Report: Ledger to be buried in Perth

New York -- Australian actor Heath Ledger, who died suddenly in New York Tuesday, is expected to be buried in his native Perth, a report said Friday.

The New York Daily News said Ledger's father, Kim, was scheduled to arrive in New York Friday to accompany Ledger's body on the 11,600-mile trip home.

"He wants to be with his son," Dominic Carella, director of the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home in Manhattan, told the News.

Heath Ledger's ex-girlfriend, Michelle Williams, with whom he had a 2-year-old daughter, Matilda, is expected to attend a private viewing in New York with close friends, while another memorial service is being planned in Hollywood, the report said.

Ledger died in his SoHo apartment Tuesday afternoon. He was 28.

The medical examiner's office is awaiting toxicology results to determine the cause of his death.

A manager at the Mareena Purslowe funeral home in Perth told the News she could not say if Ledger's funeral will be open to the public.
"It totally depends on what the family wants," Sian Wenn said.

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