Guide Note

Diana Wolozin is a masseuse who discovered Heath Ledger unconscious in his Broome Street Manhattan apartment after arriving for a scheduled appointment. After finding Ledger unresponsive, Wolozin used his cell phone to call Mary-Kate Olsen several times before calling 9-1-1. Paramedics were unsuccessful in their attempts to revive Ledger and it was later determined that he died of a drug overdose.

On August 6, 2008, the investigation to uncover who supplied Ledger with the drugs that caused his fatal overdose was dropped.²

Fast Facts

1. January 2008: The New York Education Department notified the NYPD that Wolozin does not have a license to practice in New York³
2. According to New York State law, a masseuse practicing without a professional license may be charged with a Class E felony³

• 1 pm: Housekeeper Teresa Solomon arrived at Heath Ledger's apartment and told police he was asleep and snoring at that time⁴
• 2:45 pm: Wolozin arrived at Ledger's apartment for a scheduled appointment⁴
• 3-3:26 pm: After waiting for Ledger to emerge from his bedroom (his door was closed), she called his cellphone. Ledger did not answer his phone, so she entered his bedroom to retrieve the massage table from his closet. Ledger was sprawled on the bed and after setting up the table, she tried to shake him awake. When he did not respond, she used his cell phone to call his friend, actress Mary-Kate Olsen several times to ask her for assistance.⁴
• 3:26 pm: Wolozin called 9-1-1 and told them Ledger was not breathing⁴
• 3:33 pm: Paramedics and police arrived at the apartment as well as private security guards who were allegedly contacted by Olsen⁴
• 3:36 pm: Ledger was pronounced dead after all resuscitation attempts by the paramedics failed⁴