New details emerge regarding the death of actor Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger, who played the Joker in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, passed away on January 22, 2008, at the age of 28 after an accidental overdose of prescription medication at his home in New York.

Director and screenwriter Stephen Gaghan has revealed details regarding Ledger's death.

Stating that he was working on an adaptation of Malcolm Gladwell's 2005 book Blink at the time, Gaghan revealed that Ledger was found dead in bed with the script for this film.

HE FOUND THE SCRIPT AT HIS HOME

Gaghan stated that after learning of his son's death, Ledger's father, Kim, called him to say that the script for Blink had been found in his home.

'THE BOOK WAS ON THE NIGHTSTAND'

Speaking on Gladwell's podcast, Development Hell, Gaghan said, "They were there with the body and our script was in bed with him and your book was on the nightstand.

I think my number was written on the script. As you can imagine, these people were in shock and they dialed that number and I don't know why they did that."

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