By Kati Johnston
Special to MSN Entertainment
In 2008 we bid farewell to many special artists who shaped our popular
culture: from true giants and longtime performers, like Paul Newman and Isaac Hayes, to ones just beginning to show the
depths of their talents, like Heath Ledger. Let us remember and celebrate their
talent and the many ways they touched us:
Heath Ledger, Jan. 22, age
28: Ledger's shocking accidental death, from a combination of
prescription painkillers, sleeping aids and other medications, cut short a
brilliant career -- of which we got glimpses in films like "Brokeback Mountain" and "The Patriot." Ledger's chilling, tormented portrayal
of the Joker, in the posthumously released summer blockbuster "The Dark Knight," reminded his fans all over again of the
enormous loss of this true talent. Ledger's contested estate was recently
settled, with all of it going to his daughter with former fiancée Michelle Williams, Matilda. "To most of the world,
Heath was an actor of immeasurable talent and promise," Ledger's father, Kim,
said after his death. "We knew Heath as a loving father, as our devoted son, and
as a loyal and generous brother and friend."
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