Heath Ledger Had Turned Apartment Into A 'Shrine To The Joker'

Police investigating the death of Heath Ledger found that he had turned his apartment into a shrine to the Joker.

Heath Ledger was just 28 when he died of an accidental drug overdose in 2008.

The New York Post reports that inside his 'immaculately clean' New York loft apartment there were dozens of Batman comics, books about the Joker and clowns, clown figures and recordings of himself practising his 'Joker voice'.

It was well-documented at the time that his role of the Joker in The Dark Knight became an obsession for the star. A source told Page Six: "He was studying up on the origins of clowns and all of the previous Jokers like Jack Nicholson's character and Cesar Romero's, who was the first Joker on TV.

"He was trying to make his role different from the roles of the other actors. He was even studying how to make his voice different from theirs."

At the time of his death many people spoke out, claiming that the role was what caused him to enter a 'dark period' and to turn to drugs to cope with this.

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Topics: Batman

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