Fox News and CNN are reporting the actor was found dead in his New York apartment this afternoon.
Actor Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence in what authorities say is a possible drug-related death, the NYPD said. He was 28.
NYPD spokesman Paul Browne told The Associated Press that Ledger had an appointment for a massage at the Manhattan apartment that is believed to be his home. The housekeeper who went to let Ledger know the masseuse was there, and found him dead at 3:26 p.m, Browne said.
From CNN:
The New York Fire Department received a call at 2:27 Tuesday responding to a “cardiac arrest call” in New York.