It has been seven years since Heath Ledger won the Best Actor Oscar for his spellbinding performance as The Joker in The Dark Knight. But the win was "bittersweet" – the actor has passed away just one year earlier at the age of 28.
With the 2016 Academy Awards just around the corner, Heath's father has opened up about the star's posthumous triumph – one of only eight in Oscars history – and has explained why the honour meant so much to his family.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about the 2009 ceremony, Kim Ledger, 66, said: "Bittersweet is probably the best way I can describe that night. It was only a year and a month since his passing. We hadn't got our heads around the tragedy of losing him, but at the same time he was receiving such accolades for what he knew was his best work."
The award was the most esteemed of the 98 trophies Heath received over the course of his career. "It was peer recognition that was important to Heath, and the Oscars was the epitome of that," explained his father, who collected the trophy on his son's behalf.
With the 2016 Academy Awards just around the corner, Heath's father has opened up about the star's posthumous triumph – one of only eight in Oscars history – and has explained why the honour meant so much to his family.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about the 2009 ceremony, Kim Ledger, 66, said: "Bittersweet is probably the best way I can describe that night. It was only a year and a month since his passing. We hadn't got our heads around the tragedy of losing him, but at the same time he was receiving such accolades for what he knew was his best work."
The award was the most esteemed of the 98 trophies Heath received over the course of his career. "It was peer recognition that was important to Heath, and the Oscars was the epitome of that," explained his father, who collected the trophy on his son's behalf.
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