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Ledger Begins Final Journey

Posted Jan 26, 08 8:18 AM CST in Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Cops held paparazzi back as Heath Ledger's body, inside a wooden shipping crate, was removed from a Manhattan funeral home yesterday for the journey to Australia, where the 28-year-old actor will be buried, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. A private memorial service was held in New York yesterday, and a public one will be held in Los Angeles next week.

Ledger's body began its journey home as police made plans to speak to actress Mary-Kate Olsen about phone calls she received after Ledger's masseuse found his body. Olsen received four increasingly frantic phone calls in a 9-minute period before 911 was called. Olsen has released her first statement on the actor's death. "Heath was a friend,'' she said. "His death is a tragic loss."

Sources Sydney Morning Herald, New York Post

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Members of the media gather at the entrance to Frank E. Campbell funeral home in New York, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008, where family members are expected to view the body of actor Heath Ledger, 28 who was...   (Associated Press)
The body of Heath Ledger is removed from the Frank E. Campbell funeral home in New York, Friday, Jan 25, 2008. Ledger, 28, died at his Manhattan apartment on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rick Maiman)   (Associated Press)
This image provided by Focus Features shows actor Heath Ledger portraying the character Ennis Del Mar in the movie "Brokeback Mountain." Ledger, the talented 28-year-old actor who gravitated toward dark,...   (Associated Press)
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