Heath.

It just popped up on CNN, Heath Ledger is dead at 28 years old. Possibly a drug overdose. I'm stunned. And then I'm stunned that I'm stunned. I mean, we watch as "stars" slowly self destruct on an almost daily basis. Stories about Britney and Lindsay no longer shock and scandalize. The creeping pace at which they destroy their lives makes their decline seem acceptable, inevitable, even morally correct. Even Owen Wilson's attempted suicide didn't seem all that serious, primarily because he survived. It didn't make sense, but at least it wasn't final. The fact that it was an "attempt" makes it seem like Wilson didn't really "want" to kill himself, like his problems were bad but surmountable. Stories about Heath Ledger, on the other hand, were always about his success, showing him smiling and waving, laughing with the camera. I wasn't a big fan, but I did think that he had a lot going for him. I guess I was wrong.