I find it extremely sad & pathetic that it has almost become the norm for celebrities to be dysfunctional. I cannot comprehend why, after reaching a very high level of success, do these people spiral out of control, and either join the looney bin or literally kill themselves.
Just look at Britney Spears.
And what about Chris Farley, Sam Kinison, John Belushi, and so, so many more talented young people who died so young?
Is this the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for everyone desiring fame?
Who the hell needs it?
Regarding Heath Ledger, I've never seen any of his work, so I wasn't a fan. But many were.
Therefore, his life, and death, meant something to many. So here's the post....
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02072008/news/columnists/his_pals_are_guilty___and_so_was_he_701915.htm
February 7, 2008 -- THERE is nothing noble or beautiful about the so-called accidental death of Heath Ledger, a man with everything to live for - a beautiful daughter, a blossoming career, and a Victoria's Secret catalog-full of willing babes.
He threw it away, as gamely as if he had put a gun to his mouth and pulled the trigger.
He was reckless and greedy. He was fundamentally selfish.
Six Drug Cocktail Lethal For Heath
Now his daughter will grow up never knowing the man she worshiped from birth; his parents must bury a son they cherished.
And the rest of us outside Heath's Hollywood orbit are left to ask: What happened?
I'll tell you what happened. It is not easy for a young and otherwise healthy man to die at 28. It takes a lethal and varied combination of prescriptions. It takes planning.
But Heath did not act alone. He had help - and I'm not just talking about Teflon midget Mary-Kate Olsen, who astonishingly has failed to explain why she sent her hired muscle, instead of authorities, to Heath's apartment.
Heath was aided by a pack of enablers who tacitly encouraged and then covered up his addictions.
Cry for Heath's daughter. Cry for his parents. Cry for Michelle Williams. But don't cry for Heath.
I am disgusted that an adult had so little regard for those who loved him that he would continue to self-destruct.
But I am also disgusted with members of the media. Only after Heath was gone did I see damning 2-year-old video of him scratching his skin like a common junkie, nodding off in the midst of conversation, and drinking bottles of wine in the middle of the day.
This was incontrovertible proof that Heath was in trouble. Could airing the tapes have saved him? Or prevented even one kid from taking drugs? We'll never know.
I am disgusted with the Hollywood crowd that covers for him still. Natalie Portman, Sarah Jessica Parker, Josh Brolin and Ellen Page were just some of the heavies who warned "Entertainment Tonight" and "The Insider" that there would be consequences if they showed footage of Heath at a drug-fueled party.
The death may have been ruled an accident, but it looks as if it was a near certainty.
The truth must be told.
