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Heath May Have Fathered a Love Child

One of Heath Ledger's estranged uncles claims that the late actor may have fathered a love child when he was a teenager, according to a report in Sydney's Daily Telegraph. When he was just 17 years old, Ledger reportedly dated a 25-year-old woman – who discovered she was pregnant after the relationship ended and later gave birth to baby girl. Although the woman was living with another man at the time, Ledger's uncle Hadyn claimed to the paper, "There is a very real possibility that Heath was the father." But in a television interview, Hadyn called this possibility only a rumor. "It is a rumor and it is one that has been out there for sometime, not only within our family but certainly in the wider community of Perth and it's certainly a rumor that I'm aware of and other people have certainly been aware of it," he told Australia's Channel Nine News. "It is only a rumor and I simply answered by saying yes it's a possibility." The ...

Heath Ledger’s Dad: Michelle & Matilda Rose ‘Will Be Taken Care Of’

Heath Ledger’s family moved quickly to speak out Saturday after details of the late actor’s will were released showing he had not updated it since his relationship with Michelle Williams and the 2005 birth of their daughter Matilda Rose. “Matilda is our absolute priority and Michelle is an integral part of our family,” Heath’s father Kim Ledger says in a statement. “They will be taken care of and that’s how Heath would want it to be.” Ledger’s will – filed in Australia in April 2003, before Williams and before his Oscar nomination for Brokeback Mountain – left everything he owned to his parents and sister, New York’s Daily News reported Saturday. A series of documents filed in Manhattan Surrogate’s Court revealed that the actor had less than $145,000 in New York assets at the time, including a $25,000 Toyota Prius and $20,000 in furniture and fixtures. Ledger’s rep quickly squashed any speculation that Williams and 2-year-old Matilda would not be provided for. “The story is getting tak...