Heath Ledger will be remembered for delivering "some of the greatest performances by an Australian actor", the country's prime minister said.
The masseuse who found Hollywood actor Heath Ledger dead in his New York apartment made two calls to actress Mary-Kate Olsen before calling the emergency services, authorities have said.
Diana Wolozin told police she first called Mary-Kate, a friend of Heath's whose number was in his mobile phone, for advice when she thought the 28-year-old actor was unconscious.
But when she realised he may be dead she called Mary-Kate again, and then called for an ambulance.
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Shocked Australians were on Wednesday mourning the death of their "talented boy" Heath Ledger in a New York apartment, possibly from a drug overdose.
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