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The Olsen Connection

Filed under: Australiastic > Heath Ledger > Olsen Twins

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The New York Times has precise new details about the death of Heath Ledger and how the whole Olsen Twins chatter got started.

They report:

"According to the police, at about 12:30 p.m., a housekeeper, Teresa Solomon, arrived at the apartment, at 421 Broome Street in SoHo, to do household chores. At about 1 p.m., she went into Mr. Ledger’s bedroom to change a light bulb in an adjacent bathroom; she found him on the bed face down, with the sheet pulled up to his shoulders, and heard him snoring.

A masseuse, Diana Wolozin, arrived to give Mr. Ledger a massage at about 2:45 p.m. At 3 p.m., after Mr. Ledger did not emerge from his bedroom, with the door closed, the masseuse called him on his cellphone but got no answer. She saw him laying in bed. She took a massage table out of the closet and began to set it up near his bed. She then went over to him and shook him, but got no response. Using his cellphone, she used a speed-dial button to call Mary-Kate Olsen in California to seek her guidance, knowing Ms. Olsen to be a friend of Mr. Ledger’s. She told Ms. Olsen that Mr. Ledger was unconscious. Ms. Olsen said she would call some private security people she knew in New York, and hung up. Ms. Wolozin again shook Mr. Ledger, called Ms. Olsen a second time, and said she believed the situation was grave and would call 911.

Ms. Wolozin called 911 at 3:26 p.m. to say that Mr. Ledger was not breathing. The call occurred less than 15 minutes since she had first seen him in bed and only a few moments after the first call to Ms. Olsen. The 911 operator urged Ms. Wolozin to try to revive Mr. Ledger, but Ms. Wolozin’s efforts were not successful.

Emergency medical workers arrived at 3:33 p.m., at almost exactly the same moment as a private security guard summoned by Ms. Olsen. The medical workers moved his body to the floor and then used a defibrillator and CPR, to no avail. Mr. Ledger was pronounced dead at 3:36 p.m. By that point, two other private security guards summoned by Ms. Olsen had arrived, as had police officers.

The police said that all five witnesses — Ms. Solomon, the housekeeper; Ms. Wolozin, the masseuse; and the three private security guards summoned by Ms. Olsen — were fully cooperating with the authorities."

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220 comments to “The Olsen Connection”

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  1. ny lmt says – reply to this


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    Re: ACLS/CPR guru
    Actually in ny massage therapists have to do a recertification in cpr every two years

  2. Aussie_Bitch says – reply to this


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    Re: ny lmt – well why didnt she help him. Bitch should be put down.

  3. Lisa says – reply to this


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    Can't believe how thick as pig shit the masseuse was. Seriously, I can't believe it took her so long to call an ambulance!!! If she called MK above an ambulance then she must have known about his drug problem - and in his final moments that was just almost illegal behaviour!! Time will tell if her stupidity let him down.

  4. Rebecca says – reply to this


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    HOLD UP, the ambulance crew only worked on him for 3 minutes? Dude, that means he was already dead before the masseuse finally worked up the fucking courage to try and wake him. Otherwise they surely would have worked on him for much longer.

  5. Jordan says – reply to this


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    Unbelievable that she called MaryKate first. Unbelievable !!!!!!

  6. Bollywood says – reply to this


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    As usual dirt from one of the infamous Hollywood-ho's never seizes to surprise me. It's awful FISHY the timing and the phone calls. She claims his body was stiff and cold and called Ms. Olsen instead of 911? MURDER-aid!

  7. Bollywood says – reply to this


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    As usual dirt from one of the infamous Hollywood-ho's never seizes to surprise me. It's awful FISHY the timing and the phone calls. She claims his body was stiff and cold and called Ms. Olsen instead of 911? MURDER-aid!

  8. Bollywood says – reply to this


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    As usual dirt from one of the infamous Hollywood-ho's never seizes to surprise me. It's awful FISHY the timing and the phone calls. She claims his body was stiff and cold and called Ms. Olsen instead of 911? MURDER-aid!

  9. season says – reply to this


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    Damn…

  10. Babsbunny says – reply to this


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    I think it's pretty obvious that he had been dead for sometime… otherwise there would have been alot more than 3 mins and a T.O.D. call going on here. If you're a random housekeeper and your job is to keep a low profile and out of the business of your clients, I wouldn't be surprised if this lady really didn't "HEAR" him snoring and just said that to cover her a$$. She came in to change a lightbulb… I'm sure these housekeepers see ALOT of crap.. so I would bet she never even looked at him sleeping… probably just went on her way. Whether she made it up or was so in shock that she convinced herself that she heard something… I'll be interested to see when they estimate the time of death to actually be… I'm sure we won't know this for sometime… but it wouldn't surprise me if it was closer to the morning then the afternoon, at all. Plus, bodies do make noises post-mortem.. so it is possible that what she heard was the body expelling some noises… not him actually snoring.

  11. debbie says – reply to this


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    ehy would you call MKO first? She should have been calling 911 first. I dont really get all that MKO stuff that is transpiring from all this…….can you enlighten me on some of that plz

  12. Amanda says – reply to this


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    He means Edna St. Vincent Millay's Poem, "First Fig." My candle burns at both ends, it will not last the night. By ah my foes, and oh my friends, it gives a lovely light!"

  13. "visitor" says – reply to this


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    Re: fliparoo – what the fuck are you talking about?
    This is not an American website you retard.
    It is a website about celebrity WORLD gossip.
    You don't need to show your passport to get in/on.
    Get over yourself. THAT is why people hate you Americans.

  14. Hans says – reply to this


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    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    fucking hell. it……
    maybe would have been a good idea to have phoned his um….
    MUM OR DAD,
    or even his ex- WIFE
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    must have been great for his parents to find out over the radio whilst a random in Cali got phoned and told BEFORE THE PARAMEDICS
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  15. YUP says – reply to this


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    Re: ms wonderlandRe: RIP Heath – The reports came back that no illegal substance was on the rolled up 20 dollar bill. It seems the only drugs in the room were prescription drugs.

  16. Heath Fan says – reply to this


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    Re: EMT

    Ok, those are just some very broad connections there - possibly just in my imagination. I just think his death was symbolic in a way.

    Just noticing allot in politics, science and cultural changes right now… and this just makes me notice the influence on Hollywood more…

  17. itojuso says – reply to this


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    1st off this is the same way they did anna nicole last yr called er one but the authorities 1st,
    2nd she looking 4 fame think about it 15 min is enuff time 4 her 2 take "exclusive" pics of his dead body on her cell phone, 2 sell for a large amount later 2 some sleezy mag or website
    3rd any one with shred and i mean a shred of moral value and decency know the amount of time it takes 2 go thru some ones speed dial is far longer than dialn 911 (dnt belive me get one of ur friends phone ask them 4 a paticular speed dial name not the number but name and try)

  18. the truth says – reply to this


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    you know the first person I call when someone is not breathing is an Olsen twin. makes perfect sense to consult them instead of emergency personnel.

    What a fucking dumbass, maybe Heath could have been saved had she cut the bullshit and just dialed 911!!!

  19. CUBANITA says – reply to this


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    i love mary kate but in those situations, whether i had her number on speed dial or not girlfriend and boyfriend police first he needed medical care cpr him before calling any one but the police are you serious shit………..I guess she wasnt nervous and why in the hell would mary kate call security love u perezand mary kate but u may have ur moment

  20. Rose says – reply to this


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    Whats goin on with her knees?lol

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