PARK CITY, Utah -- Shaken by Heath Ledger's sudden death, Hollywood spent yesterday grappling with the aftershocks.
Meantime, there still is no official cause of death.
Also, Mary-Kate Olsen figured into the events surrounding the discovery of his body.
Ledger, 28, was found dead Tuesday of an apparent drug overdose in his Manhattan apartment.
A rolled-up $20 bill was found near his body, though no illegal drugs were found in his apartment, police said yesterday -- the same day an autopsy on the Brokeback Mountain actor came back inconclusive.
The bill would be taken to a lab for testing, though no visible drug residue was found on it, police said.
More on the autopsy results will be known after thorough tests can be completed. That process was expected to take about 10 days.
Police yesterday provided an in-depth timeline of Ledger's final moments, revealing the chaos that filled his Manhattan apartment in the moments after he died.
Police said Ledger probably died between 1 p.m. and 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday.
Masseuse Diana Wolozin told police that Ledger was cold to the touch after she entered the room at 2:45 p.m., but she just assumed he was unconscious. She proceeded to grab his cell phone and call Olsen, whose number is programmed into the phone. Wolozin knew that Olsen and Ledger were friends, and she asked Olsen for advice on what she should do next.
Olsen, who also lives in Manhattan but was in California at the time, responded by saying she would send over her private security guards to help deal with the situation. In the ensuing moments, Wolozin realized that Ledger might be dead, and called 911.
The emergency operator provided Wolozin directions on how to do CPR, but it was too late.
Authorities found six different types of prescription drugs in Ledger's apartment, including pills to treat insomnia and anxiety, according to two law enforcement officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. Three of the drugs were prescribed in Europe.
Here at Sundance, where the industry's elite have gathered, the tragedy cast a pall over the indie film festival's party-and-play atmosphere.
"I knew him well," Sean (Diddy) Combs told Sun Media yesterday during an interview for the Sundance premiere of the film Raisin in the Sun.
Combs and Ledger had met while working on the gritty drama Monster's Ball in which Combs portrayed a death-row convict and Ledger played a prison guard.
Many actors would have been skeptical of the rapper-turned-thespian, but once Combs got on set, Ledger "welcomed me with open arms. (During production) he would keep whispering things into my ear, 'Just take your time, Sean.' "
In fact, Combs said he still treasures a photograph of himself, Ledger and Billy Bob Thornton from the shoot.
"We were between takes. They have my arms behind me, but we're all cracking up. I'll always remember that. He was always whispering. It was like he didn't move his teeth. I'd see him in a club and he'd be whispering and I'd be like, 'What are you saying?' I'll always remember him for being such a nice person."
Other celebrities attending Sundance chose to mourn in private. Naomi Watts, in Park City to promote a new movie, cancelled all her interviews after learning of her former boyfriend's death. Although Ledger's former fiancee Michelle Williams was reported to be in town for the debut of her film, Incendiary, she was in fact in Sweden filming a movie. She has since flown back to New York with her and Ledger's 2-year-old daughter Mathilda.
The spectre of an accidental overdose hit home for actor Dennis Hopper, who has been clean and sober for more than two decades.
"It's a tragedy," Hopper told Sun Media. "With fame we hear about it, but there are hundreds of thousands of people dying from drugs. It's an epidemic -- not just in the fame community, and not just with actors."
Monster's Ball producer Lee Daniels told the Associated Press that the superstar didn't have a drug addiction.
"The definition of substance abuse is really up to one's perspective," Daniels said.
"I didn't see him as a drug addict. I saw him as someone who enjoyed life. He was not a drug addict."
-- with files from AP
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