You've all probably heard by now, Heath Ledger died yesterday. As Golightly Girls are abysmal with the whole wallowing in sadness thing, we will go the preferred route, and remember Heath's better times, via his body of work.

He was on a Johnny Depp-like trajectory, starting his career with boppy, froofy teen stuff, and ending with a role that required Kabuki makeup (Heath plays The Joker in the upcoming Batman installation; similar look to Depp in Edward Scissorhands). Had he kept going, we may have had the good fortune to see him in exciting pirate regalia, or singing the lead in a dark musical. But as the world turns, we can at least remember these Faces of Heath:

1) 10 Things I Hate About You - All scruffy and teen-angsty, with the hot Australian accent in full bloom. Julia Stiles was powerless to resist him.

2) The Patriot - I have to be honest, I didn't see this. The Mel Gibson Sweeping Epic Thing had played itself out with Braveheart. But I saw some trailers for The Patriot, and Heath looked like he held his own with his fellow Australian. And after the whole drunk-driving arrest, we chose to forget that Heath was ever associated with that disaster.

3) A Knight's Tale - I only watched snippets of this. I was too annoyed with the Queen's wacky hairstyle, cheesy dialogue, and distracting rock 'n roll soundtrack. Not even Heath in chainmail could convince me to watch the entire thing, but he looked fantastic, and absolutely believable as a Knight.

4) Monster's Ball - He gave a phenomenal performance as the emotionally and physically abused son of Billy Bob Thornton. And that was some good acting, because frankly, I'm pretty sure I could kick Billy Bob's ass.

5) Brokeback Mountain - This is one of my absolute favorite movies. Heath was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Oscar, and a whole mess of other awards, for his performance as Ennis. And my viewing of the masterpiece was only slightly soured when *someone's* boyfriend yelled out "Those aren't pillows!" in the middle of the love scene.