15 Premature Curtain Calls For These Actors

11. Heath Ledger

Ledger’s history of addiction to prescription pain medication and as well as other prescription meds have been well-documented. Many believe his role as the sick and perverse Joker in “The Dark Knight” contributed to his drug abuse. He died of an overdose in 2008 at his apartment in Manhattan’s SoHo District while filming The Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus.