Breaking News: Heath Ledger is Dead; Signs Point to Suicide

This is too tragic for words...

From the New York Times:

"Actor Heath Ledger was found dead this afternoon in an apartment building at 421 Broome Street in SoHo, according to the New York City police. Mr. Ledger was 28.

At 3:31 p.m., a masseuse arrived at Apartment 5A in the building for an appointment with Mr. Ledger, the police said. The masseuse was let in to the home by a housekeeper, who then knocked on the door of Mr. Ledger’s bedroom. When no one answered, the housekeeper and the masseuse opened the bedroom and found Mr. Ledger unconscious. They shook him, but he did not respond. They immediately called the authorities. The police said they did not suspect foul play. Officials said pills fear found near the body."

Wow.

UPDATE: TMZ is reporting that pills were found strewn all around Ledger's deathbed, and that his body was found facedown in an apartment owned by Mary Kate Olsen.

More info to come...