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Hollywood director reveals heartbreaking new detail about Heath Ledger's tragic death


The Hollywood director, 58, has spoken about a devastating phone call he received from Heath's father Kim after the Australian actor's death on January 22, 2008.

Heath tragically died of an accidental drug overdose in his New York apartment aged 28, and sixteen years on, Stephen has now shared how he learnt of the news. The screenwriter told how Heath's father Kim, who he had never met, saw his phone number on the script and called him after arriving on the scene in a moment of shock and grief. Speaking for the first time about the call, he recalled: 'The dad and the guy who was closest to him in his professional life, they were there with the body and our script was in bed with him, and [Gladwell's] book was on the bedside table.

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