Twilight Star - Robert Pattinson, 4th Most Eligible Bachelor... Died of Drug Overdose?

I just received a text message in the middle of the night saying TWILIGHT STAR ROBERT PATTINSON DIED! So here I am awake trying to piece things together!

The text message goes: Twilight Star died of drug overdose!
From Manchester England: Twilight star Robert Pattinson was found dead 4:23 GMT in his apartment. He was found by his younger brother who paid a visit to his apartment. According to the police report there is no sign of foul play. Police suspected a drug overdose

Sure hope this isn't true, I've been scanning the news and there doesn't seem to be anything connecting to this. I'd just about die too! He's too adorable to die!

He's the 4th Most Eligible Bachelor in the world! He's delicious! He beat out Joshua Jackson (#33), Shia LeBeouf (#16), Adrian Grenier (#15) and even the Jonas Brothers (#14), losing out to only Jared Padalecki (Supernatural) at #3, #2 Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes) at #2 and Jensen Ackles (Supernatural) at #1 who are by the way also pretty hot so I can live with that

What Really Killed Heath Ledger?

Doctors, via ABC News, say the cocktail of drugs that killed Health Ledger — a deadly mix of powerful prescription painkillers, anxiety drugs and a sleeping pill — was not a combination that any single physician could have reasonably prescribed.

According to a statement issued by the New York City medical examiner's spokeswoman, Ellen Borakove, Ledger "died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine."

A statement later issued by Ledger's family suggests that all of the drugs found in the actor's body were in therapeutic levels, contributing to the notion that it was no single medication that directly caused his death.

Both oxycodone and hydrocodone (known by the trade names Oxycontin and Vicodin) are powerful opioid pain medications. Diazepam (Valium), temazepam (Restoril) and alprazolam (Xanax) are prescribed to treat anxiety. And doxylamine (Unisom) is a sleep aid.

But considering the powerful nature of the drugs in the mix, say doctors, it's little surprise that the drug combination turned out to be fatal.

"Any one of these drugs, in the right amount, could be dangerous or fatal," says Dr. Vatsal Thakkar, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at New York University Medical Center.

"The fact that he was taking a number of them at the same time makes them even more dangerous," Thakkar says. "When you add in a number of classes [of drugs] that all have a sedative effect, you increase the chances of 'quieting down' the brain to the point that the victim stops breathing."

For more details, view the complete ABC Article entitled "A Closer Look at Ledger's Killer Combo"

(image from askmen.com)

A Last Minute Call To Mary Kate Olsen Links To Heath Ledger's Death?

Wow it seems that numerous articles, including this one just out from E! News connects Mary Kate Olsen to Heath Ledger's death. According to officials, 40-year-old massage therapist Diana Wolozin found Ledger unconscious in the SoHo apartment, where he had spent the past five months. Woolzin found his cell phone and began scrolling through his speed dial contacts.

She recognized Olsen's name and, knowing the two were friends, dialed the 21-year-old entertainment mogul. (Subsequent reports have indicated the pair, who initially met in 2006, had casually been dating in the months leading up to the 28-year-old's death.)

Wolozin managed to reach Olsen, who was in Los Angeles after returning from a brief stint at the Sundance Film Festival.

In the first phone call, which lasted just 39 seconds, Olsen said she would send her private security guards to the apartment. It's unclear what was discussed in the second and third phone calls, lasting 49 seconds and one minute, 39 seconds. Wolozin finally placed the call to 911 nine minutes after first contacting the Full House star.

The final call to Olsen was placed at 3:34 p.m., per NYPD records, as the paramedics and security dispatch arrived simultaneously at the apartment. At 3:36 p.m., Ledger was pronounced dead. (Emergency workers refused to allow Olsen's three-man detail into the apartment.)

Officials have stated Ledger was already dead by the time Wolozin found the body.

Telegraph.co.uk also report that Heath Ledger's masseuse changes story which further enshrouds the actor's death in een more mystery than when this whole thing started. However this should be cleared up soon as test results due back early next month are expected to show whether Ledger died from an accidental drug overdose, after six types of prescription drugs were found in his home.

Heath Ledger Passes Away - Drug Overdose?

CNN reported that an autopsy was scheduled for Wednesday as family and colleagues mourned the death of Academy Award-nominated actor Heath Ledger.

The article goes on to say that Ledger was found dead Tuesday of a possible drug overdose in a Lower Manhattan apartment, the New York Police Department said. Ledger was 28. He was found naked and unresponsive, facedown on the floor at the foot of his bed by a housekeeper trying to wake him for an appointment with a masseuse, said police spokesman Paul Browne.

"Pills were found in the vicinity of the bed," he told CNN. "This is being looked at as a possible overdose, but that is not confirmed yet."

Police later told reporters some prescription medications were found in the room, including sleeping pills. But he stressed police have made no determination of the cause of Ledger's death -- that would be done by the medical examiner.

He said the pills were not "scattered about."

No note was found and there was no indication of foul play, Browne said. Ledger was found at about 3 p.m., and was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency personnel about 3:30 p.m.
A crowd of onlookers, photographers and reporters gathered outside the apartment building after news of Ledger's death was reported. Police officers were guarding the doors.

Browne said he did not know how long Ledger had been renting the apartment, which he said took up the entire fourth floor. An autopsy would be conducted on Wednesday, said Ellen Borakove, spokeswoman for the New York City medical examiner's office.

Ledger's family on Wednesday called his death "very tragic, untimely and accidental."

This charismatic Australian heart-throb, often billed as the next Mel Gibson, and in recent years made huge strides forward to become one of the most acclaimed, intense, and promising young stars of his generation. He starred in 2005's Brokeback Mountain, teen comedy 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), Monster's Ball (2001) and Ned Kelly (2003)

Ledger had completed work as The Joker in Christopher Nolan's Batman sequel The Dark Knight, which is due for worldwide release this July. He pulls it off splendidly too in this photo.

Pimp C Passes Away

33-year old rapper Pimp C was found dead Tuesday morning at an upscale hotel on the Sunset Strip according to a report from Los Angeles Times

Pimp C, whose real name was Chad Butler, was a member of the Texas hip-hop duo UGK, which scored a No. 1 album earlier this year.