Tragic actor Heath Ledger was cremated Saturday afternoon in Fremantle, Australia, it has been confirmed. Following a memorial at Penrhos College, Michelle Williams - Ledger's former fiance, escorted by police, arrived with some of Ledger's closest family for a more intimate service at Fremantle Cemetery, just outside Perth, Australia. The chapel at Fremantle, which was blacked out with sheets and scaffolding, has only eight wooden pews and a lectern.
There, the former 'Dawson's Creek' star read William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 ("Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?").
"It was a very emotional service,” a source tells American magazine People.
Less than an hour after arriving, the mourners were spotted putting their arms around a clearly distressed Williams and hugging the chaplain in gratitude as they departed.
From there, they headed to the Indiana Tea House on Cottesloe Beach, where attendees from the earlier memorial could be seen smoking and drinking beer and red and white wine on the patio of the establishment, which has a spectacular view of the ocean. Williams - who split from Ledger in September last year - was visibly shaken and looked like she had just been crying when she entered the restaurant.
Ledger, 28, died of an accidental mixture of prescription drugs, the coroner said in a statement released earlier this week.
By Owen Williams, Feb 09 2008 © Copyright 2008 - Showbiz Spy
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