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One of the last movies I saw was A Knight’s Tale, where he acted in a completely engaging, charming & understated way. It was during a tough time in my life and I have lasting fond memories of Mr Ledger’s unique storytelling ability.

Although I don’t follow the entertainment or celebrity world, I am very much saddened to hear this news.

You seemed like a genuinely talented & nice chap, a rarer thing than should be.

[gasaig], Glasgow, United Kingdom

How bad does your life have to get before ‘A Knight’s Tale’ seems like a highlight?

Thanks to the Domino Cat.

When light comes to turn lithe subtleties into greatness, we all get bent out of shape. KL is dead and it’s really none of our business. He was working it out and we all went along to get a piece of the action, along with our popcorn and coke, and while we were sitting there pondering the relevance of our own secular sexualities, he was bleeding, banging on the door asking questions that 99% of us are too afraid to ask. And if you were still wondering, it’s not cool to be a gay cowboy anymore.
gbm, london

Good old Heath, banging on the door and asking questions we’re too afraid to ask. Stuff like:
“Are you finished yet? I’ve got turtlehead.”
and
“It’s gone crispy at the end. Is it supposed to look like that?”

Heath Ledger found dead.

The cause of death is something that worries us all. Was he stupid enough to take his own life or had he developed a drug problem or was it an incredibly tragic accident?
Either way, it was a nasty surprise to hear of his death upon getting into work this morning.
RIP
Andrew Bannerman, Cleethorpes

Thanks Andy! What’s your opinion on beige? What do you think about happiness? Do you like being happy? How do you imagine Heath’s family feel now? Do you think they’re sad? What did you have for lunch yesterday? How many teeth have you got? What’s the circumference of your thumb? Can you let me know exactly what colour your lips are? Mine are probably a little pinker than most. Some people’s are almost grey! What’s your opinion on lips? Do you like biscuits? What do you think about shitting? I mean, I sort of like it but I wouldn’t want to have to do it all day. Would you hate to be covered in shit? I would. Have you got any pets? What do you think about Britney? What do you think Nigella Lawson’s tits weigh?

Edmund Hillary died. Here come the grief athletes!

The eagle of the mountains summited the peaks of eternity too.
Ardeshir Jamali, Tehran

This stirring image has given me a lob on. You’re a true poet.

Psalm 121 - “I will lift up my eyes to the hills from where comes my help.”

I have also lifted mine to Sir Edmund - from where came my inspiration.

A hero of our times.
Atom John, Derby

The most pompous wank I’ve read for ages. Stick to what you’re best at (ill-informed, inexplicable wittering).

Mighty Sir Ed …
How we shall all mourn your passing … I am forever thankful for the day we met …. You are our legend and will never be forgotten … May angels take you into the presence of God.
Deborah Grey, New Zealand

For fuck’s sake. What are you for?

Being born just a year before his ascent of Everest, I have always looked up to Edmund Hillary and greatly admired him…..not hard to do given his iconic imagery, a very tall man from New Zealand surrounded by rather small people on a very tall mountain.

Bit like Gandalf really….and like that other Wizard who was brought to us from the Land of the Long White Cloud, legends such as Hillary will never never really fade from the our memory.

Phil Wardle, Hobart

That’s more like it. Thanks Phil. He reminded me of The Famous Five because he had four limbs (Julian, Dick, Anne and George) and a head (Timmy).

The grief athletes begin to flex their anguish-muscles.

Ms Bhutto will now forever be symbolic of bravery, particularly among women in this region where they get little respect. Oh hateful, cowardly, close minded people. Those craving peace and democracy, be strong and brave as Ms Bhutto but fight. You can’t talk or reason with brainwashed, idiotic extremists.
Chris

Oh poor distressed creature! Come to my arms my dear boy. Weep no more. Daddy’s here.

Benazir Bhutto was a shining light for female emancipation in the Islamic world…..and I say that as a man. A proud woman who was respectful of her faith and yet secular too in her outlook, a great leader and a great loss to liberalism and humanity.
Matt, London

I am also a man but my opinion subtly differs from yours. How should we proceed? Please advise.

I am so sorry, I predicted this in advance but never expected it to happen so quickly. [...]
B Lockwood F.A.C.T., Norwich Norfolk

You should have notified the authorities as soon as you began to suspect the assassination attempts were intended to kill her.

Democracy doesn’t seem to work in Islamic countries - they choke on the sweet air of freedom.
Andrew Johnston, Leeds, United Kingdom

I put this one in to remind us that, whilst this sort of event causes some to “exhaust the pomp of woe”, Andrew Johnston from Leeds is just a total penis.

Thanks to Mark Hawkins for this.

