TMZ reports the BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN actor Heath Ledger was found dead today in his Soho home. Police do not suspect foul play.

However unconfirmed rumors suggest he took the heroin highway to the Great Beyond. More news as it breaks.

UPDATE: Heroin rumors have given way to suicide-by-pills rumors. Apparently police found a bottle of sleeping pills (or as Mom used to call them, “Sandman Candy.” As in “here you go dear, take your Sandman Candy. Eat ‘em all up. Yum-yum!”) next to Ledger’s bed.

Body was discovered by Ledger’s housekeeper, who tried to rouse him when his masseuse arrive for a scheduled appointment.

Um, not to be insensistive (yeah, right) — I mean Ledger was a fine actor and seemed like a cool guy — but a pill-popping suicide attempt just before the masseuse was supposed to show up? Take note Owen Wilson: Sometimes the “cry for help” doesn’t quite work out.

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