Melbourne, Jan 23 : Heath Ledger''s family has said that they were `proud and excited' by his posthumous Academy Award nomination, but admitted that there's sorrow caused by the late actor's untimely death.
The Brokeback Mountain star has been nominated for an Academy Award for his role in The Dark Knight - exactly a year after his tragic death.
He died due to a prescription-drug overdose at his New York apartment on 22 January (08), shortly after completing filming of the Batman blockbuster.
Ledger's sisters Ashleigh, Olivia and Kate, read a prepared statement to the media at Perth's Cottesloe Beach.