Heath Ledger, the up and coming actor who was just nominated for an oscar two years ago for his role in Brokeback Mountain and who is starring as the new Joker in The Dark Knight, died today at 3:36 pm. He was found by his housekeeper in his apartment unconscious with spilled perscription pills on the ground next to him. The death is an apparent drug over-dose. He was only 28 years old.