Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Ledger could have died of natural causes

Tragic Heath Ledger could have died of natural causes and not a drugs overdose, new reports claim. Sources "intimately connected" with the investigation into the Brokeback Mountain star's death say the level of toxicity from medication in his system was low enough not to have killed him. The insiders say Heath's heart stopped and he may have died from a heart attack despite being aged just 28, according to website TMZ.com. The reports emerged as Heath's heartbroken family held a private memorial service for him in Los Angeles on Saturday. It is also claimed authorities suspect the Australian actor was dead for about three hours before he was found in the bedroom of his New York apartment. They do not believe the housekeeper who found him heard him snoring at about 1pm, TMZ.com says.

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