Surely a little tolerance is sensible, to avoid criminalising every moderate alcohol consumer on the way to work - so they can earn a crust and pay 40% tax to this ever more puritanical govenment.

I heard Chris Evans play Born Free on the radio yesterday. It made me weep, thinking about how our freedoms have been eroded over the last 15 years.
Phil, London

Pull yourself together. Your country needs you. Well, not you specifically but it definitely relies on there being a significant number of people a bit like you. So you’re sort of needed in that sense. Don’t cry, petal.

Thanks to Jamie… or possibly “Trebo”… I can’t tell.

i can not understand why all the empty cups from the couple and the little girl whom appears to be madeleine were not sent for dna. the empty cups in the bin should have also been sent to the lab for dna testing. The volvo probably had false number plates, these abductors are professional and are probably not even in Belgium by now. There must be some cctv footage along the boarders into other countries where the volvo can be spotted. This indicates that the litle girl is Madeleine because of not being able to trace the couple and the car. Do the people in Belgium know that there is also a huge reward in place for somebody to come forward with information. Somebody may rattle on the couple, The money is huge insentive. Please god guid the police to finding those people. Why wasnt there a photo fit issued of the woman as well as the man. This has to be some bodies daughter or relative. It is also important to release a photo fit of the woman seen with the man and Madeleine in Belgium.
lisa sainsbury, clacton on sea, England

You make me sick with your half-assed detective story. If you REALLY cared about Saint Maddie you’d find a way to show it. You’d have pulled all your hair out, eaten it and be crying tears of real human shit right now.

The world lost two of its greatest humanitarians within a week 10 years ago. The Princess of Wales and Mother Teresa. Two boys lost their mother.

How many families hold memorial services for their loved ones no matter how good or bad they were in life?

Let the world remember her and her sons pay tribute to that special woman who was their mother.

Good luck and God speed to you Princes William and Henry may you have the strength to deal with the negative comments and RIP Princess.

Carron, Haworth

You do realise she’s dead don’t you? Do you think she’s reading “Have Your Say”? I have trouble summoning the energy to read it myself and I have two advantages over Diana’s grinning corpse in that respect (I learned to read and I’m still alive).

Also, are you sure that wishing the two princes dead isn’t slightly treasonous? And you forced me to look up their names to disccover that one of them IS called “Henry” and they just call him “Harry” because they’re all mad. What a waste of my time. You worthless, stupid, annoying cow. I bet you’ve got great big fucking pendulous tits haven’t you? Big blue veiny danglers. Gah. I hate you.

It must be great to be as stupid as some of these people. Truly liberating.

Diana represented different things to different people - she was fashionable, young, successful, confident (though this is not the case, bulemic and depressed) - she was portrayed as an icon - she was smart, she used the press to her advantage, something she seems to have passed onto her sons.

I was sad when died, I was sad for Wills and Harry and at the loss which charaties around the world would feel.

But it’s about time the media let her go. There is nothing new to add to her story.

expatclaire inoz, Adelaide, Australia

Smart?? She failed ALL her exams. TWICE. As Stewart Lee has pointed out, this is quite an achievement for someone born into privilege. It takes a really special kind of halfwit to take all that expensive opportunity and education and achieve little more than potty training. Cretin.

Don’t even get me started on “fashionable”. I’ll give you “young” though. She was young for a bit. But she even managed to fuck that up by not wearing a seatbelt. Idiot. No amount of being young and healthy is going to save you from the laws of physics is it? Not that she’d have understood the laws of physics because she was a simpleton. She probably thought seatbelts were for the seats.

People bleat on about her being beautiful too. She wasn’t beautiful. She was a very stupid manipulative woman with all the emotional maturity and intellect of a spoilt toddler and it showed in her awful pointy selfish face.

Oh, and (surprise surprise) her sons are both chinless thickies too. The only reason anyone believes otherwise is because they’re rarely allowed to interact with anyone outside the circle of inbreeding where these sort of choffy imbeciles are considered quite normal.

The Media has to accept much of the blame. not just for Her death but the damage they have tried to inflict on the Royal Family. Remember take the Royals out of the British equation and we are no better than a banana trplublic.

[happybriab123], Ellesmere, United Kingdom

They really are the powerhouse at the centre of our mighty empire.

I’ll keep this short.

Poor Diana, may she rest in peace.
A beautiful human being in body and soul.
As long as I may live, I will remember perfectly the moment when she laid her hand in mine, (that’s how she ’shook’ hands), and most of all, I will recal her deep, bright perfectly blue eyes.
I worked in Kensington & saw her many times there, as Princess, as Mother & as a woman…
Yes, I laid flowers, yes I paid my respects, and yes I cried a lot on the day of the funeral.
Bless You Di.

Leon, Medford, Oregon, USA

Well fucking done you great big pompous fanny.