LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Heath Ledger won the best supporting actor Oscar Sunday for his performance as The Joker in Batman movie "The Dark Knight," with the award hailed a fitting tribute for the Australian actor who died a year ago.
Ledger, 28, who was found dead in his New York apartment 13 months ago after an accidental prescription drug overdose, was the hot favorite to win the award which made him only the second actor to receive a posthumous Oscar.
Peter Finch was awarded an Oscar for best actor two months after dying from a heart attack for his role as a TV anchorman in the 1976 film "Network."
"This award tonight...validated Heath's quiet determination to be truly accepted by you all here, his peers, in an industry that he so loved," said Ledger's father, Kim, as the actor's family accepted the Oscar on his behalf.
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