Closure

I feel a small sense of closure today after the medical results of Heath Ledger's death were finalized and released to the public. The medical officed ruled that he died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.

"Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, Diazepam, Temazepam, Alprazolam, and Doxylamine," said an announcement released Wednesday morning by office spokeswoman Ellen Borakove."We have concluded that the manner of death is accident, resulting from the abuse of prescription medications."

This "poly-drug intoxication" probably led to respiratory arrest meaning that he slowly stopped breathing and eventually everything stopped all together.

Now that there is a resolution, the media can finally let the family grieve in peace. Speculation concerning past drug abuse and other allegations can be put to rest for the purpose of moving on and remembering who Heath truly was...a talented man who was a son, loving father, actor, artist and a human being who felt all the same things as we do.

To capture a moment

To continue my post below entitled "1 Week Later" I am adding a clip of the memorial outside of Heath Ledger's SoHO apartment where someone filming the scene captured me placing a memento among the flowers, notes, candles, etc.

What a small world it is. For me to be in NYC that weekend and to happen to stop by the memorial after a dinner with friends to be captured by a fellow human being at the same time and end up on the Internet. Even more bizarre, I guess, is how I was able to find that video and pick myself out. How a series of random incidents can lead to a number of connections with random people you'll never meet is baffling to me. For one split second in time, we are etched into someone else's memory, camera, and camcorder among other things without any notice to us whatsoever. These little moments remind me that life is beautiful and intricate. Sometimes, things remain a mystery and there is a lot wonderment in that alone.

This reminds me of one of my favorite quotes by Arthur Conan Doyle:
"life is infinitely stranger than anything the mind could invent… "

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