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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/heath-ledger-and-the-danger-of-sleeping-pills/">Heath Ledger and the Danger of Sleeping Pills</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted January 31, 2008 at 03:00 PM by Denise Musumeci</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Earlier this week, 28-year-old actor Heath Ledger was found dead in his apartment next to a bottle of sleeping pills. Police told CNN reporters that the death was probably an accident, but it has not yet been confirmed. The dangers associated with taking sleeping pills have suddenly been brought to light. Ledger was known to suffer from lack of sleep, sometimes averaging only two hours per night. Often, he was spotted walking around the park, playing chess with some of the early birds and talking to the locals. Tony Rivera, a retired city worker remembers Ledger always saying “I’m very tired.” he once reported to The New York Times that taking one sleeping pill would have no affect on him. He would have to take a second pill, just to wake up an hour later with his mind still racing.…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/heath-ledger-and-the-danger-of-sleeping-pills/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/heath-ledger-and-the-danger-of-sleeping-pills/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/heath-ledger-and-the-danger-of-sleeping-pills/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/heath-ledger-and-the-danger-of-sleeping-pills/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-news/">her-news</a><br /><br /> </P>