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How it affected him
In The Dark Knight Heath played a very sadistic mass-murder known as The Joker.
He died by a mixture of six painkillers, sleeping pills, and anti-anxiety drugs.
In the autopsy the medical examiner reported multiple generic drugs in his systems. His family says his death was from a lethal mix of doctor prescribed drugs.
When he was filming this movie he said that he would only get about two hours of sleeps a day, he would take sleep pills but they didn't work.
After his death he and the movie received multiple awards. The film became the fourth film ever to reach over 1 billion dollars net growth, it also won and Academy award for Best Sound Editing.
Ledger received multiple awards for role in the film, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, a Best Actor International Award at the 2008 Australian Film Institute Awards, the 2008 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor, the 2009 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor
Heath Leader died January 22nd, 2008 from accidental intoxication of prescription drugs.
It is not proven that the role
in The Dark Knight was the cause of his death, but it did have a toll on his health.