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Hold FOX accountable for Brokeback parody of Heath Ledger's death!

~~ Towleroad (and Dan Abrams) take on the moronic blacklash in the wake of Heath Ledger's passing. I'd instantly suspected some ignorant heartless souls would link his death to his role in Brokeback Mountain, and sadly I wasn't disappointed.

A commentor on Towleroad, referring to Fox's John Gibson's heartless parody:

This is an excellent oppurtunity to send Mr. Gibson back to the "stone age" if we (gay men who can "spell" & "bite" with words) all let him & Fox News know exactly where we're coming from & what this means to us. Contact Fox News: myword@foxnews.com or john.gibson@foxnews.com

I couldn't agree more. If you haven't seen the Dan Abrams piece, check out Towleroad at the link above ... and then blast FOX.

Heath Ledger found dead in Soho apartment.

The actor Heath Ledger was found dead ... in an apartment in Manhattan owned by the actress Mary-Kate Olsen, according to the New York City police. Signs pointed to a suicide or an accidental overdose, police sources said. Mr. Ledger was 28.

At 3:31 p.m., a masseuse arrived the fourth-floor apartment of the building, at 421 Broome Street in SoHo, for an appointment with Mr. Ledger, the police said. The masseuse was let in to the home by a housekeeper, who then knocked on the door of the bedroom Mr. Ledger was in. When no one answered, the housekeeper and the masseuse opened the bedroom and found Mr. Ledger naked and unconscious on a bed, with pills scattered around his body. They moved his body to the floor and attempted to revive him, but he did not respond. They immediately called the authorities.

The police said they did not suspect foul play. Officials said they believed Ms. Olsen, 21, was in California and that Mr. Ledger had been living in her apartment. Ms. Olsen attended the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, for the premiere of “The Wackness,” a film in which she stars with the actor Ben Kingsley. It was not clear where she went after the film screening.

Ellen Borakove, a spokeswoman for the office of the city’s chief medical examiner, Dr. Charles S. Hirsch, said that employees of the office were at the apartment and that an autopsy would be conducted on Wednesday.

Mr. Ledger, a native of Perth, Australia, won acclaim for his role as a co-star in “Brokeback Mountain” (2005). The film, based on a short story by Annie Proulx about two cowboys who fall in love, won critical acclaim. Reviewing the film in The New York Times, the critic Stephen Holden wrote, “Mr. Ledger magically and mysteriously disappears beneath the skin of his lean, sinewy character. It is a great screen performance, as good as the best of Marlon Brando and Sean Penn.” ~~

So sad. I fell in love with his performance in "A Knight's Tale", "The Patriot", and of course, the awesome "Brokeback Mountain". I'm at a lose for words. Two of my favorite young actors gone in such a short time. I have nothing else to say.