Stars Who Have Tragically Lost Their Significant Others Through the Years: Michelle Williams, Liam Neeson and More

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Gone too soon. Michelle Williams, Lea Michele and more stars have opened up about dealing with their grief following unexpected deaths in their personal lives.The Dawson’s Creek alum met Heath Ledger after they played husband and wife in Brokeback Mountain in 2004.

The couple welcomed daughter Matilda the following year. Williams and Ledger called it quits in 2007, just months before the actor died of an accidental overdose at 28 years old.Williams later reflected on dealing with the Australia native’s passing and how her daughter has kept her going.“Every time I really miss him and wonder where he’s gone, I just look at her.

I can talk about grief, because that’s mine, about single parenting, about trying to balance work and kids. But what I don’t have to talk about is what happened between Heath and me in our relationship,” she told Vogue in September 2009. “Brokeback Mountain was an unrepeatable moment in time, a very charmed time in my life.

I was in love. I was in a movie I was proud to be a part of and with a beautiful, brand new baby. Everything was good in that moment.”The Golden Globe winner also explained how Ledger’s death affected her. “Now, my life, our life, has a kind of repaired itself. [Ledger’s death has] changed how I see the world and how I interact on a daily basis,” she shared with the magazine in 2011. “It’s changed the parent I am.