Heath Ledger Found Dead

Heath Ledger the Australian born actor whose role as a cowboy in movie Brokeback Mountain earned him a nomination for an Academy Award, was found dead Tuesday in an apartment in Manhattan with sleeping pills near his naked body.(Heath Ledger's body being taken into ambulance from his apartment)

Heath was found dead around 2:30 by his house maid. She found his lying motionless in his bed and she tried to revive him but it was of no use. Immediately she called for help but it was too late. The cause of his death is not yet known and postmortem will be done on Wednesday.