh hey! i looked at the apartment upstairs. good thing i decided against it… i bet this bar will be successful (read: LOUD). RIP heath and long live williamsburg!
I hate these fucking double standards he was just another pillhead aka another drug addict yet everyones all on his nuts. HELLO he had a fucking kid he left behind fuck that, idolize someone who has/had their shit together.
Good Idea.
Heath and Michelle and other celebrities love NY because the residents treat you just like anybody else..the treat you like regular people. I like brooklyn…very laid back…NY is the shyt
Great. One more reason for the trust fund hipsters to take over… just what we needed. If only we could have a few dozen out-of-place luxury condo buildings that tower over all of Williamsburg, we'd be Ok.
Oh wait, WE DO!
I hardly feel that is the reason for the name. Since Nick Drake was his favorite artist, as he previously said before passing, there is a nick drake album called "five leaves left". This may be the idea behind the name
Nip you dont know who has their SHYT together…y ou just know heaths problems because it was news…everyone has issues. With all of his problems no one ever disputed his love for his daughter Matilda.
People are "on his nuts" as you say because he was a talented actor…no one is looking to him as a role model they are just resecting his art.
If the requirement was having your "SHYT" to gether…we wouldnt have an entertainment industry at all!
ALL OF HEATHS ESTATE SHOULD ALL GO TO MATILDA LEDGER SHAME ON KIM!!!!!!!
HEATH WOULD HAVE WANTED IT THAT WAY…….
I think it's good that they are continuing. I mean, it's good to finish something he would have wanted to continue anyway. Besides, I think I would visit.
I wish they would name it Heath Bar.
The papers tell you when you're about to run out; genius!
#11's name is really Jack Off
Uhm, it's WILLIAMSBURG, not Greenpoint. Asshat.
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actually it is Greenpoint not Williamsburg .. the place used to be a hair salon and is right across from McCarren Park
Williamsburg doesn't start til after the park
theres a lot of nasty comments here. hope accidental overdose doesnt happen to anyone in their family. like a lot of the greats that died simular to this like elvis, monroe, morrison. joplin, etc. heath like it or not was a really good actor, and a nice man. let him rest,…typical shitty people wanna drag people down cause of their own fuck'd up life . this shit will never end
I doubt He would want a BAR built after he died! That's stupid!
You people are such hypocrites! Leave the poor guy alone, he's human, made mistakes and now he's dead. Have some compassion and get off your high horses!
that is williamsburg, not greenpoint. my friends at down by the hipster were the first to get it, so read correctly please.
HEATH BAR!
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This is only the beginning of Kim pissing away little Matilda's money.
cool….. i can see this from my window, was wondering what was happing there
Heath was such a fuktard. I'm seconding someone who said they hope he doesn't get the pity Oscar–although I am sure he will. Stupid!!!! I'll make sure to never go to his bar. Retarded name after cigarettes. What is wrong with "Basic"??? hahahahahahah
hey hipster, check your neighbourhoods……lorimer and bedford = 11222 = greenpoint
Re: smegm – why the fuck should the accident of his cum get any money? stupid.
fuck all you awful mean spirted people
yall are evil
Re: pffft – not funny
Re: dee – Bite me. "accidental overdose" is bullshit. He was playing with his prescriptions and totally out of it. Too bad he wasn't smart enough to know when to get help. "Accidental overdose" doesn't happen to unsuspecting/innocent victims. I have no pity for drug addicts. I only wish I had the time on my hands to be a drug addict, but I got to work or I don't eat. He was a spoiled baby-man.
Now if only I can get all my sisters to "accidently" overdose. That'd be fucking rad. Ha hahahahahaha Welfare trash!!!! Ha ha aha hahahah
sweett
Fucking enought about this dead asshole. He was a drug addict, left his girlfriend and child, was a subpar actor, and you cannonize this fucker. ENOUGH ALREADY!
Quit trying to suck his dick!!!
I think the bar should be called "Overdose." That way, when people inquire as to your weekend plans, you can respond, "I'm going to Overdose." Some will take pity or express concern, while others will ask to join you at Brooklyn's most somber happy-hour for one most final cocktail.
Yeah, that's what Matilda needs for her financial future,…a bar. Nice to know Kim is really thinking about Matilda's well-being. I'm sure Heath would've wanted it that way, putting the money into a bar, instead of a college fund for his own daughter. Sheesh!
Re: dfdfd – Don't you DARE compare Heath Ledger to that piece of trash. Granted yes, he did do drugs, but haven't most of us at one point in our life? He wasn't a fucking druggie like 'Wino' and he had so much more talent that that bitch will EVER have. Fuck you and your stupid Blake-lover.
Re: Fuck – Screw you, you piece of trash.
Re: pffft – Fuck you you fucking heartless fuck.
I live in WillyB/Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY and will definitely visit. He knows that our area is the shit!!
Re: nip – Fuck you, no one has their shit together these days. He over-dosed on PRESCRIPTION pills, by ACCIDENT. Have a heart!
Damn Perez..you have got some SERIOUSLY negative people that respond to your site..if it wasn't so sad it would be funny..
Re: Those – At least he had balls, unlike you balless boy!
Very cool ~ but a waste of news on this blog because most of the kiddies who frequent your blog are too young to even get into bars.
Re: Veron – No, actually he WORKED for his money. It sounds like his parents didn't give him shit. Get the facts straight before you post, ignorant ass.
Re: LIsa – Fuck you, he deserves everything and you don't deserve shit.
Re: Elisa – You're the mistake we all wished never happened.
Re: Gay Divorcee – Is your house called the 'Butt-Fucker Motel'? I hope that YOU overdose or that someone you love does, that way you can feel the pain that Heath's family is feeling. Get a heart, get a life, and get some sympthany!
Thats awesome. I will def check it out once its opened. Its a great location right on the border of Williamsburg where I grew up. Very cool neighborhood Perez u should def check it out next time you are in NY
that's east williamsburg dork face.