Heath Ledger’s Birthday Celebrated By Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur

Filmmaker Shekhar Kap took to his Twitter to remember actor Heath Ledger on what would be his 37th birthday.

HEATH LEDGER REMEMBERED ON HIS BIRTHDAY

Kapur, 70, directed the actor in his 2002 movie The Four Feathers.

“He went too young. But then I always told Heath there was an ancient wise spirit in his young mind. His spirit rose,” Kapur wrote on Twitter.

He went too young. But then I always told Heath there was an ancient wise spirit in his young mind. His spirit rose. https://t.co/JrOaGGwtca

— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) April 4, 2016

The filmmaker also tweeted, “No one that came across Heath Ledger in his short life could forget the sheer energy that he enveloped u with..”

No one that came across Heath Ledger in his short life could forget the sheer energy that he enveloped u with.. https://t.co/6wM39yDsUg

— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) April 4, 2016

Fan-made accounts for the actor have also made tributes to Ledger on his birthday. 

★ Today we remember and honor Heath Ledger on his 37th Birthday (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008) #HappyBirthdayHeathpic.twitter.com/JQ3DiZTuSg

— Heath Ledger (@HeathUltimate) April 4, 2016

Ledger died on January 22, 2008 in New York City from an accidental intoxication from prescription drugs.