Heath Ledger's parents spoke of their pride as a theatre was opened in the tragic actor's honour on Wednesday (26Jan11).
Officials at the State Theatre Centre have opened the doors to a new 575-seat auditorium called the Heath Ledger Theatre in Perth, Australia - the Brokeback Mountain star's hometown.
And Ledger's relatives are convinced he would have loved the building.
His dad Kim tells the AAP, "I think Heath would have thought it was magnificent. I have said this before, and we all agree, that he must have been a bird on the shoulder of the architect."
Ledger's mum Sally says, "(It's a) very mixed emotional time for us but ultimately, we're very, very proud", while his sister Kate adds, "It's reflective of the way he was as a person. The theatre is eerily reflective."
The actor died in January, 2008 after suffering an accidental drug overdose.
Ledger was awarded with a posthumous Best Supoprting Actor Oscar in 2009 for his performance as The Joker in The Dark Knight, which was released in the summer of 2008.
His last big screen appearance came in 2009 when he led the cast of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. He died during the filming of the Terry Gilliam movie and Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell stepped in to complete the movie.
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