<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Heath Ledger was born on April 4, 1979, in Perth, Australia (Photo: Facebook)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>He and his sister, Katherine, were named after two main characters in </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;line-height: 115%;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;background: white">Emily Bronte's</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;line-height: 115%;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;background: white"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span> </span></span></span><span><span><i>Wuthering Heights </i>(Photo: Facebook)</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Heath has a daughter with actress Michelle Williams (Photo: Facebook)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>His last film was Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight (Photo: Twitter)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Ledger received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for his role in Brokeback Mountain (Photo: Twitter)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>He received a posthumous Best Actor Academy Award for his performance as 'The Joker' (Photo: Twitter)</span></p>
