This is just sick! A caller pretending to be the father of deceased actor Heath Ledger called into a FOX in New York City apparently looking for info about the actor's death. TMZ.com is reporting that the caller also tried to obtain the phone number of Heath's ex-girlfriend Naomi Watts. The caller claimed that Ledger's death was a "mistake" and made several other false statements. The caller also tried contacting Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Mel Gibson, and the funeral home where Heath's body was taken after the incident. One has to wonder, why someone would attempt to do such a thing after such a tragic loss of life, and what kind of information this imposter was trying to obtain. He was trying to milk the situation to his own advantage by having the funeral home book hotel rooms, recieving emotional support from Tom Cruise, and swindling plane tickets out of John Travolta according to the New York Post.
As an added note the real Kim Ledger, father of Heath, was in New York for the heart breaking task of gathering his son's belongings and viewing a memorial set up by other residents of the Soho apartment complex in which Heath was residing at his time of death. Kim Ledger is expected to return to Perth for his son's funeral later this week. Details of the funeral arrangements are being kept private, despite heavy media attention. The New York City medical examiners office is still waiting on toxicology reports to determine Heath's cause of death.
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