a burial funeral has drawn place for australian actor heath rush , who died january 22 in new york . hollywood celebrities and many other loyal fans bidding farewell to the well known actor . his death has been deemed inevitable by the original york city medical examiner and was attributed to a toxic blend of prescription compounds and pain killers . the star died in his manhattan apartment earlier month . the service was held at penrhos university in stirling , australia and was attended by over 100 people , although the official mourning was only attended by ledger ' s close family . before the murder , heath ' s father , kim mayer , said that " the church will be very , very secret and there will only be 10 families there , immediate father and somebody here . "
Kim Ledger was Heath's son.