The extraordinary life of Heath Ledger: Part two

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🗓️ 19 September 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Hello, friends! Welcome to part two of our special series on Heath Ledger’s extraordinary life. On January 22, 2008, news broke: homegrown Australian actor turned Hollywood megastar Heath Ledger had been found dead in his apartment. He was just 28 years old. To read the New York Times profile we mentioned in this episode, head here. Check out Beyond Blue and all their great work right here. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta @shamelesspodcast. Big thanks to Calm for making this episode possible. Head to calm.com/shameless for 40% off Calm’s premium subscription. Want to support our show? We are sending air kisses, air tea, and air hugs (too far?) to anyone who clicks ‘subscribe’ on Apple (bonus hugs for anyone who leaves a five-star review, too) or ‘follow’ on Spotify. Still not enough? Well! Our hearts! See below for everything else. Subscribe to the weekly ‘ASK SHAMELESS’ newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gFbYLT Join our book club: https://www.instagram.com/theshamelessbookclub/ Check out our website: https://shamelessmediaco.com/ Thanks for listening! We are very big fans of yours.

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1:08.8	Homegrown Australian actor turned Hollywood Megastar
1:11.7	Heath Ledger had been found dead in his apartment.
1:14.7	He was just 28 years old.
1:17.1	Welcome to Scandal from the Shameless Podcast, The Biggest Celebrity Stories
1:21.0	Revisited.
1:26.9	Mish, we're back for part two and this is going to be maybe the more emotional,
1:30.2	probably harder episode of this two-part series.
1:32.8	Yeah, I'm feeling a little bit sad already because this is such a heartbreaking story in so many
1:39.6	ways, but I think listeners who stick with us right to the end will also learn that it's a very life-affirming
1:45.6	story as well and for all of the shades of gray and darkness that come with Heath Ledger's death
1:51.2	there are also shades of light and we can't
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