May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Herbert E. Nass

By: By Herbert E. Nass

The shock of actor Heath Ledger's untimely death has passed, but questions still linger. Although only 28 when he died, Ledger had a will. Yet the multi-millionaire left his only child with a mere $145,000. The baffling part is: Why would someone who was careful enough to have a will at such a young age not update it when he became a father?

Born Heath Andrew Ledger, the Academy Award-nominated actor best known for his roles in Brokeback Mountain and Monster's Ball died accidentally from a prescription drug overdose on Jan. 22, 2008 in a rented loft on Broome Street in the SoHo section of New York City. Ledger left a multi-million dollar estate, with assets in native Australia as well as New York and California. He also left behind a two-year-old daughter, Matilda Rose, fathered with one of his Brokeback co-stars, Michelle Williams, whom he never married.

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