Heath Ledger: Life in Photos

From being a dad to earning two Oscar nods, see how the actor rose through Hollywood

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Ledger (kissing the air vacated by Michelle Williams at the post-Oscars Governor's Ball) kept a sense of humor despite losing out on Best Actor to Philip Seymour Hoffman in 2006. He once said, "I think that flattery is just as dangerous or destructive as criticism. I think it's all one thing."