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Ledger Award Triggers the Tears

Kline: He left 'original and enduring legacy'

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(Newser) – The most emotional moments at last night's Oscars occurred when Heath Ledger's parents and sister accepted his posthumous award for best supporting actor. Ledger's family said the honor for the actor's portrayal of the Joker—which Kevin Kline hailed as "menacing, mercurial, droll and diabolical"—will be held in trust for his daughter, Matilda.

"This award tonight would have humbly validated Heath's quiet determination to be truly accepted by you all here, his peers, within an industry he so loved," Ledger's mom, Sally Bell, told the crowd following a standing ovation. Bell spoke afterward about how comforted the family is now by Ledger's daughter. "You just have to look at Matilda to know she's totally like her daddy," said Bell. " She has the same mannerisms. I really feel he's in her."

'The grotesquely smirking face of Ledger's Joker became the definitive image of the film,' Reed Johnson writes in the 'Los Angeles Times.'
'The grotesquely smirking face of Ledger's Joker became the definitive image of the film,' Reed Johnson writes in the 'Los Angeles Times.'   (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures)
Ledger received a standing ovation and reverence silence when his Oscar win was announced.
Ledger received a standing ovation and reverence silence when his Oscar win was announced.   (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh,File)
The Family of the late actor Heath Ledger arrives at the 81st Academy Awards.
The Family of the late actor Heath Ledger arrives at the 81st Academy Awards.   (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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drlarrymitchell
Feb 23, 09 4:45 AM CST
Dead or not, he deserved it. Reply
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Feb 23, 09 6:40 AM CST
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Feb 23, 09 12:12 PM CST
Well-deserved. And very classy acceptance by his family.
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