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Heathcliff Andrew Ledger (April 4, 1979 - January 22, 2008) was an Academy Award-winning Australian actor. He was born in Perth, Western Australia as the son of Sally Ledger Bell (née Ramshaw),a French teacher, and Kim Ledger, a race car driver and mining engineer. His mother is descended from the Clan Campbell of Scotland and his father comes from a family well-known in Perth, as the Sir Frank Ledger Charitable Trust was named after his great-grandfather. Heath attended Marys Mount Primary School, in Gooseberry Hill, and later Guildford Grammar School and its preparatory school of the same name. At 16, he sat for early graduation exams, and left school to pursue an acting career with girlfriend Jenna Sorrell. With his best friend, Trevor D... read more
