I opened my Google News yesterday and what did I find? News on the untimely death of Heath Ledger. And only last week I watched the Dark Knight trailer and was in awe at how startling Ledger’s portrayal was as The Joker, which gave me the impression that this would be the best Batman movie yet.

Not only will he be remembered for the tear-jerking performance in Brokeback Mountain (I cried! I really did, dagnabit!), but we will also miss him for the greatest and most disturbing Joker we would ever see for a long, long time.

I can’t believe it — this is almost as tragic as the Jonathan Brandis suicide. Renfro was a very gifted actor and very edgy from what I have seen, not only in The Client, but especially in Sleepers, playing the younger version of Brad Pitt. His acting affected me the way Christian Bale has, and would have been in the same league as Bale if Renfro hadn’t been so troubled with drugs and alcohol.

Hollywood has lost yet another big talent. May he rest in peace.