Heath Ledger will be laid to rest in a $25,000 mahogany casket lined with cream-colored velvet, it has been reported. The handmade Concord mahogany casket is considered one of the finest wooden coffins on the market.
A source said: "It's a very, very beautiful casket - really special, really fancy."
The 28-year-old Brokeback Mountain actor was found dead - naked and facedown on his bed - inside his New York city apartment last Tuesday.
Authorities believe his death may be linked to the six types of prescription drugs found in his bedroom.
A toxicology report that will help determine the cause is expected to be released by the end of the week.
The star is expected to be buried in his native Perth, Australia, although funeral plans remain shrouded in secrecy.
The Bowra & O'Dea funeral home in Midland Australia, is believed to be handling the arrangements.
The century-old funeral home is just a couple of miles away from Guildford, where Ledger attended grammar school in the 1980s, the New York Daily News reported.
It comes after Ledger was remembered by family members and a handful of A-list celebrities in a private service at a Los Angeles celebrity mortuary on Saturday night.
Michelle Williams, his ex-girlfriend and mother of his two-year-old daughter, and the actress Naomi Watts, who dated the Oscar-nominated actor for nearly two years, were among those there.
Ledger's body was discovered by a masseuse who repeatedly called actress Mary-Kate Olsen for help before she dialed emergency services.
Olsen dispatched her bodyguards to her celebrity pal's apartmen. They arrived at the same time as emergency medical technicians, police sources say.
By Gavin Wilson, Jan 29 2008 © Copyright 2008 - Showbiz Spy
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